WO2001095642B1 - A wireless location gateway and applications therefor - Google Patents

A wireless location gateway and applications therefor

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Publication number
WO2001095642B1
WO2001095642B1 PCT/US2001/017957 US0117957W WO0195642B1 WO 2001095642 B1 WO2001095642 B1 WO 2001095642B1 US 0117957 W US0117957 W US 0117957W WO 0195642 B1 WO0195642 B1 WO 0195642B1
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information
user
mobile station
location
wireless location
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PCT/US2001/017957
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Dennis J Dupray
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Tracbeam Llc
Dennis J Dupray
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Priority to GB0230276A priority Critical patent/GB2384952B/en
Priority to US10/297,449 priority patent/US7714778B2/en
Priority to AU2001266674A priority patent/AU2001266674A1/en
Application filed by Tracbeam Llc, Dennis J Dupray filed Critical Tracbeam Llc
Publication of WO2001095642A2 publication Critical patent/WO2001095642A2/en
Publication of WO2001095642A3 publication Critical patent/WO2001095642A3/en
Publication of WO2001095642B1 publication Critical patent/WO2001095642B1/en
Priority to US11/464,880 priority patent/US7903029B2/en
Priority to US11/936,781 priority patent/US9875492B2/en
Priority to US12/021,222 priority patent/US8082096B2/en
Priority to US13/037,337 priority patent/US10641861B2/en
Priority to US13/844,708 priority patent/US10684350B2/en
Priority to US15/863,905 priority patent/US11610241B2/en
Priority to US16/866,223 priority patent/US20200333426A1/en
Priority to US16/902,125 priority patent/US11971491B2/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W64/00—Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/005—Data network PoA devices

Abstract

A wireless communication network system having one or more location servers (142) for outputting requested locations of commercially available mobile stations (140) based on CDMA, AMPS, NAMPS or TDMA communication standards, for processing both local and global mobile station location requests (140) via, e.g., internet communication (468) between a distributed network of location centers (142). The system uses a plurality of mobile station location technologies including two-way TOA and TDOA; pattern recognition; distributed antenna provisioning; GPS signals; angle of arrival; superresolution enhancements; and supplemental information from various types of base stations.

Claims

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AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 22 March 2002 (22.03.2002); new claims 7-19 added; remaining claims unchanged (4 pages)]
7. A method for providing a service to a mobile station user, comprising: first determining a wireless location of a first mobile station at a first location; storing identifying information for a place of user interest, wherein said identifying information is at least partially determined from aid wireless location; subsequently, receiving, from the first mobile station at a second location, a request from the user for routing information to the place of user interest; accessing said identifying information for obtaining location information for the place of user interest; second determining routing information for routing the user from the second location to the place of user interest; and outputting the routing information to the first mobile station for routing the user to the place of user interest.
8. The method of Claim 7, wherein said first location is substantially at the place of user interest
9. The method of Claim 7, further including a step of receiving a request for performing said step of first detaamining, wherein said request is transmitted from me first mobile in response to an input to the first mobile station by the user.
10. The method of Claim 7, wherein said place of interest includes one of: a hotel, a restaurant, a shopping area, a scenic area, a rendezvous point, a theatre, an athletic event, a church, an entertainment establishment, and a location of an acquaintance.
11. The method of Claim 7, wherein said step of storing includes one of: (a) information indicative of a length of time that said identifying information is accessible for routing the user to the place of user interest, and (b) information and (b) information indicative of a geographical area outside of which said identifying information inaccessible for routing the user to the place of user interest. 94
12. The method of Claim 7, wherein said step of second determining includes modifying first route information representing a first route to the place of user interest to obtain said routing information representing a second route to the place of user interest, wherein said second route incorporates a detour to the place of user interest.
13. The method of Claim 7, wherein said first determining step includes transmitting a request for wirelessly locating the first mobile station to a wireless location gateway.
14. The method of Claim 7, wherein said step of second deterrnining includes performing a wireless location of the first mobile station at the second location.
15. A method for providing a service to a mobile station user, comprising: obtaining consent for an entity different from a user of a mobile station to access wireless location information obtained from one or more wireless locations of the mobile station, wherein said consent is provided by the user of the mobile station for accessing said wireless location information during a first predetermined time period and wherein said access is restricted during a second predetermined time period; providing access to an instance of the mobile station location related information by the entity during the first predetermined time period; and restricting access to the mobile station location related information by the entity during the second predetermined time period.
16. The metho<i of Claim 15, wherein said first and second time periods are included in an access schedule accessible by a network service control point, wherein said access schedule is used for c^termining when to request a wireless location of the mobile station to be performed for providing an instance of said wireless location information to the entity. 95
17. The method of Claim 15, wherein said providing step includes requesting one or more wireless locations of the mobile station wherein said wireless locations are provided by a wireless location gateway.
18. A method for communicating product or service information, comprising: receiving a wireless location of a mobile station; accessing first information specific to the mobile station for determining wireless communication capabilities of the mobile station; accessing second information for a user of the mobile station for determining user preferences for wireless communication between the mobile station and the information exchange service; accessing one or more user provided descriptions, wherein each said description includes data for identifying a corresponding product or service desired by the user; accessing user preferences related to product or service information content for presentation at the mobile station, including criteria dependent upon one or more of: a distance of travel by the user for obtaining a desired product or service, a direction of travel by the user, and an expected elapsed time of travel by the user for obtaining a desired product or service; accessing merchant information for identifying one or more merchants having a first product or service identified by a first of said descriptions; deteπniniπg, using said wireless location, a first of the merchants having a first location sufficiently satisfying said criteria for the first product or service; deteπnining purchasing information related to purchasing the first product or service from the first merchant, wherein said purchasing information includes information for assisting the user in proceeding to the first location, wherein ; determining a presentation of said purchasing information for transmitting to the mobile station, said presentation deteπnined according to said first information and said second information; transmitting said presentation to flic mobile station; wherein two or more of: 96
(a) at least one of: said descriptions and said user preferences include data indicative of preferring one merchant over another;
(b) a portion of said descriptions and said user preferences are provided to at least one of the merchants; and
(c) said step of accessing merchant' information includes a step of deterrniπing a collection of merchants, each having a location within a predetermined geographical area of the wireless location.
19. The method of Claim 18, wherein said step of receiving includes transmitting a request for said wireless location to a wireless location gateway for determining said wireless location using one or more wireless location techniques without said request providing all informarion required for performing said one or more wireless location techniques.
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GB0230276A GB2384952B (en) 2000-06-02 2001-06-04 A wireless locating gateway and applications therefor
US10/297,449 US7714778B2 (en) 1997-08-20 2001-06-04 Wireless location gateway and applications therefor
AU2001266674A AU2001266674A1 (en) 2000-06-02 2001-06-04 A wireless location gateway and applications therefor
US11/464,880 US7903029B2 (en) 1996-09-09 2006-08-16 Wireless location routing applications and architecture therefor
US11/936,781 US9875492B2 (en) 2001-05-22 2007-11-07 Real estate transaction system
US12/021,222 US8082096B2 (en) 2001-05-22 2008-01-28 Wireless location routing applications and architecture therefor
US13/037,337 US10641861B2 (en) 2000-06-02 2011-02-28 Services and applications for a communications network
US13/844,708 US10684350B2 (en) 2000-06-02 2013-03-15 Services and applications for a communications network
US15/863,905 US11610241B2 (en) 2001-05-22 2018-01-06 Real estate transaction system
US16/866,223 US20200333426A1 (en) 2000-06-02 2020-05-04 Services and applications for a communications network
US16/902,125 US11971491B2 (en) 2020-06-15 Services and applications for a communications network

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US20927800P 2000-06-02 2000-06-02
US60/209,278 2000-06-02
US29309401P 2001-05-22 2001-05-22
US60/293,094 2001-05-22

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PCT/US1997/015892 Continuation-In-Part WO1998010307A1 (en) 1996-09-09 1997-09-08 Location of a mobile station
US09/176,587 Continuation-In-Part US7274332B1 (en) 1996-09-09 1998-10-21 Multiple evaluators for evaluation of a purality of conditions
US19436798A Continuation-In-Part 1996-09-09 1998-11-24
US09/299,115 Continuation-In-Part US6249252B1 (en) 1996-09-09 1999-04-23 Wireless location using multiple location estimators

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US10/337,807 Continuation US20040198386A1 (en) 1998-11-24 2003-01-06 Applications for a wireless location gateway
US11/464,880 Continuation-In-Part US7903029B2 (en) 1996-09-09 2006-08-16 Wireless location routing applications and architecture therefor
US11/936,781 Continuation-In-Part US9875492B2 (en) 2000-06-02 2007-11-07 Real estate transaction system
US12/021,222 Continuation US8082096B2 (en) 2001-05-22 2008-01-28 Wireless location routing applications and architecture therefor
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