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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Jaakko Matti Rajaniemi, Helsinki, FI;
Inventor:
Jaakko Matti Rajaniemi, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to providing methods and apparatus for identifying a location area of a mobile device, determining whether an LBS application should be activated on the mobile device based on the location area and activating the LBS application on the mobile device. A Mobile Network Operator server may identify the location area of a mobile device and activate an application on the mobile device while a third party LBS application provider server may make the determination as to whether an LBS application should be activated on the mobile device.