Patent ID: 6944447

Claim:
A method of providing location-based services to a remote terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: generating a text-based tailored request for information with said remote terminal, wherein said text-based tailored request for information comprises a non-predefined text based statement that is a question or a statement composed in a naturally written sentence; transmitting said text-based tailored request for information to a wireless application protocol server connected to said remote terminal using a wireless application protocol; interpreting said text-based tailored request for information with said wireless application protocol server generate a structured request that is sent to a location-based application server; obtaining a geographic indicator of said remote terminal with said location-based application server; processing said structured request with said location-based application server to generate a structured response to said structured request that is based on said geographic indicator of said remote terminal; and directing said structured response to said remote terminal.