Patent ID: 6108533
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method of providing geographic information from a database within a radio telecommunications network, said method comprising the steps of:providing a database connected to said network and containing a first set of specific information about consumer services available within said network and a second set of information about a plurality of geographic areas within said network and their relationship to one another, each of said items of specific information about consumer services in said first set being associated with the information in said second set which corresponds to the geographic area within said network where said services are available to subscribers of said network;requesting consumer services information from said database using a mobile station within said network;determining a geographic location within one of the plurality of geographic areas in which the mobile station is currently located; andreturning consumer services information from said database to said mobile station based upon a search thereof in response to said request, wherein said consumer services information provided to said mobile station is hierarchically arranged in groups of messages with the information on consumer services in the geographic area closest to the current location of said mobile station being delivered first and the information on consumer services in other geographic areas being delivered in order of their increasing distance from the current location of said mobile station.