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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2005
Applicants:
David Andrew Fox, Reading, GB;
Gavin Wong, Surrey, GB;
Christopher David Pudney, Newbury, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vodafone Group PLC, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure concerns systems and methods for implementing location based services in communications networks. In one example, when the GMLC of a telecommunications network receives a request for the location of a mobile terminal, an SMLC is interrogated to obtain therefrom, if available, data indicative of the location of the relevant mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may be caused to selectively switch between a GSM radio access network and another access network if no location information is derivable from one of the access networks currently used by the device.