Location dependent WWW service in digital cellular communication networks

Patent 6256498 Issued on July 3, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 14, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Ludwig, Reiner

Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

Application

No. 114905 filed on 07/14/1998

US Classes:

455/433, Home location registration (HLR) or visitor location registration (VLR) detail455/456.1, Location monitoring455/557Interface attached device (e.g., interface with modem, facsimile, computer, etc.)

Examiners

Primary: Hunter, Daniel S.
Assistant: Chow, C.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P.

Foreign Patent References

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International Class

H04Q 007/20

Foreign Application Priority Data

1997-07-15 DE

Abstract

A mobile station (MS) for a digital cellular communication network (GSM) supporting WWW services comprises a receiver (4) for broadcast information transmitted from at least one base station sub-system (BSS 1; . . . ; BSS 5), a location data filter (6) adapted to select location specific data from the received broadcast information, and a mobile device interface (8) adapted to establish a connection to a mobile device (MD) being connected to the mobile station (MS), to receive a request for the location specific data from the mobile device (MD) and to transfer the location specific data to the mobile device (MD). The transfer of location specific data to a server being linked to the mobile device via a global data bearer services network allows for the provision of location dependent WWW services at the mobile device (MD).

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IEEE-IEE Vehicle Navigation & Information Systems Conference, Ottawa--VNIS, Dec. 10, 1993, J. Hellaker, et al., "Real-time Traveller Information . . . GSM terminals", pp. 49-5