18170427. LOCATION SERVICES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES simplified abstract (QUALCOMM Incorporated)
LOCATION SERVICES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere of La Jolla CA (US)
Hong Cheng of Basking Ridge NJ (US)
Sunghoon Kim of San Diego CA (US)
Francesco Pica of San Diego CA (US)
LOCATION SERVICES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18170427 titled 'LOCATION SERVICES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES
Simplified Explanation
The patent application relates to location services in a wireless communication network. It describes a method where a wireless communication device can indicate its capability to support a location services protocol but not location services notifications. Based on this information, the network can avoid performing a privacy check procedure for that device. The network can also determine if the device performs a relay function or does not support location services notifications or user interaction, and refrain from performing a privacy check. Additionally, the network can use the privacy profile of the device to determine if it is a type of device that does not require privacy checks.
- The patent application describes a method for wireless communication devices to indicate their capability to support location services protocol but not location services notifications.
- The network can use this information to avoid performing privacy check procedures for these devices.
- The network can also determine if a device performs a relay function or does not support location services notifications or user interaction, and skip privacy checks accordingly.
- The privacy profile of a device can be used to determine if it is a type of device that does not require privacy checks.
Potential Applications
- Wireless communication networks
- Location-based services
- Internet of Things (IoT) devices
Problems Solved
- Reducing unnecessary privacy check procedures for devices that do not support or require location services notifications.
- Streamlining the privacy check process for devices that perform relay functions or have specific privacy profiles.
Benefits
- Improved efficiency in wireless communication networks by avoiding unnecessary privacy checks.
- Enhanced user experience by reducing privacy check procedures for devices that do not support or require location services notifications.
- Simplified privacy check process for devices that perform relay functions or have specific privacy profiles.
Original Abstract Submitted
Aspects relate to location services in a wireless communication network. A first wireless communication device may send capability information to the network indicating that the first wireless communication device supports a location services protocol but does not support location services notifications. Upon receiving this capability information, the network may refrain from performing a privacy check procedure directed to the first wireless communication device. As another example, the network may refrain from performing a privacy check procedure directed to the first wireless communication device based on a determination that the first wireless communication device performs a relay function (or otherwise does not support location services notifications or user interaction). As yet another example, the network may determine, based on a privacy profile of the first wireless communication device, that the first wireless communication device is a type of device that is not associated with privacy checks.
