公开(公告)号：EP1155514A4

公开(公告)日：2006-06-07

申请号：EP00913610

申请日：2000-02-25

申请人： SIGNALSOFT CORP

发明人： FITCH JAMES A ,  WAGER GARRICK T

IPC分类号： H04B7/185 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M11/04 ,  H04W64/00 ,  G09B27/08

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  H04B7/18547 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M11/04 ,  H04M2242/04 ,  H04M2242/30

摘要： A method for determining (36) whether a location associated with a wireless station, such as a cellular telephone (28), is located within an area of interest. The area of interest is defined using a quadtree representation of an area that includes the area of interest and identifying nodes within the quadtree that represent the area of interest. By iterative comparison of the location (60A-60N) associated with the wireless station (28) to the locations associated with a node at each level of the quadtree, a determination can be made as to whether or not the location associated with the wireless station is within the area of interest.

公开(公告)号：EP1099354A4

公开(公告)日：2004-03-31

申请号：EP99937344

申请日：1999-07-20

申请人： SIGNALSOFT CORP

发明人： HOSE DAVID L

IPC分类号： H04W4/02 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04Q7/00 ,  H04Q7/22

CPC分类号： H04M3/4872 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04M3/42357 ,  H04M2242/15 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W8/18

摘要： A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing subscriber delivered and personalized location-based services. In one embodiment, the invention is implemented in an intelligent wireless network (100). A subscriber initiates the location-based service process by entering a service request using a wireless telephone (102). The request is transmitted to an intelligent network platform (112) via cell site equipment (108) and MSC (110). An application implementing the process that runs on the platform (112) receives subscriber profile information (114), location finding equipment inputs (116) and service information (118) related to the service request. Based on these inputs, the application selects location-based service data that is transmitted to the telephone (102) via a data server (120), the MSC (110) and the cell site equipment.

公开(公告)号：EP1374605A1

公开(公告)日：2004-01-02

申请号：EP02715049.9

申请日：2002-03-01

申请人： Signalsoft Corp.

发明人： FITCH, James, A. ,  NOWAK, Steven, P. ,  VERTEUIL, Andre, Laurent de

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20 ,  H04B7/00 ,  H01Q21/06

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  H04W4/90 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W76/50

摘要： The inventive system allows for more efficient use of resources for providing location information in a wireless network (10) where multiple sources (50a-c) of such information may be available. In particular, the system provides a gateway between a plurality of location-based applications (54a-c) and the multiple sources (50a-c) to provide location information for a mobile communications unit (14) located within the wireless network (10). The gateway, or location information management system (58), receive location requests having one or more specifications regarding the desired location information form the location based applications (54a-c). The gateway utilizes these specifications to select one or more of the various sources (50a-c) to provide location information for a mobile communications unit (14). Selection of sources (50a-c) is limited to those sources (50a-c) that match the specifications within the request. Once the desired information is obtained, the information is made available to the requesting application (54a-c).

公开(公告)号：EP1099354A1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-16

申请号：EP99937344.2

申请日：1999-07-20

申请人： Signalsoft Corp.

发明人： HOSE, David, L.

IPC分类号： H04Q7/00

CPC分类号： H04M3/4872 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04M3/42357 ,  H04M2242/15 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W8/18

摘要： A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing subscriber delivered and personalized location-based services. In one embodiment, the invention is implemented in an intelligent wireless network (100). A subscriber initiates the location-based service process by entering a service request using a wireless telephone (102). The request is transmitted to an intelligent network platform (112) via cell site equipment (108) and MSC (110). An application implementing the process that runs on the platform (112) receives subscriber profile information (114), location finding equipment inputs (116) and service information (118) related to the service request. Based on these inputs, the application selects location-based service data that is transmitted to the telephone (102) via a data server (120), the MSC (110) and the cell site equipment.

公开(公告)号：EP1368724A2

公开(公告)日：2003-12-10

申请号：EP02721023.6

申请日：2002-02-15

申请人： Signalsoft Corp.

发明人： RICE, Christopher, R. ,  FIEBER, Cameron ,  POULIN, Ron ,  JONES, Peter

IPC分类号： G06F1/00

CPC分类号： H04W8/16 ,  H04L63/102 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/18 ,  H04W12/02

摘要： A system and method to provide for the establishment and use of permission sets for subscribers where client applications in a wireless communication environment are requesting location information for a particular wireless communication device from a provider of such information. The system may be configured such that an authentication process is preformed for client application (24) seeking location information by way of a location server (50) that would require the registration of such client applications with a centralized processing system. An access manager (40) and a geographic information system (60) as also part of the system.

公开(公告)号：EP1133883A4

公开(公告)日：2002-01-23

申请号：EP99956877

申请日：1999-11-03

申请人： SIGNALSOFT CORP

发明人： FITCH JAMES ,  HOSE DAVID L ,  MC KNIGHT MICHAEL

IPC分类号： G01S5/00 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/12 ,  G01S19/06 ,  G01S19/14 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W64/00 ,  H04W88/18 ,  H04Q7/38 ,  H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  G01S5/0027 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/12 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W88/18

摘要： Multiple location finding equipment (LFE) inputs are used to enhance the location information made available to wireless location-based applications. In one implementation, the invention is implemented in a wireless network including an MSC (112) for use in routing communications to or from wireless stations (102), a network platform (114) associated with the MSC (112), and a variety of LFE systems (104, 106, 108 and 110). A Location Finding System (LFS) (116) in accordance with the present invention is resident on the platform (114). The LFS (116) receives location information from the LFEs (104, 106, 108 and 110) and provides location information to wireless location based applications (118). In this regard, the LFS (116) can receive input information at varying time intervals of varying accuracies and in various formats, and can provide standardized outputs to the applications (118), for example, depending on the needs of the applications (118). Multiple inputs may also be co-processed for enhanced accuracy.

公开(公告)号：EP1155514A1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-21

申请号：EP00913610.2

申请日：2000-02-25

申请人： Signalsoft Corp.

发明人： FITCH, James, A. ,  WAGER, Garrick, T.

IPC分类号： H04B7/185 ,  G09B27/08

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  H04B7/18547 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M11/04 ,  H04M2242/04 ,  H04M2242/30

摘要： A method for determining (36) whether a location associated with a wireless station, such as a cellular telephone (28), is located within an area of interest. The area of interest is defined using a quadtree representation of an area that includes the area of interest and identifying nodes within the quadtree that represent the area of interest. By iterative comparison of the location (60A-60N) associated with the wireless station (28) to the locations associated with a node at each level of the quadtree, a determination can be made as to whether or not the location associated with the wireless station is within the area of interest.

公开(公告)号：EP1133883A1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-19

申请号：EP99956877.7

申请日：1999-11-03

申请人： Signalsoft Corp.

发明人： FITCH, James ,  HOSE, David, L. ,  MC KNIGHT, Michael

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  G01S5/0027 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/12 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W88/18

摘要： Multiple location finding equipment (LFE) inputs are used to enhance the location information made available to wireless location-based applications. In one implementation, the invention is implemented in a wireless network including an MSC (112) for use in routing communications to or from wireless stations (102), a network platform (114) associated with the MSC (112), and a variety of LFE systems (104, 106, 108 and 110). A Location Finding System (LFS) (116) in accordance with the present invention is resident on the platform (114). The LFS (116) receives location information from the LFEs (104, 106, 108 and 110) and provides location information to wireless location based applications (118). In this regard, the LFS (116) can receive input information at varying time intervals of varying accuracies and in various formats, and can provide standardized outputs to the applications (118), for example, depending on the needs of the applications (118). Multiple inputs may also be co-processed for enhanced accuracy.