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Telecommunications > Radiotelephone System > Zoned Or Cellular Telephone System > Location Monitoring Location MonitoringLocation Monitoring patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.03/01/07 - 20070049294 - Floating ip address for roaming internet connected subscriber units A system apparatus for wireless communication that includes receiving, receiving data for a subscriber, determining the subscriber to whom the data is addressed, determining which cell the subscriber currently resides, and transmitting the data accordingly. ... 03/01/07 - 20070049293 - Provisioning of wireless private access subscribers for location based services A private wireless network access point is associated with a predetermined telephone number corresponding to a physical location. The associated predetermined telephone number is included with call setup information when a wireless terminal in a private wireless network communicates via the access point so that a location of the wireless ... 03/01/07 - 20070049292 - Gps data management module for use in location-based service systems A system and method are presented to provide radio and GPS coverage versatility in a location-based service (LBS) system, such as an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system. A mobile client in communication with one or more servers of an LBS system includes one or more mobile communication devices and one ... 03/01/07 - 20070049291 - Method and system for indoor positioning using mobile terminal A method and system for indoor positioning using a mobile terminal, the method including designating a plurality of virtual locations using the mobile terminal while the mobile terminal is in motion; and tracking a location of a specific terminal by performing a localization measurement communication with the specific terminal based ... 03/01/07 - 20070049290 - Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user's cellular phone from a requesting user's device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at ... 03/01/07 - 20070049289 - Location based service system and position information updating method thereof A location based service system and a position information updating method thereof are disclosed. The position information updating method includes the steps of positioning an actual position through a global positioning system inside a mobile communication terminal, calculating predicted motion position of the mobile communication terminal, comparing the actual position ... 03/01/07 - 20070049288 - Creating optimum temporal location trigger for multiple requests A technique evaluates overlapping request intervals, and from them determines a temporal reporting interval that satisfies requirements for all that overlap. The temporal reporting interval represents a temporal trigger used to best support multiple triggers on the same target, without modification or support by the target mobile. Disclosed embodiments relate ... 03/01/07 - 20070049287 - System and method for call processing in a mobile device with position location capability An exemplary wireless device includes a communication radio and a position location receiver. When the wireless device has established a call with the communication radio, and a request for position location is received, the communication radio is deactivated while the position location information is collected using the position location receiver. ... 03/01/07 - 20070049286 - System and method for determining position of mobile communication device by grid-based pattern matching algorithm Provided is a method and system for determining a position of a mobile communication device in a mobile communication network, the method including the steps of: dividing an area covered by the mobile communication network into a plurality of grids and collecting a first base station signal information with respect ... 02/22/07 - 20070042789 - System and method for using location information to execute an action A system and method is provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device includes any wireless apparatus having wireless communications capabilities. The location system can generate location information pinpointing the location of the ... 02/22/07 - 20070042788 - Method for processing a location service The present invention discloses a method for processing a location service, the method comprises: a target UE sending an MO-LR location service invoke to an LCS system, carrying an LCS Client identity and a service identity; the LCS system receiving the MO-LR location service invoke, positioning the target UE, and ... 02/15/07 - 20070037586 - System and method for locating a mobile terminal using secure user plane location Disclosed is a method for determining the location of a targeted mobile set using SUPL (Secure User Plane Location) in a wireless communications network, including sending a target set location initiation message to the targeted mobile set in response to a request message, causing a home positioning server to exchange ... 02/15/07 - 20070037585 - Periodic positioning method in mobile communications system A positioning method in a SUPL based position information system, and more particularly, a method for performing periodic positioning capable of processing a periodic positioning request by a location server or a periodic positioning request by a mobile communications terminal when the location server and the terminal respectively manage a ... 02/15/07 - 20070037584 - Method for triggering handover of mobile terminal and system thereof A mobile terminal and method for performing handover, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes calculating a distance value between a mobile terminal and each of a plurality of neighbor base stations based on power values of the plurality of neighbor base stations; and transmitting information of a ... 02/15/07 - 20070037583 - Location recognition system using stereophonic sound, transmitter and receiver therein, and method thereof A location recognition system and method using stereophonic sound, the system having a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter uses the stereophonic sound and transmits location tracking information of an object. The transmitter includes a sound detector which detects a sound of the object and converts the detected sound to ... 02/15/07 - 20070037582 - Locating system and method A mobile rover has a navigation receiver receiving radio positioning data from radio positioning entities. The mobile rover can report its position to a mobile controller unit or another entity so that the location of the mobile unit can be tracked based on the radio positioning data received by the ... 02/08/07 - 20070032249 - Location services for and about mobile nodes IP-based Location Services (IP-LCS) is a valuable application that may be supported by a majority of cellular phones in the future. Services offered by such applications can be closely coupled to the location of the user. IP-LCS may be designed to permit a location based application resident on a mobile ... 02/08/07 - 20070032248 - Wireless terminal position detecting method and system therefor In any indoor location, whenever operating a wireless terminal position detecting system comprising a transferable wireless terminal, a plurality of base stations individually allowing a connection from said wireless terminal, and a plurality of wireless receiving stations individually receiving wireless signal from said terminal and base stations, there is a ... 02/08/07 - 20070032247 - Automated concierge system and method A method and system for providing automated concierge services to end users communicates with users over network devices, such as telephones and wireless devices, and utilizes third party network location-based service (LBS) applications, such as Internet/Web locators, to obtain location information based on user requests. On receipt of a request ... 02/08/07 - 20070032246 - Air based emergency monitor, multimode communication, control and position finder system Air based emergency monitor, multimode communication, control and position finder system with a receiver having multiple inputs for reception and demodulation of position finder signals to position finder baseband signals. One or more cameras or microphones or data signal generation devices, storage devices, and processors for recording or storing and ... 02/08/07 - 20070032245 - Intelligent transportation system and method An intelligent transportation system and method employing ad-hoc multihopping wireless network technology. The system and method are capable of communicating travel condition information between vehicles (200), and employ a plurality of nodes (250), each adapted for communication in the multihopping network (100), and each being further adapted for deployment on ... 02/08/07 - 20070032244 - Group-centric location tagging for mobile devices An annotation is manually and/or automatically correlated with a location and selectively distributed to participants of an associated user network. Thus, network participants possessing a common bond can obtain “trusted” information regarding specific locations. This allows a network participant to locate resources such as friends, restaurants, hotels, and/or entertainment sites, ... 02/08/07 - 20070032243 - Treatment of a location request by a first location request treatment device (a gateway mobile location centre) in a home register (hlr) for retransmission to a second location request treatment device The invention relates to the efficient treatment of location requests by a home register and GMLCs of various versions by means of a method for treating a location request relating to a subscriber in a mobile radio network. Once a request (SRI) from a first location request treatment device (GMLC-R5) ... 02/01/07 - 20070026872 - Method for determining a relative position of a mobile unit by comparing scans of an environment and mobile unit In the method for determining a relative position of a mobile unit by comparing scans of an environment, scans of an environment of the mobile unit are recorded continuously by a distance sensor and stored in a memory. Furthermore the processing unit compares a first scan with a second scan, ... 02/01/07 - 20070026871 - Wireless network with adaptive autonomous location push A method of providing location-based services includes transmitting a first location criterion from a wireless network server to a wireless device. The method also includes evaluating whether a physical location of the wireless device satisfies the first location criterion. The process of evaluating is performed in part using the wireless ... 02/01/07 - 20070026870 - Location determination using rf fingerprinting A method for determining the location of a mobile unit (mobile unit) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment provides a computationally-efficient technique for reducing the number of possible positions that have to be analyzed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment eliminates possible positions for the mobile unit ... 02/01/07 - 20070026869 - Methods, devices and computer program products for operating mobile devices responsive to user input through movement thereof A mobile device having first and second modes of operation is operated responsive to detection of a predefined localized movement of a housing of the mobile device using a sensor associated therewith. The detected predefined localized movement is associated with first and second functions of the mobile device responsive to ... 01/25/07 - 20070021128 - High-rate proximity detection with the ability to provide notification Techniques are presented for identifying mobile devices within a coverage region of a wireless station. Positions for mobile devices, if any, within the coverage region are determined. It is then determined whether the positions are within one or more defined areas, called “notification areas” herein. Additionally, selected mobile devices within ... 01/25/07 - 20070021127 - Method and apparatus for supporting location service over radio communication systems An approach is provided for reliably exchanging location service data over an unlicensed mobile access network operating with a cellular network. A request is processed for position location information of a terminal configured to operate with an unlicensed mobile access network that has connectivity with a radio communication network for ... 01/25/07 - 20070021126 - Method and apparatus for maintaining a fingerprint for a wireless network The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device that measures characteristics or attributes of a first communications network that vary according to physical location within that first communications network to create a fingerprint, or signature, of a location within the first communications network. When the fingerprint of the current ... 01/25/07 - 20070021125 - Location service requests throttling A technique to allow a server such as a location server to throttle concurrent or closely timed location requests for the position of a given wireless device such that within a certain time period preferably only one location request will be initiated to the positioning engine and the remaining closely-timed ... 01/25/07 - 20070021124 - Method and apparatus for determining the location of a node in a wireless system A location technique is utilized within a wireless communication system where power measurements from various nodes are weighted to determine a node's location. An iterative location process is executed where as more and more nodes are heard from, a node will re-locate itself in order to improve location accuracy. ... 01/18/07 - 20070015518 - Mobile resource location-based customer contact systems Mobile resource management systems including a location module configured to identify at least one of a plurality of potential customers having a location within a proximity zone. A mobile agent device is associated with the mobile agent and is configured to transmit a location signal indicative of a location of ... 01/18/07 - 20070015517 - Location related keyword monitoring on a mobile communications device systems and methods Embodiments of the invention comprise systems and methods related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. In different embodiments, a communication system is described, comprising a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server computer system. The location of the device may ... 01/18/07 - 20070015516 - Access point with location application systems and methods Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide location determination capability and applications for an access point. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a network access point includes a processor adapted to control at least one function of the access point device and a memory ... 01/18/07 - 20070015515 - Position information service providing system and method thereof If a user 101 clicks a link to a specific URL (step 501), a terminal 102 transmits a content request to a content server 201 (step 502), and in parallel, starts a location measurement processing (step 203). Upon completion of the location measurement processing (step 204), the location measurement result ... 01/11/07 - 20070010260 - System and method for using location information to execute an action Provided are methods for executing an action in response to a request for a service using location information in conjunction with service-specific parameters. A user may request a provider of a specified service (e.g., taxi, plumber, pharmacist, etc.). In evaluating the request, providers may be evaluated based on the location ... 01/11/07 - 20070010259 - Method and apparatus for providing a wireless transmit/receive unit user with signal quality guidance The current location and bearing of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are determined. Next, signal quality measurements of a pre-determined geographic region are taken. This geographic region includes the current location of the WTRU. From these quality measurements, a signal quality profile is generated. The signal quality profile and a ... 01/11/07 - 20070010258 - Sender location identifier, method of identifying a sender location and communication system employing the same The present invention provides a sender location identifier for use with a short message service (SMS). In one embodiment, the sender location identifier includes a memory configured to provide a unique designator associated with a location of a mobile phone. Additionally, the sender location identifier also includes a sender identification ... 01/11/07 - 20070010257 - Method and system for locating a terminal in a wireless telecommunications network, computer program product therefor A method is disclosed for locating a terminal in a local wireless telecommunications network adapted to provide an estimated position of the terminal depending on a set of configuration data and a set of measuring data indicating whether the terminal belongs to a subset of said coverage areas and acquired ... 01/04/07 - 20070004430 - Position measuring system and method using wireless broadband (wibro) signal Provided is a position measuring system and method using a Wireless Broadband (WiBro) signal. The position measuring system measures the position of a terminal using relative delay information that is a parameter of the WiBro signal, used for a hand-over. Since the position of a terminal is measured using a ... 01/04/07 - 20070004429 - Method and apparatus for providing location services with short-circuited message flows A user equipment (UE) sends to a serving network a request for periodic reporting of the UE location to a client entity, periodic location information, a request to use GMLC short circuit, and/or a request to use MO-LR short circuit. Various network entities may accept or reject each of the ... 01/04/07 - 20070004428 - Continuous data optimization of moved access points in positioning systems Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. A location-based services system uses WiFi-enabled devices to monitor WiFi access points in a target area to indicate whether a WiFi access point has moved relative to its previously recorded location. A WiFi-enabled device communicates with WiFi access points ... 01/04/07 - 20070004427 - Continuous data optimization of new access points in positioning systems Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. A location-based services system uses WiFi-enabled devices to monitor WiFi access points in a target area to indicate whether a WiFi access point is newly-observed. A WiFi-enabled device communicates with WiFi access points within range of the WiFi-enabled device ... 01/04/07 - 20070004426 - Location information display for cellular device A method in one example comprises the steps of receiving, from a requesting user of a cellular device, a request for real-time location information for at least a second user; retrieving location data for the requesting user and the at least a second user; transmitting the location data for the ... 01/04/07 - 20070004425 - Network support for mobile terminal presence notification An apparatus in one example has: a plurality spaces in a predefined three dimensional area; at least one mobile terminal in a wireless telecommunications network; a tracking system structured to track the at least one mobile terminal in the plurality of predefined spaces in the predefined three dimensional area; and ... 01/04/07 - 20070004424 - Method and apparatus for providing location based vendor information to a wireless mobile terminal A method and apparatus for providing location based vendor information to a wireless mobile terminal is provided. The method includes receiving subscriber provisioned response criteria from a subscriber, receiving a request for location based vendor information from a subscriber mobile terminal, determining the location of the subscriber mobile terminal, retrieving ... 12/28/06 - 20060293064 - Probabilistic location prediction for a mobile station A probabilistic prediction is made of the location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network. The prediction includes calculating a vector representing movement of the mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of the network are located, and determining a region ... 12/28/06 - 20060293063 - Peripheral resource location determination method, apparatus and system An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of peripheral resource location determination in a wireless environment, comprising determining an access point ID from an access point providing access to a wireless station (STA) in the wireless environment; querying a server on which resides a table of resources for ... 12/28/06 - 20060293062 - Method for estimating the position of a subscriber station of a radio communication system and network device In a method for estimating the position of a subscriber station of a radio communication system, a receiver station receives reports from the subscriber station, said reports containing information relating to the signal strength of a receiving signal of at least one transmitting station in the locality of the subscriber ... 12/21/06 - 20060286988 - Method for providing data to a mobile terminal which is moving The invention relates to a method by which a wireless communication 1 system provides a service, e.g. video streaming, for a mobile terminal 2 on a push & store basis. Conventional push & store services have the shortcoming that a moving mobile terminal may have a short transit time within ... 12/21/06 - 20060286987 - Method for determining mobile communication terminal user's point of interest and apparatus for providing geographic information using the method A method for determining a mobile communication terminal user's points of interest, in which geographic information of an area where the mobile communication terminal user stays longer than a threshold time, and an apparatus for providing the geographic information using the method. The method includes providing identification information received from ... 12/14/06 - 20060281469 - Employee tracking system with verification A method and system for verifying that an employee and a client are present at a single location. A telephonic communications channel is established between the single location and a location verification system provider. Data is received at the system provider, from the employee over the telephonic communication channel. Data ... 12/07/06 - 20060276203 - Method of transmitting cellular telephone location data In cellular telephony mobile equipment location-based services data transmission an application carries out measures on Base Transceiver Stations or associated cells by detecting, storing and transmitting respective information to a remote Service Center by means of messages, and a processing system, applying calculation procedures and a Base Transceiver Stations geographic ... 12/07/06 - 20060276202 - Method and apparatus for creating and using a base station almanac for position determination A method and apparatus for creating and using a base station almanac for position determination is described. The base station almanac includes a number of records, where each record can describe a sector or a transmitter (e.g., a base station or a repeater) in a wireless communication network. Each record ... 12/07/06 - 20060276201 - Wireless location routing applications and archectiture therefor A system for wirelessly locating mobile station/units (MS) and using resulting location determinations for providing a product or service is disclosed. The system is useful for routing an MS user to a plurality of desired locations, alerting an MS user to a nearby desired product or service based on satisfaction ... 12/07/06 - 20060276200 - Mobile and wireless network architecture for law enforcement An officer communication system and method for providing a peer-to-peer mobile and wireless network software architecture which allows mobile units or clients, administrators, and/or dispatchers to communicate information that is pertinent to law enforcement, or related services. Such information includes text, images and/or audio. For example, such information can be ... 12/07/06 - 20060276199 - Vehicle tracker having selectable transceiver mute mode and associated methods A vehicle tracking system for a vehicle may include a wireless transceiver that is switchable from a mute mode to an operational mode. The wireless transceiver when in the mute mode may receive signals from a communications network, but does not transmit signals to the communications network. The wireless transceiver ... 12/07/06 - 20060276198 - Determination of the positions of mobile communication terminals with the aid of navigation data of various origins A telecommunications system comprises a terrestrial repeater (TR) telecommunication network, a satellite positioning network (CS) which delivers signals containing navigation data, and mobile communication terminals (UE) comprising reception and calculation means (DPS) which can determine the respective positions thereof from said signals, and the navigation data that they contain, in ... 11/23/06 - 20060264222 - Dynamic service binding providing transparent switching of information services having defined coverage regions It is determined whether a location of a mobile device is within a coverage region of a first information service. Communications for the first information service are redirected to a second information service when the location of the mobile device is not within a coverage region of the first information ... 11/23/06 - 20060264221 - Information processor and processing method, information processing system, information processing program, recording medium, and vehicle A sensor station (21) installed to a truck (1) receives sensor information transmitted from wireless temperature sensors (32-1) through (32-6) installed inside a container of the truck (1) and stores a temperature variation inside the container during package transportation. When the truck (1) arrives at a delivery center (7), the ... 11/16/06 - 20060258373 - Location services in a packet radio network A method for providing location service information related to a mobile station in a mobile communications system supporting connections of a first type, for example circuit-switched, and a second type, for example packet-switched. The method comprises receiving a request from a requesting entity; retrieving the location service information related to ... 11/16/06 - 20060258372 - Two-way pager and method for communicating preset messages over the global system for mobile communications (gsm/gprs) network The present invention provides a communication system for transmitting messages from one or more dispatcher stations to and from one or more stand-alone, two-way pagers via a radio frequency communication channel, namely, the short message service (SMS) of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM/GPRS) cellular telephone network. The paging ... 11/16/06 - 20060258371 - Network entity, method and computer program product for dynamically changing a request for location information A network entity includes a controller adapted to operate a location-based application for initiating a location reporting session. The location reporting session includes determining and reporting a current location of a mobile station based on one or more parameters having one or more associated values, where, when the session is ... 11/16/06 - 20060258370 - Method and system for utilizing a location-based internetwork gateway A system for utilizing a location-based application across a plurality of networks. A target mobile device operates within a target network of the plurality of networks. A requesting device operates within a requesting network of the plurality of networks. The requesting device transmits a location request for a location of ... 11/16/06 - 20060258369 - Method and apparatus for performing position determination with a short circuit call flow For a call flow to perform position determination, a network sends to a user equipment (UE) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE. The UE responds by sending to the network an acknowledgment (e.g., a grant of permission) to perform the position ... 11/16/06 - 20060258368 - Personalized location information for mobile devices Providing location information on a mobile device includes receiving signals from external devices. Each signal includes information that specifies a geographic location for the external device that has provided the signal. A geographic location for the mobile device is calculated by using the information contained in each of the received ... 11/16/06 - 20060258367 - Using cell phones and wireless cellular systems with location capability for toll paying and collection A method for toll collection via a wireless network may include tracking a current position of a mobile station within a vehicle, and collecting a toll based on the current position of the mobile station. ... 11/16/06 - 20060258366 - Drilling method A subject of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal device capable of informing an appointed person of the information that the user of the mobile terminal device will be late for an appointment, irrespective of the user's situation. A mobile terminal device (100) includes a position sense ... 11/16/06 - 20060258365 - Method and system for monitoring mobile comunication terminal position determination performance by using wireless communication network and a- gps Disclosed are a system, method and computer readable storage medium storing a LBS(Location Based Service) wireless network analysis program receiving, analyzing, processing and displaying LBS messages defined in IP-801-1 standard by using a wireless network and an A(Assisted)-GPS(Global Positioning System), wherein the LBS wireless network analysis program, coded in a ... 11/09/06 - 20060252431 - Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user's cellular phone from a requesting user's device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at ... 11/02/06 - 20060246919 - Method for transmitting location information A method for transmitting location information includes the steps of: a) receiving a start message including MO (mobile originated location request) mode information from a first terminal; b) calculating location information of the first terminal; and c) transmitting the calculated first terminal's location information according to the MO (mobile originated ... 11/02/06 - 20060246918 - Apparatus and methods for associating a geographical position with an event occuring on a wireless device Apparatus and methods for estimating a geographical position corresponding to an event associated with operation of a wireless device communicating in a wireless communications network. The time and distance between the occurrence of the event and the related time and speed of the wireless device of at least one of ... 10/26/06 - 20060240846 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on signal path impairment A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For ... 10/26/06 - 20060240845 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on the traits of the multipath components of a signal A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For ... 10/26/06 - 20060240844 - Computationally-efficient estimation of the location of a wireless terminal based on pattern matching A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistance data to acquire and process one or more GPS signals and to derive ... 10/26/06 - 20060240843 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on non-uniform locations A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For ... 10/26/06 - 20060240842 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on non-uniform probabilities of movement A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For ... 10/26/06 - 20060240841 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on assisted gps and pattern matching A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistance data to acquire and process one or more GPS signals and to derive ... 10/26/06 - 20060240840 - Continuous data optimization by filtering and positioning systems Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. A location-based services system for WiFi-enabled devices calculates the position of WiFi-enabled devices. A WiFi-enabled device communicates with WiFi access points within range of the WiFi-enabled device so that observed WiFi access points identify themselves. A reference database is ... 10/26/06 - 20060240839 - Methods and systems for location estimation Methods and systems for location estimation. Signals are received from a plurality of satellites and a plurality of base stations by a mobile station. The location of the mobile station is estimated according to TOA (Time-Of-Arrival) and TDOA (Time Difference-Of-Arrival) measurements calculated based on the signals. ... 10/19/06 - 20060234724 - Method, apparatus and system for gps time synchronization using cellular signal bursts A system, apparatus and corresponding method by which to synchronize to a time reference a main module of a device—a main module such as global positioning system (GPS) receiver—using a cellular communication signal received by a cellular module also included in the device. To synchronize the main module to the ... 10/19/06 - 20060234723 - Methods and terminal devices A method and terminal device are provided which effect the steps of receiving a message indicating that a user of another terminal device has pressed a talk button, the message including a geographical location of the other terminal device, or any information derived therefrom; and indicating the geographical location of ... 10/19/06 - 20060234722 - Methods, configuration and computer program having program code means and computer program product for determining a position of a mobile communications device within a communications network To determine a position of a mobile communications device within a communications network (localization). possible location areas for the mobile communications device are determined from communications signals of the mobile communications device by using base stations located within the communication network, and these possible location areas are superimposed to form ... 10/12/06 - 20060229087 - Location-based cell determination for mobile communication networks The geographic location of user equipment operating in a cellular communication network is determined, and handover is performed at least in part in response to the geographic location of the user equipment. ... 10/12/06 - 20060229086 - Surveillance system and method A plurality of modules interact to form an adaptive network in which each module transmits and receives data signals indicative of proximity of objects. A central computer accumulates the data produced or received and relayed by each module for analyzing proximity responses to transmit through the adaptive network control signals ... 10/12/06 - 20060229085 - System and method for providing communication and positioning information A communication module capable of simultaneously providing communication and positioning information is provided. The communication module includes a processor with an integrated positioning receiver. The processor transmits and receives communication information, such as interconnect voice, dispatch voice, or data, using a first transceiver. The integrated positioning receiver is coupled to ... 10/12/06 - 20060229084 - Method and system for including location information in a ussd message by a network node The present invention relates to a method of providing a location specific service in a digital cellular communication network using unstructured supplementary service data. In the method, the service data is sent to a network node of said network by at least one mobile station, and the service is dependent ... 10/05/06 - 20060223548 - Method for sending urgent messages in a mobile communication device A method of sending urgent messages for a mobile communication device is disclosed in this invention, which comprises at least the flowing steps: setting at least two predetermined keys on the first mobile communication device, pressing the two keys essentially simultaneously for a predetermined duration, acquiring a base station identity ... 10/05/06 - 20060223547 - Environment sensitive notifications for mobile devices Systems and methods for generating notifications based on one or more environmental conditions sensed a mobile computing device. The notifications can also be based on information related to one or more applications that can run on the mobile computing device. The mobile device can also detect non-environmental inputs from the ... 10/05/06 - 20060223546 - Adapting a communications network of wireless access nodes to a changing environment The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for adapting a communications network of a plurality of wireless access nodes, such as base stations to a changing environment. The method comprises determining a current location of at least a first user in the communications network, identifying a need for ... 09/28/06 - 20060217131 - Location-based services that choose location algorithms based on number of detected access points within range of user device A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one vehicle is deployed including at least one scanning ... 09/28/06 - 20060217130 - Methods and systems for deriving seed position of a subscriber station in support of unassisted gps-type position determination in a wireless communication system In a method and system for deriving a seed position of a subscriber station in a wireless communications system in supporting unassisted GPS-type position determination is provided, the subscriber station receives overhead messages from the wireless communications system, and derives the seed position from the parameter values. The subscriber station ... 09/28/06 - 20060217129 - Mobile communication device and position search method A mobile communication device capable of issuing a report as quickly as possible to a report destination of which telephone number or electronic mail address varies depending on the current position is provided. When identification information of the report destination is inputted, the identification information is converted to a communication ... 09/28/06 - 20060217128 - Node dependent wireless transmit antenna selection technique A system and method for selecting a best transmit antenna for a transceiver using antenna diversity that caches the identity of the best transmit antenna for each remote node from which a message has been received. The best transmit antenna is then selected for each message sent to a remote ... 09/28/06 - 20060217127 - Method and apparatus for finding a mobile radio terminal A method and apparatus for finding a radio terminal (10) in a radio communications network. The method includes making observations of attributes of radio signals associated with the radio terminal (10) and generating a route for a seeker (20) to find the radio terminal (10), based on the observations and ... 09/21/06 - 20060211430 - Gps position tracking method with variable updating rate for power conservation A system and method in which the position update rate is adaptively modified, based on previous position measurements. By adjusting the update rate based on velocity predictions from two or more position fixes, a lower update rate may be used without exceeding the maximum error. Lowering the update rate reduces ... 09/14/06 - 20060205416 - Push-to-locate wireless communication device and method of use A wireless communication device for geographically locating a second wireless communication device includes a housing; a push-to-locate activation mechanism configured to detect selection of a target number corresponding to the second wireless communication device and send a push-to-locate request for the target number to a carrier network to obtain a ... 08/31/06 - 20060194590 - Mobile communications terminal, service area calculation apparatus and method of calculating service area A mobile communications terminal includes positional information generator configured to generate positional information indicating a current position of the terminal, receiver which receives identification information sent from the base station of the second mobile communication network, notification information generator configured to generate notification information including the identification information and the ... 08/31/06 - 20060194589 - Methods and systems for proximity communication Methods and systems for proximity based communication between users of proximity communication devices (“PCDs”). A localized communication network is established by peer-to-peer communication between PCDs. Each PCD communicates with other PCDs in a wireless, localized, peer-to-peer network structure. Each PCD is identified to other PCDs in its own localized area ... 08/31/06 - 20060194588 - Method and system for determining the altitude of a mobile wireless device A method and system for determining the three-dimensional location of a mobile wireless device. In one implementation, the device is a cellular telephone making a 911 call from one floor of a multi-story building. An embodiment of the method of the invention includes establishing a database that associates transmission metrics ... 08/31/06 - 20060194587 - System and method for asset location in wireless networks Described is a system and method for tracking an asset. The system may include a plurality of wireless access points and a computing arrangement communicating with the access points. The arrangement determines a location area of the device as a function of first data and a location of each of ... 08/24/06 - 20060189327 - Location blocking service from a wireless service provider Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mobile subscriber (i.e., a cellular phone operator) to a third party (e.g., a ... 08/24/06 - 20060189326 - Tracking system A tracking system includes a call handler and a database containing information relating to items to be tracked. The database contains customer identification criteria that guide the call handler to determine whether to track a tracked item for a customer. Communication nodes communicate with the customer, send a signal to ... 08/24/06 - 20060189325 - Mobile communication terminal for outputting schedule information based on the location of user and method A method and apparatus of outputting schedule information based on the location of a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes the steps of: registering, in response to a user's request, at least one piece of location information for determining whether to inform of schedule information based on the ... 08/24/06 - 20060189324 - Vehicular navigation based on site specific sensor quality data A method and system for determining a location of a vehicle, the method comprises determining reception location data within a first cell of a work area for a vehicle. A reception quality estimator estimates reception quality data for the corresponding reception location data for the first cell. Optical location data ... 08/17/06 - 20060183486 - Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user's cellular phone from a requesting user's device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at ... 08/17/06 - 20060183485 - Location system and wireless base station In the conventional wireless location system that synchronizes base stations by wireless communication, waveforms of a signal used for synchronization and of a signal used for delay measurement are the same, and therefore if there is a reflected wave in an earlier-sent signal, it becomes difficult to distinguish two kinds ... 08/17/06 - 20060183484 - Location services for unlicensed mobile access There is disclosed a method of supporting location services in an unlicensed mobile access network, comprising transferring location related information between one or more mobile stations and a network control element. ... 08/10/06 - 20060178154 - Method and apparatus for performing position determination with pre-session action A network sends to a user equipment (UE) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE. The network also selectively sends to the UE a pre-session command for an action related to position determination. For example, the command may direct the UE to ... 08/03/06 - 20060172745 - Mobile electronic device having a geographical position dependent light and method and system for achieving the same The present invention provides a method and system for controlling an illuminating device on a mobile electronic device comprising determining in a global position of the device in real-time, determining a state of at least one light condition currently affecting ambient light at the global position and adjusting the intensity ... 08/03/06 - 20060172744 - Method and system for subscriber integrity in a mobile communications system A system and method for protecting the integrity of subscribers in a process of positioning a mobile terminal (2b) via a location based service client (5), in relation to the client (5), in a communications system. A gateway mobile location centre (4) is adapted to: receive a request for an ... 08/03/06 - 20060172743 - Detecting the location of mobile radio subscribers who are to be monitored An improved surveillance of subscribers of a mobile radio network by a monitoring center is made possible by a method for monitoring a subscriber of a mobile radio network. According to this method, a switching facility requests location data from a subscriber location data service facility, and after obtaining location ... 07/27/06 - 20060166680 - Radio communication terminal unit and method of transmitting base station identification number A cellular phone unit, upon turning from a standby mode to a data communication mode, responds to a user's instruction of location positioning to turn from the data communication mode to the dormant mode, receives again base station identification numbers from several base stations through a paging channel, and designates ... 07/27/06 - 20060166679 - Gps enabled cell phone location tracking for security purposes A wireless terminal enacts a boundary violation notification rule that includes geographic boundary and an action or a mobility violation notification rule that includes a mobility parameter and an action. The wireless terminal determines its location and/or rate of motion by accessing the GPS receiver of the wireless terminal. The ... 07/27/06 - 20060166678 - Profile selection and call forwarding based upon wireless terminal gps location coordinates A wireless terminal adjusts its profile settings based upon its GPS coordinates. The wireless terminal accesses its GPS receiver to determine its location coordinates, which may include elevation. The wireless terminal then accesses a plurality of location based profile rules, each of which includes location parameters and corresponding profile settings. ... 07/20/06 - 20060160545 - Methods and apparatus for identifying asset location in communication networks The location of unmodified wireless assets in a wireless communication network may be identified using time differences of arrivals of a communication sequence at different network receivers. Time-stamping devices may include correlator circuits in parallel with signal decoders to time-stamp communication sequences. Cellular wireless networks may be frequency-multiplexed to increase ... 07/20/06 - 20060160544 - Distance dependent direct mode peer -to-peer communication establishment in a tdd cdma network A method for establishing P2P (peer-to-peer) communication in wireless communication networks, comprising steps of: determining whether two user equipments (caller and call) are in the same cell, and computing whether the distance between the two user equipments (UEs) meets the requirement for P2P communication according to the registry information and ... 07/06/06 - 20060148492 - Position information system and dispatch support system A position information system (101) obtains position information (latitude and longitude) of a dispatch location from a telephone number/address DB (113) or an address/position information DB (114) based on the sender telephone number of a telephone (103) of a customer or the like requesting the dispatch. A display control portion ... 07/06/06 - 20060148491 - Positioning system and method using mobile internet signal A positioning system using a mobile Internet signal is disclosed. The positioning system includes access points for transmitting downlink signals for mobile Internet communications, an access terminal for generating positioning information using the downlink signals received from the access points and access point information on the access points, and a ... 07/06/06 - 20060148490 - Method and apparatus for dynamically altering the operational characteristics of a wireless phone by monitoring the phone's movement and/or location A method, apparatus and program product for dynamically altering the behavior of a wireless phone based on the movement and/or location of the phone is provided. The present invention further provides caller-initiated control over the behavior of a wireless phone. ... 07/06/06 - 20060148489 - Position communication method and apparatus A wireless communication apparatus and network including voice transmission means characterized in that there is included a location position determination means adapted to output data which uniquely characterises a geographic location of the apparatus, and means adapted upon an initiation of a close of a voice transmission from said apparatus ... 07/06/06 - 20060148488 - Method for handling location data A method, a device and an application for creating a collection of selected geographical positions that have been visited by the device. The mobile terminal has a geographical position system and a memory for containing the collection of selected geographical positions. A current position of interest is obtained or determined ... 07/06/06 - 20060148487 - Method for automatically searching wireless lan acces point and terminal for processing the same Disclosed is a method for automatically searching a wireless LAN AP (access point) in a terminal having a wireless LAN module, a mobile communication module, and a GPS receiving module installed therein. The method comprises: (a) acquiring location information of the wireless LAN AP provided in a service area of ... 07/06/06 - 20060148486 - Communication device having function for searching access point of wireless local area network and method thereof The present invention relates to a communication device that automatically searches for wireless local area network (WLAN) access points, and to a method thereof. The communication device includes a GPS receiving module (12) for receiving position information of the connection device from a GPS satellite; a WLAN module (11) for ... 06/29/06 - 20060142025 - Vehicle stereo system A vehicle stereo system installed in a motor vehicle is disclosed to include a global positioning module that calculates the present location data of the motor vehicle, a memory device that has stored therein radio network records, each radio network record containing a plurality of geographic zones, and a plurality ... 06/29/06 - 20060142024 - System and method for invoking applications based on a location of a mobile station The present invention reduces latencies in a wireless network while decreasing bandwidth usage in the wireless network for mobile stations. The wireless network monitors the current access network identifier for a mobile station. Upon detecting a change in current access network identifier due to movement of the mobile station, the ... 06/29/06 - 20060142023 - Method in a mobile telecommunication network for obtaining location and time information about users The method is for obtaining location and time information about users. A digital content is first created which is stored in a user terminal. Location data is then retrieved from the user terminal. Either or both of the location data and the digital content are digitally signed in the user ... 06/22/06 - 20060135177 - Relating to internet protocol (ip) location, privacy and presence An extension to the Location Information Service (LIS) architecture uses a centralized, user-selected, Privacy Profile Register (PPR) and Presence Register (PR) element, the User Privacy and Presence Register (UPPR) (also known as the Home Register (HR)). This centralized model provides access to value added services that allow the user to ... 06/22/06 - 20060135176 - Method and controller for selecting between a plurality of different position determination approaches A method and controller is provided for selecting between a plurality of different position determination approaches, where in at least some instances a selection is made between multiple mobile station based location determination approaches, as well as in other instances additional network based location determination approaches. In at least some ... 06/22/06 - 20060135175 - Method and apparatus for reducing signalling traffic in a telecommunication system A method and an apparatus for updating the location of a plurality of mobile stations (107) in a moving craft or vehicle (105). Each time a new mobile station (107) is attached to a common terminal (103) located in the moving craft or vehicle, an initial location updating message is ... 06/22/06 - 20060135174 - Provision of information regarding a mobile station A method of providing information regarding a mobile station adapted for communication via a communication system is provided. In the method an area even notification request is received at a location service entity provided in association with the communication system, the area event notification request containing information associated with the ... 06/15/06 - 20060128397 - System and method for verifying access based on a determined geographic location of a subscriber of a service provided via a computer network A system and method relates to limiting the presentation of rules based events based on the geographic location of computer users attempting to view the rules based event via a network. The method includes receiving over a network a request to view a rules based event at a computer, obtaining ... 06/15/06 - 20060128396 - Method for the location of mobile terminals, related systems and terminal, computer program products thereof A method for determining the location coordinates of a mobile terminal with respect to reference elements adapted to send toward the mobile terminal radioelectric signals involves the steps of measuring the radioelectric signals to derive respective measurements, the measurements being affected by measurement errors, and subjecting the measurements to state-based ... 06/15/06 - 20060128395 - Location services for mobile communication system There is disclosed a method of providing location information in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a current location of a mobile station; determining a time at which a last known location of the mobile station was determined; comparing the time to a threshold ... 06/08/06 - 20060121914 - Handover method and apparatus for mobile terminal using location information in heterogeneous system network A handover method and apparatus for a mobile terminal using location information in a network of heterogeneous systems are provided. The handover method uses service area map information provided by a location service server in a mobile communication network in which at least one or more heterogeneous wireless network systems ... 06/08/06 - 20060121913 - System and method for providing location information to applications First location information related to a location-aware device (514) is gathered. Second location information for a location-unaware device (520) is determined from the first location information. A data structure is created comprising a binding of the second location information and an identifying parameter of the location-unaware device (520). The data ... 06/08/06 - 20060121912 - Device and method for generating an alert signal An alert signal is generated based on the geographical position of a device and/or based on time or date. The alert signal is generated when the device is within a certain distance from a predefined location. An actual position of the device, the location of a place of interest, and ... 06/01/06 - 20060116133 - Portable communication terminal device and response message transmitting method A portable communication terminal device includes a section for detecting a call from a calling party; a section for obtaining position data for a present position of the portable communication terminal device; a section for storing data of a plurality of areas and a plurality of messages to the calling ... 06/01/06 - 20060116132 - Method and a system for managing a fleet of vehicles, and an associated vehicle The invention provides a system for managing a fleet of vehicles suitable for being returned to at least one station having locations for vehicles, the station being declared to be available when at least one of its locations is not occupied by a vehicle, and to be unavailable when each ... 06/01/06 - 20060116131 - Reporting satellite positioning system assistance integrity information in wireless communication networks A wireless communication device (102) including a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver (104), and a wireless transceiver (106) communicably coupled to the satellite positioning system receiver. The wireless transceiver for receiving satellite positioning system assistance information, for example, SPS reference time, from a wireless communication network, and for transmitting integrity ... 06/01/06 - 20060116130 - Network overlay location system and method for air interface with frequency stopping Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed that enable geo-location of a mobile appliance (20) communicating over a frequency hopping air interface for a network overlay geolocation system having plural wireless location sensors (30). The wireless location sensors (30) include a radio receiver channel capable of receiving the forward ... 05/25/06 - 20060111124 - System and method for geo-location of mobile appliances using diverse standard tasking and reporting A novel system and method for tasking and reporting the geolocation of a mobile appliance for a wireless communications network overlay system is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method allow for geolocating a mobile appliance regardless of the wireless air interface protocol standard utilized by the mobile appliance. ... 05/25/06 - 20060111123 - Wide area and large capacity intelligent object tracking system and method The wide area object and large capacity tracking system comprises a plurality of tags to be attached to an object to be tracked and being configured so as to generate and transmit a tag signal indicative of the object-related information, a tag-recording unit configured to program a tag's memory with ... 05/25/06 - 20060111122 - Method and system for sending localization and identity dependent information to mobile terminals The present invention discloses methods and devices, with which a selection action of information is performed in a central system before communicating the selected information to a user terminal. This selection (4,6) is according to the invention based on a least both the identity (9) of the user and the ... 05/18/06 - 20060105781 - Location-based information intermediation and acquisition method, intermediation computer system, and mobile communication terminal A system for providing a mobile communication terminal, the position of which can be detected with location-based information that is associated with a detected position, and a method of service for providing the mobile communication terminal with the location-based information automatically and quickly by synchronizing with behavior of the mobile ... 05/18/06 - 20060105780 - Location-based information intermediation and acquisition method, intermediation computer system, and mobile communication terminal A system for providing a mobile communication terminal, the position of which can be detected with location-based information that is associated with a detected position, and a method of service for providing the mobile communication terminal with the location-based information automatically and quickly by synchronizing with behavior of the mobile ... 05/18/06 - 20060105779 - Method, system and apparatus for detecting a position of a terminal in a network In a position detection system utilizing a WLAN supporting multiple data transfer rates, it is possible to reduce the number of required installed base stations, so system construction costs can be lowered. In a wireless station, a transmitted signal is judged at the time of transmission, and in case it ... 05/18/06 - 20060105778 - Frequency allocation in a radio system In a method of selecting a radio channel from a plurality of radio channels comprised in a frequency plan and assigning the selected radio channel to a mobile radio station in consideration of the current geographic location of the mobile radio station which is provided with memory means storing data ... 05/18/06 - 20060105777 - Wireless base station and mobile station A mobile station used in a mobile communication system which accepts location registrations from mobile stations in order to perform mobile station location management, the mobile station being comprising a detection unit which detects that it is in an overlap region of hierarchical location registration areas; and a delay unit ... 05/18/06 - 20060105776 - Method and system for providing location information for emergency services Emergency Services architecture for determining the location of a wireless caller. The architecture leverages a synchronization feature of GSM networks of the Base Station Subsystem (BSS) to enable employment of sparse networks by removing WLS (Wireless Location Sensor) equipment from selected cell sites. Thus, the location of a wireless caller ... 05/18/06 - 20060105775 - Method, system, and program for network design, analysis, and optimization Provided are a method, system, and program for rendering information on network infrastructure. A selection of customer sites is received and a database is queried to determine geographical locations of the selected network sites. A graphical user interface is rendered including representations of the selected customer sites in a map ... 05/11/06 - 20060099959 - Method and system to monitor movable entities A method to wirelessly monitor an entity having an attached transponder is disclosed. A geographical zone is defined. The geographical zone can be defined by allowing a user to define and load to a transponder a plurality of waypoints, each waypoint defined by a geographical coordinate and a radius originating ... 05/11/06 - 20060099958 - Method and system for positioning in a mobile communication network A method and system for obtaining the position of a mobile station (1) located in a current network of a communications system including a plurality of networks supporting different positioning protocols. The current network (6) (107) is identified at a location centre (2) based on the identified current network (6), ... 05/11/06 - 20060099957 - Data monitoring system in communication network and monitoring method thereof A data monitoring system in communication network has the global position system (GPS) receiver, a packet data collecting device and a mobile station-packet data serving node monitoring system (MPMS). The GPS receiver provides time information which is received from the GPS satellites. The packet data collecting device collects the communication ... 05/04/06 - 20060094444 - Intelligent network interface The present invention provides methods and apparatus for interconnecting disparate communications systems. A call request that originates from a communications network is directed to a network interface. The network interface consequently redirects the call request to a communications entity, such as a radio or a cellular radio system that serves ... 05/04/06 - 20060094443 - Geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical coordinates. For example, a geographical web browser is implemented in a mobile unit such as a dashboard computer. The mobile unit includes one or more transducers such ... 04/27/06 - 20060089153 - Location-sensitive calibration data A system, method and device are provided for determining the position of a mobile station through the identification of an approximate position of the mobile station. Thereafter received signal strength (RSSI) fingerprint data for the approximate position is requested and retrieved. The fingerprint data and received signal strength data collected ... 04/27/06 - 20060089152 - Location-based synchronization of mobile terminals This invention describes a new methodology for a location-based synchronization of content in mobile terminals (e.g., wireless devices, portable devices, mobile communication devices, mobile phones, etc.). The present invention enables a new usage model for mobile terminals: it makes it possible to have the content of the mobile terminal be ... 04/27/06 - 20060089151 - System and method for controlling modulation A system and method for controlling modulation. The system includes a plurality of modulators and a transmitting unit. The plurality of modulators decodes data from a data signal and also encodes the data into a clock signal. The transmitting unit transmits the encoded clock signal. According to the system and ... 04/20/06 - 20060084446 - Mobile station with a plurality of interfaces A method and a mobile station, in which the CPU memory of the mobile station provides interfaces for a plurality of applications that are external to the mobile station. Applications program modules for the external applications are stored in that part of the CPU memory of a mobile station which ... 04/13/06 - 20060079250 - Method and apparatus for providing enhanced communication capability for mobile devices on a virtual private network (vpn) A service communication system for mobile vehicles has a cellular telephony interface in individual ones of the mobile vehicles, for establishing telephony events over a cellular network with a base station, and a global positioning system in individual ones of the mobile vehicles for determining global position from transmissions from ... 04/13/06 - 20060079249 - User privacy management apparatus and method in mobile communications system Provided is a user privacy management apparatus and method on a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) network including a SUPL Location Platform (SLP) and a SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) and performing privacy authorization according to location of the SET, wherein when the location of the SET is calculated, the SLP ... 04/13/06 - 20060079248 - Mobile communication terminal and position information using method An object of the present invention is to provide a cell phone capable of using base station position information and GPS position information more appropriately. This cell phone 10 is provided with a first position acquirer 12 for acquiring first position information of cell phone 10 calculated using a position ... 04/13/06 - 20060079247 - Method for directing a user of a mobile device from a current location to a product A method is described for directing a user of a mobile device from a current location to a product, wherein an identification code of the product is recorded in the mobile device and transmitted to a name server. The identification code is used in the name server among others for ... 04/13/06 - 20060079246 - Location based service for point-to-multipoint broadcasting A method for providing a location based service (LBS) in a point-to-multipoint broadcasting system comprises, in a mobile station, receiving a transmitter identifier (ID) from a point-to-multipoint transmitter, and obtaining location information based on the transmitter ID. The method also comprises determining a service area for the LBS based on ... 04/13/06 - 20060079245 - Methods and systems for position co-ordination A position coordination system for coordinating a position of a number of users includes at least one user terminal, at least one mobile communications device, and a network connecting the at least one user terminal and the at least one mobile communications device. The at least one user terminal is ... 04/13/06 - 20060079244 - System and method for collecting continuous location updates while minimizing overall network utilization A wireless device and method for providing location updates to a wireless network includes determining a current location of the wireless device, comparing the current location to a second location and transmitting a location update, including presence information, to the wireless network when the current location differs from the second ... 04/13/06 - 20060079243 - Telephone system and method for selectively ringing a portable phone based on the self-detected geographical position of the portable phone A portable phone is equipped with a position detector that detects the geographical position of the portable phone, and the function of the phone can be changed according to its geographical position. One or more “regions” may be defined by the user of the portable phone, and the ring parameters ... 04/06/06 - 20060073838 - Automatic critical health care service system using wireless communication, positioning and/or rf id Three solutions for an automatic critical health care service system are proposed. First two solutions include a mobile phone device, a service provider system, a home hospital system and a nearest hospital system. The third solution also includes a RF ID technology based storage means. The mobile phone device comprises ... 03/30/06 - 20060068810 - Position calculation method and storage medium storing a program threrefor A position calculation method includes a step of calculating error degradation quantities about respective measurement results (“distance-ranging results”) on distances between respective reference stations and a detection-target station from the respective distance-ranging results and positions of the respective reference stations, a step of calculating weight-assigning factors about the respective distance-ranging ... 03/30/06 - 20060068809 - Method for finding the location of a mobile terminal in a cellular radio system A system, method and device are provided which determine the position of a mobile station in connection with consulting signal delay transmission data from an almanac for the purpose of identifying the nearest set of base stations. Thereafter, the position of the mobile station is determined using multilateration. ... 03/30/06 - 20060068808 - Method, system and apparatus for using mobile telephone and gps receiver to inexpensively access the server based gis context for navigation operations Method, system and apparatus for using a mobile phone with GPS receiver attached are provided for navigation operation. The GPS device locates coordinates using the Satellite Positioning System (SPS). An apparatus and method are invented to convert the GPS coordinates into encoded voice prompts, text messages or touch-tone signals. The ... 03/23/06 - 20060063537 - Method and apparatus for determining position of mobile communication terminal Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining the position of a mobile communication terminal. A location server for determining a position of the mobile communication terminal in an Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS), the location server including a position calculating algorithm, and a base station information database, wherein ... 03/23/06 - 20060063536 - Method for determining location of ue by using agps information Disclosed is a method for determining a location of a UE by means of AGPS information. The method includes generating by an SLC a pseudo UE ID according to a request for location information of the UE, the pseudo UE ID being used for maintaining security in communication with an ... 03/23/06 - 20060063535 - Method of building a locating service for a wireless network environment A method of building a locating service for a wireless network environment includes: an environment input step, a detection point calculation step, a measuring step and an assumed non-detected position point step to find measured position points and to measure a four-directional signal strength of the measured position point. By ... 03/23/06 - 20060063534 - Communicating information associated with provisioning of a service, over a user plane connection A method of communicating information associated with provisioning of a service in a communication system and arrangement for the same is disclosed. In the method information about possible associations between an identifier of a mobile user equipment (10) and user plane addresses is stored in storage means (34). A service ... 03/16/06 - 20060058039 - Method of generating control signals based on location of radio terminals A method of generating a control signal to enable or inhibit a wide variety of applications is provided. The method generally includes the steps of determining the location of a first mobile radio terminal, determining the location of a second mobile radio terminal, comparing the locations of the terminals, and ... 03/16/06 - 20060058038 - Method for controlling paging and registration of a mobile device in a wireless communications system A method for locating a mobile device in a wireless communications system comprised of a plurality of base stations is provided. The method comprises associating the mobile device with a first base station of the plurality of base stations. Thereafter, a paging signal is delivered from a subset of base ... 03/16/06 - 20060058037 - Custom information for wireless subscribers based on proximity A method of delivering location-specific information to a wireless subscriber includes receiving one or more rules from an information distribution entity. The one or more rules define a geographic area related to the information distribution entity and define information to be distributed to the wireless subscriber when a wireless device ... 03/16/06 - 20060058036 - Mobile information terminal and communication system Herein disclosed are a portable information terminal and a communication system according to the present invention. The portable information terminal comprises an information providing unit 109 for providing information in accordance with a providing method which the information providing unit 109 is set to, a providing pattern data storage unit ... 03/09/06 - 20060052114 - Method and system for determining the speed and position of a mobile unit Apparatus and methods are disclosed for estimating the position and velocity of mobile wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) in a wireless communication system. Network stations use directional communication beams to divide service areas into sectors to provide communication services to the WTRUs. A WTRU saves pertinent information such as sector ID, ... 03/09/06 - 20060052113 - Roaming presence and context management Apparatus for mediating between a cellular telephony network and a wireless LAN, comprises a first adaptor for allowing signal exchange with the cellular telephony network, a second adaptor for allowing signal exchange with the wireless LAN; and a presence tracker associated with the adaptors for obtaining and storing a current ... 03/09/06 - 20060052112 - Direction finding cell phones A direction finding system comprising: at least one first hand holdable unit comprising circuitry that transmits a radio beacon signal; and at least one second hand holdable unit having a display screen and comprising direction finding (DF) circuitry that receives a radio beacon (RB) signal transmitted by a first unit ... 03/02/06 - 20060046741 - Method of establishing a communication connection The invention concerns a method of establishing a communication connection between terminals (21 to 27) as well as a server (3) for supporting such establishment. Geographical positions of subscribers of a user group are determined. The server (3) correlates said geographical positions with road network data (31) and dynamically assigns ... 03/02/06 - 20060046740 - Technique for providing location-based information concerning products and services through an information assistance service A user who is “roaming,” as determined, e.g., by his/her use of a mobile communication device, or by his/her obtaining travel directions, may be tracked and offered various goods and services, and advertising information depending on the circumstances that the user may encounter. In a first embodiment, when a user ... 02/23/06 - 20060040676 - Mobile terminal capable of generating a location information signal that indicates a landmark closest to the mobile terminal A tracking method, which is implemented using a mobile terminal, includes the steps of establishing in the mobile terminal a landmark database that contains location data of a plurality of predetermined landmarks, enabling the mobile terminal to periodically receive a position information signal that contains position information of the mobile ... 02/23/06 - 20060040675 - Method for operating a radio system, emitting station and radio system In a radio system having stations which are at least partially provided with a directional antenna, a first emitting station is provided with a directional antenna in a first spatial radio area. The first emitting station sends a direction information message indicating the spatial direction in which the data is ... 02/16/06 - 20060035648 - Locating system and method A mobile controller unit has a radio positioning system and a two-way communication system and a rover unit also has a radio positioning system and a two-way radio communication system. The controller unit can query the rover unit to send its location data so that the rover unit can be ... 02/16/06 - 20060035647 - Apparatus and method for displaying caller id with location information A system and method that provides communication devices with the capability of informing the user where the other party is located. A communication device receives a communication initialization signal. The communication device then receives data comprising location data of the communication device that initiated the communication. The data is translated ... 02/16/06 - 20060035646 - Location based services in communications networks This disclosure concerns systems and methods for implementing location based services in communications networks. In one example, whe |