Patent ID: 6317605
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
In a mobile communications system comprising a plurality of radio cell stations each forming a micro cell, the mobile communication system performing call connections between mobile terminals, a method for transferring location information to a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:a) storing location data and map data for each of the radio cell stations onto a database;b) receiving a data request from a first mobile terminal through a first radio cell station, the data request including designation of a second mobile terminal;c) retrieving first location data of the first radio cell station, second location data of a second radio cell station forming a micro cell in which the second mobile terminal is located, and map data for at least one of the first and second radio cell stations from the database in response to the data request; andd) transferring the first and second location data and retrieved map data to the first mobile terminal through the first radio cell station wherein said first mobile terminal is a calling terminal and said second mobile terminal is a called terminal;the first location data and the second location data including absolute location data for the first radio cell station and the second radio cell station, respectively, the first location data and the second location data not including any data specifying a location of the first mobile terminal or a location of the second mobile terminal other than the absolute location data for the first radio cell station included in the first location data and the absolute location data for the second radio cell station included in the second location data.