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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
George Christopher Moon, Aurora, CA;
Xiang LI, Scarborough, CA;
Scott Petronis, Rexford, CA;
Arthur R. Berrill, Goodwood, CA;
Matthew W. Tweedie, Delmar, NY (US);
John L. Dove, East Greenbush, NY (US);
Edward T. Dewald, East Greenbush, NY (US);
George Christopher Moon, Aurora, CA;
Xiang Li, Scarborough, CA;
Scott Petronis, Rexford, CA;
Arthur R. Berrill, Goodwood, CA;
Matthew W. Tweedie, Delmar, NY (US);
John L. Dove, East Greenbush, NY (US);
Edward T. Dewald, East Greenbush, NY (US);
Pitney Bowes MapInfo Corporation, Troy, NY (US);
Abstract
The disclosed method and system provide extensible or stand-alone location enabled services at granularity down to a stand-alone service. The various interfaces are preferably specified via DTD or schemas for communication based on XML. This collection of services enables management of mobile device locations information, and real-time services. Mobile device location is integrated with other location sensitive data, such as maps or demographics of a particular region or even the location of businesses and consumers to enable a richer service offering for customers of wireless carriers and service providers. Examples of such services include obtaining routes to a destination; providing a geocode corresponding to an address; providing an address corresponding to a geocode; providing maps as image files encompassing specified geocodes, locations, or addresses and the like. Additional services may be added to the disclosed system and method seamlessly due to the use of extensible interfaces.