WO2010121563A1 - Mobile locating method, device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile locating system is provided, which comprises: a service requesting device for sending a service request including specific position information to a locating device; the locating device comprising a position service unit and a sending unit. The position service unit is used to obtain the user identifications corresponding to said specific position information; the sending unit is used to send said user identifications to said service requesting device; and the service requesting device is also used to receive said user identifications from said locating device. The system is able to provide the users as well as the user identifications within a region of the geographical position represented by the specific position information on the basis of mobile locating. A service requesting device, a locating device and a method thereof are also provided.

Description

 Method, device and system for moving positioning

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 200910137615, filed on Apr. 23, 2009, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. In this application. Technical field

 The present invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a method, apparatus and system for mobile positioning. Background technique

 Mobile positioning technology is an emerging technology that provides users with location information within the network with the support of an electronic map platform. The mobile positioning technology can not only determine the location of the terminal itself, but also find information about a specific location outside the terminal.

 Mobile positioning technology can be divided into mobile station based positioning technology and network based positioning technology. In the mobile station based positioning technology, the mobile station calculates the location of the mobile station using the signals of the base station. The base station based positioning technique is that the network calculates the location of the mobile station using signals transmitted from the mobile station.

 The existing mobile positioning technology mainly includes three application methods:

 1. Use the terminal to perform mobile positioning, and query the current geographic location of the terminal;

 2. Use the terminal to query the electronic map content of its geographical location to learn about the content related to the location information, such as restaurant theater information;

 3. Use the terminal to query the geographical location of other known users, for example, find the number of friends and relatives from the address book, and then find the geographic location of the terminal corresponding to the number. In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventors have found that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: Both of the above technologies have only the location calculation capability for the terminal, and cannot provide users within the geographical range represented by the specific location information and User ID.

Summary of the invention

In view of this, it is an object of one or more embodiments of the present invention to provide a mobile positioning The method, apparatus and system are configured to provide users and their user identifications within a geographic location represented by specific location information on a mobile location basis.

 To solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile positioning system, including: a service requesting apparatus, configured to send a service request including specific location information to a positioning apparatus; and a positioning apparatus, where the positioning apparatus includes a location service unit and sends Unit

 The location service unit is configured to acquire a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information, where the sending unit is configured to send the user identifier to the service requesting device, where the service requesting device is further used to The positioning device receives the user identification. A service requesting device is also provided, the device being a network user equipment UE, an application server AS or a network client, the device comprising:

 a service requesting unit, configured to send a service request that includes specific location information to a positioning device, to obtain a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information;

 The information querying unit is configured to obtain a user information query request from the network side according to the user identifier sent by the positioning device.

 A positioning device is also provided, including:

 Location business unit and sending unit;

 The location service unit is configured to receive, by the service requesting device, a service request that includes specific location information, and obtain a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information;

 The sending unit is configured to send the user identifier to the service requesting device.

 A method of positioning is also provided, including:

 Receiving a service request containing specific location information;

 Obtaining a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information;

 Sending the user identification to the sender of the service request.

 Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:

DRAWINGS

 In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only It is a certain embodiment of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained from those skilled in the art without any inventive labor.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile positioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention; 1-1 is a block diagram of another mobile positioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 1-2 is a block diagram of another positioning device according to an embodiment of the present invention; 3 is a block diagram of a service requesting apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a signaling flowchart of a first mobile positioning provided by an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 3 is an implementation of the present invention. The signaling flow chart of the second mobile positioning provided by the example; FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a positioning device provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

 FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for positioning provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

 The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

 As shown in FIG. 1 , a system for extending mobile positioning capability according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

 a service requesting apparatus 101, configured to send a service request that includes specific location information;

 The service requesting device may include:

 User equipment (UE), application server (AS), or network client. The network client may not be limited to the inside of the telecommunication network, and refers to clients other than the network user equipment.

 a positioning device 102, the positioning device includes a location service unit and a sending unit;

 The location service unit 1021 is configured to obtain a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information, where the location service unit may include:

 Value-added gateway Par lay X Ga teway, AS, Serving Mobi le Locat ion Center, Gateway GMLC (Ga teway Mobi le Locat ion Center), Position Determination Entity PDE (Position Determining Ent i Ty), RNC (Radio Network Controller), or Mobi le Position Center (MPC).

 The sending unit 1022 is configured to send the user identifier to the service requesting device.

The interface between the service requesting device and the location service unit includes: a simple object access protocol S0AP, a hypertext transfer protocol HTTP, a wireless application protocol. WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), i's SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) or Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), in actual use, other standard protocol interfaces or proprietary protocol interfaces, that is, The direct interface can also be an indirect interface, such as interconnecting through other intermediate nodes.

 The service requesting device 101 is further configured to receive the user identifier from the positioning device 102. In the embodiment of the present invention, the user identifier may be multiple user identifiers, or may be one user identifier or none, depending on actual positioning results.

 The embodiment of the present invention sends a service request including the specific location information by the service requesting device. After the location service unit of the positioning device acquires the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information, the sending unit of the positioning device sends the user identifier to the The service requesting device sends the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information after acquiring the specific location information, which facilitates the operation of the user group creation by using the user identifier.

 The locating device may further include:

 The first storage unit 1023 is configured to store a user identifier in a base station or a cell.

 The location service unit further includes:

 a location determining module 10211, configured to determine a nearest base station or a nearest cell corresponding to the specific location information;

 The obtaining module 10212 is configured to acquire, from the first storage unit, a user identifier in the nearest base station or a nearest cell.

 By adding a location determining module and an obtaining module to the location service unit, the nearest base station or cell corresponding to the specific location information included in the service request may be first calculated, and then obtained according to the nearest base station or cell corresponding to the specific location information. The base station covers the visited network information of the user in the area or the cell, that is, the user identifier.

 As shown in FIG. 1-2, a block diagram of another positioning device provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include:

 The first obtaining unit 103 is configured to periodically determine a user identifier corresponding to all the specific location information, and the second storage unit 104 is configured to store the user identifier.

The location service unit acquires, from the second storage unit, a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information included in the service request. That is, the user corresponding to the location may be periodically calculated by the first obtaining unit and stored in the second storage unit. The prior art has a mature mass storage or network storage technology, which can solve all the corresponding locations. Storage problem with user ID. When a service request is received, the user ID corresponding to the stored specific location information can be directly used. This improves the timeliness compared to the technical solution of obtaining the user identity after determining the location information after receiving the service request.

 The service requesting device may further include:

 An information querying module, configured to send a user information query request to the network side according to the user identifier sent by the sending unit;

 The network side includes: a home subscriber server HSS, configured to send, according to the user information query request, the user information obtained by the query to the service requesting apparatus, where the user information is used to establish a group related to user information. .

 The above specific location information is a geographical location of a specific location or region, such as a street, an important building group, or specific positioning data such as latitude, longitude, altitude, and the like. In this way, when the service requesting device is used to pay attention to a target location such as the Xidan Book Building, a user identifier of the location may be selected to be processed, and new book advertisement information or other information may be sent thereto, and for the user located in the shopping mall, the user may It specifically transmits price commodity information or other public service information and so on.

 As shown in FIG. 1-3, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for requesting a service, where the device is a user equipment UE, an application server, or a network client, and the device includes:

 a service requesting unit 105, configured to send a service request that includes specific location information, to obtain a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information;

 The information querying unit 106 is configured to obtain a user information query request from the network side according to the user identifier sent by the sending unit.

 In another implementation manner, the service requesting unit 105 is configured to send a service request that includes the specific location information to the positioning device, to obtain the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information, where the information query unit 106 is used to And obtaining, according to the user identifier sent by the positioning device, a user information query request to the network side.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is a signaling flowchart of the first extended mobile positioning capability provided by the embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the positioning device includes a location service unit and a sending unit, and the user in the area represented by the specific location information More than one, so the location business unit gets more than one user ID. Including steps: 201. The terminal sends a service request including specific location information to the location service unit by sending a short message or dialing, etc., and the specific location information may be a building or a specific area of a specific location that the terminal cares about, such as to a certain protection zone.

 202. After receiving the service request, the location service unit calculates a nearest base station or cell corresponding to the specific location information, and acquires visited network information, that is, a user identifier, of the user in the base station or the cell.

 203. The location service unit sends the user identifier to the terminal, and may also send the user identifier from the location service unit by the sending unit on the network side, and then send the identifier to the terminal.

 The terminal can perform subsequent operations according to the user identifier, such as sending a service advertisement or flight information. The location business unit can also periodically query the user ID within a specific location.

 Referring to FIG. 3, it is a flow chart of the second extended mobile positioning capability provided by the embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, how to create a group by using a user identifier is displayed, including the steps of:

301. The location service unit periodically calculates the user groups corresponding to all the locations, and stores them in a specific database, which is convenient for obtaining the corresponding user identifiers after receiving the service request; the periodic time can be > according to the processing capability and actual needs. Settings, such as 3-60 seconds;

 302. The location service unit receives the service request of the service requesting device, and obtains a corresponding user identifier according to the specific location information included therein; the user identifier may be embodied in the form of the terminal UR1;

303. The location service unit sends the user identifier to the service requesting device. In an actual application, the sending unit may be configured on the network side, where the sending unit sends the user identifier obtained from the location service unit to the service requesting device.

 304. The service requesting device initiates a user information query request that includes a user identifier.

 305. The HSS (Home Subscr i ber Server, the home subscriber server) sends the user information according to the user identifier in the user information query request, and sends the information to the service requesting device, where the user information includes: personal hobbies, occupations, places of residence, and places. Unit and so on;

 306. The service requesting device selects, according to the user information, a user to send information to or create a group, and stores the group in a group AS (group application server).

 The embodiment of the present invention stores the user group corresponding to all the locations periodically after being stored by the location service processing unit, and is beneficial to directly obtain the corresponding user identifier after receiving the service request. After obtaining the user identifier, the service requesting device may further acquire user information, select a user to send information to or create a group, and expand the application field of the mobile positioning technology.

Referring to FIG. 4, it is a positioning device provided by an embodiment of the present invention, including: Location service unit 401 and sending unit 402;

 a location service unit 401, configured to receive a service request that includes the specific location information sent by the service requesting device, and obtain a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information;

 The sending unit 402 is configured to send the user identifier to the service requesting device.

 The positioning device may include:

 Value-added gateway Pa r l ay X Ga teway, AS, Service Mobile Location Center SMLC, Gateway Mobile Location Center GMLC, Location Determination Entity PDE, Radio Network Controller RNC or Mobile Location Center MPC.

 The location service unit further includes:

 a location determining module, configured to determine a nearest base station or a nearest cell corresponding to the specific location information;

 And an acquiring module, configured to obtain, by the element, a user identifier in the nearest base station or a nearest cell. The positioning device may further include:

 a first obtaining unit, configured to periodically determine a user identifier corresponding to all the specific location information; and a second storage unit, configured to store the user identifier;

 The location service unit acquires, from the second storage unit, a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information included in the service request.

 The embodiment of the present invention sends a service request including the specific location information by the service requesting device. After the location service unit of the positioning device acquires the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information, the sending unit of the positioning device sends the user identifier to the The service requesting device sends the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information after acquiring the specific location information, which facilitates the operation of the user group creation by using the user identifier. Referring to FIG. 5, it is a flowchart of a method for positioning provided by an embodiment of the present invention, including:

 501. Receive a service request that includes specific location information;

 502. Obtain a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information.

The method for obtaining the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information may be in two ways: The first manner is to periodically obtain the user identifier corresponding to the specific information, and the second manner may also be obtained after receiving the service request. The user ID corresponding to the specific location information. The first way includes:

 Regularly determine and store user IDs corresponding to all specific location information;

 Obtaining a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information according to the user identifier corresponding to the stored specific location information.

 The second way includes:

 Determining a nearest base station or a nearest cell corresponding to the specific location information;

 The user identifier in the nearest base station or the nearest cell is obtained, for example, according to the nearest base station or the nearest cell corresponding to the specific location information, the wireless network is queried for the user identifier of all visited users in the base station or the cell.

 503. Send the user identifier to a sender of the service request.

 The service request sender may select a specific user identifier after receiving the user identifier, and after the network side queries the user information corresponding to the user identifier, the group may be further configured to: The user identifier sends a user information query request; the network side sends the user information corresponding to the user identifier to the sender of the service request according to the user information query request, where the user information is used to establish user information related to the user information. Group.

 The embodiment of the present invention stores the user group corresponding to all the locations periodically, and is configured to directly obtain the corresponding user identifier after receiving the service request. After receiving the service request, the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information may be calculated in a targeted manner. After obtaining the user identifier, the terminal may further obtain the user information, select the user to be sent to the user, or create a group. The application field of mobile positioning technology. The apparatus, system and method embodiments of the present invention have the same technical effects and will not be repeated.

 Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be through hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation. the way. Based on this understanding, the computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform various embodiments of the present invention. The method described in the example.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should include It is within the scope of the invention.

Claims

Rights request A mobile positioning system, comprising:  a service requesting device, configured to send a service request including specific location information to the positioning device; a positioning device, where the positioning device includes a location service unit and a sending unit;  The location service unit is configured to acquire a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information, where the sending unit is configured to send the user identifier to the service requesting device, where the service requesting device is further used to The positioning device receives the user identification.  2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the service requesting device comprises: a network user equipment UE, an application server AS or a network client.  3. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the service requesting device and the location service unit comprises:  Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP, Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP or Wireless Application Protocol Ray, Short Message Transfer Protocol SMTP or Session Initiation Protocol S IP.  4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the positioning device comprises: a value-added gateway Par lay X Ga teway, an AS, a service mobile location center SMLC, a gateway mobile location center GMLC, a location determining entity PDE, a wireless network Controller RNC or Mobile Location Center MPC.  The system according to claim 1, wherein the location service unit further comprises: a location determining module, configured to determine a nearest base station or a nearest cell corresponding to the specific location information;  An obtaining module, configured to acquire a user identifier in the nearest base station or a nearest cell. The system of claim 1, wherein the positioning device further comprises: a first obtaining unit, configured to periodically determine a user identifier corresponding to all the specific location information; and a second storage unit, configured to store the User ID;  The location service unit acquires, from the second storage unit, a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information included in the service request.  The system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the service requesting device further comprises: An information querying unit, configured to send to the network side according to the user identifier sent by the sending unit Send a user information inquiry request;  The network side includes: a home subscriber server HSS, configured to send, according to the user information query request, the user information obtained by the query to the service requesting apparatus, where the user information is used to establish a group related to user information. .  A service requesting device, wherein the device is a network user equipment UE, an application server AS, or a network client, and the device includes:  a service requesting unit, configured to send a service request that includes specific location information to a positioning device, to obtain a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information;  The information querying unit is configured to obtain a user information query request from the network side according to the user identifier sent by the positioning device.  9. A positioning device, comprising:  Location business unit and sending unit;  The location service unit is configured to receive a service request that is sent by the service requesting device and includes the specific location information, and obtain the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information.  The sending unit is configured to send the user identifier to the service requesting device.  The positioning device according to claim 9, wherein the positioning device comprises: a value-added gateway Par lay X Ga teway, an AS, a service mobile location center SMLC, a gateway mobile location center GMLC, a location determining entity PDE, and a wireless Network Controller RNC or Mobile Location Center MPC.  The positioning device according to claim 10, wherein the location service unit further comprises:  a location determining module, configured to determine a nearest base station or a nearest cell corresponding to the specific location information;  An obtaining module, configured to acquire a user identifier in the nearest base station or a nearest cell. The positioning device according to claim 10, wherein the positioning device further comprises:  a first obtaining unit, configured to periodically determine a user identifier corresponding to all the specific location information; and a second storage unit, configured to store the user identifier;  The location service unit acquires, from the second storage unit, a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information included in the service request. 13. A method of locating, characterized in that it comprises: Receiving a service request containing specific location information;  Obtaining a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information;  Sending the user identification to the sender of the service request.  The method of claim 13, wherein the acquiring the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information comprises:  Determining a nearest base station or a nearest cell corresponding to the specific location information;  Get the user ID in the nearest base station or the nearest cell.  The method of claim 13, wherein the acquiring the user identifier corresponding to the specific location information comprises:  Regularly determine and store user IDs corresponding to all specific location information;  Obtaining a user identifier corresponding to the specific location information according to the user identifier corresponding to the stored specific location information.  16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:  The sender of the service request sends a user information query request according to the user identifier; the network side sends the user information corresponding to the user identifier to the sender of the service request according to the user information query request, the user information Used to create groups related to user information