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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2008
Danilo Dolfini, Turin, IT;
Marco Marengo, Turin, IT;
Nicoletta Salis, Turin, IT;
Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
Method for providing information on a context parameter relating to a consumer device of a telecommunication system which includes a plurality of provider devices. The method includes: a) checking if data relevant to the context parameter are available for the consumer device; b) in the positive case of a), obtaining the information on the context parameter relating to the consumer device based upon the available data; c) in the negative case of a), checking, according to predetermined proximity rules, if among the plurality of provider devices, there is at least one nearby provider device that, with regard to the context parameter, is in the proximity of the consumer device; d) in the positive case of c), checking if data useful to determine the information on the context parameter relating to the consumer device are available for the at least one nearby provider device, and e) in the positive case of d), determining the context information on the consumer device based upon the data available for the at least one nearby provider device.