Patent ID: 6519463
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
In a wireless phone based system a method for selecting a third party concierge type location-based service provider based on the location of a mobile wireless phone so that services can be dispatched from the selected third party provider to the wireless phone user at the user's location without the necessity of manually verifying user's location, and in which wireless phone user is billed for the services provided by the third party concierge type location-based service provider in accordance with the transmission of the telephone number of the wireless phone, comprising:providing a mobile wireless phone at one location, with the phone having means at the wireless phone for specifying the concierge type of service requested, and a GPS receiver for receipt of GPS satellite signals, and providing as an output signal the calculated geophysical coordinates of the one location; transmitting the calculated geographical coordinates from the mobile wireless phone along with the service requested to a dispatch office as well as the telephone number of the mobile wireless phone; determining from the transmitted GPS-generated geographical coordinates the closest third party location-based service provider of the concierge service requested; selecting the closest concierge-type third party provider based on the transmitted GPS-generated geophysical coordinates and the transmitted service request without manual verification of the GPS-generated geographic coordinates; and, billing the wireless phone user based on the transmitted telephone number and the service provided by said third-party service provider, whereby services may be dispatched by the automatically selected third party concierge-type location-based service provider directly to the location provided by the GPS-generated geophysical coordinates.