Triggered Location Method for Periodic Third-Party Notifications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current location service protocols do not support periodic or area event-triggered location result notifications to third parties, limiting the functionality of location services in applications such as emergency tracking and monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A triggered location method and device that includes a location calculating unit and a location notifying unit, enabling the periodic or event-triggered transmission of location information to specified third parties, with pre-configured notification settings to ensure timely and accurate location updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If immediate location procedure is used to send location information to third parties, then location information can be transmitted to third parties, but triggered location procedures cannot support periodic or area event-triggered location result notifications to third parties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the location service into two independent parts: the location acquisition procedure (which remains unchanged) and the location result notification procedure (which is extended to support periodic and area event-triggered notifications). This allows the notification mechanism to be enhanced without modifying the core location acquisition functionality, thereby resolving the contradiction between maintaining existing immediate location capabilities and adding new triggered notification capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the location result notification mechanism universal by enabling it to handle multiple types of notifications: immediate notifications (original functionality), periodic notifications (new functionality), and area event-triggered notifications (new functionality). This multi-functionality allows a single notification framework to serve diverse application scenarios, resolving the limitation that triggered location procedures could not notify third parties.
2Productivity
If triggered location procedure is implemented without third party notification support, then location can be obtained periodically or on area events, but location results cannot be notified to third parties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces the Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) as an intermediary that receives location results from the target SET and forwards them to third parties. This intermediary mechanism enables triggered location procedures to notify third parties without requiring direct communication between the target SET and third parties, thereby maintaining the efficiency of triggered location while adding notification capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary configuration where third party identifiers and notification preferences are pre-configured in the H-SLP before triggered location procedures are activated. This allows the system to automatically notify appropriate third parties when location results are obtained, without requiring real-time configuration or direct intervention, thus enabling high-frequency location updates with automated notification.
3Reliability
If immediate location procedure is used, then location can be obtained and sent to third parties, but periodic or area event-triggered location notifications are not supported
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by enabling the H-SLP to send location results to third parties at regular time intervals, regardless of whether the target SET has moved or entered a different area. This periodic notification mechanism ensures that third parties receive location updates consistently over extended time spans, resolving the limitation that immediate location procedures could not provide continuous notifications over time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic notification behavior where the H-SLP can adaptively choose between immediate notification (when area events are triggered), periodic notification (at scheduled intervals), or both combined, based on service requirements. This dynamic approach allows the system to maintain reliable location information delivery while extending the time span over which notifications can be delivered, accommodating both urgent and routine monitoring needs.
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AI summary
An extended triggered location method and device is provided. The device includes the following: a location calculating unit to calculate location of the target terminal and determine the location information, and a third party location reporting unit to send the location information of the target terminal to the third party terminal periodically or only when the area triggered condition is sufficed. With the present invention, the third party terminal can obtain the location information of the target terminal periodically or receive the notice of the target terminal's entry into/exit from a target area, in accordance with the principles of periodical location or area trigger location. Thereby, the invention supplies new location service application and satisfies the subscriber's demand for different location service applications.