Patent ID: 7885664
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of generating triggers for the provision of location based services in a mobile communication network supporting a plurality of mobile terminals over a given territory, comprising the steps of: defining a set of target areas within said territory, each target area in said set being identified by respective geographic data; transforming said geographic data in a respective set of values of network related entities, said respective set of values being expected to be associated with a mobile terminal of said mobile network when located in the corresponding target area and at least one value of the respective set is weighted by a probabilistic index as a function of a temporal percentage of presence of at least one of the network related entities; monitoring the values in said respective set as associated to at least one monitored mobile terminal in said mobile communication network; checking whether said values as monitored match with said set of values as expected to be encountered; and when a match is found, which is indicative of said monitored mobile terminal being located in a given target area of said set: