Patent ID: 7983947
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A location information service supporting method comprising: a location information obtaining service in which a location information service supporting gateway, situated between a first network including a mobile network and a second network, receives information from a mobile device in the first network used to indicate locating capability of the mobile device, selects at least one locating method, from a plurality of locating methods, for locating the mobile device based on the received information from the mobile device, and obtains a location information of the mobile device using the selected locating method indicating the location of a locating target person, the mobile device accompanied with the locating target person, so that a service provider provides a service relating to the location of the locating target person; and a location information sending service in which the location information service supporting gateway sends the location information to a destination designated by the service provider via the first or the second network.