Patent ID: 8265650

Claim:
A Location-Based Service (LBS) system comprising: a mobile communication system comprising: a fixed part comprising a first coverage area and a second coverage area outside of said first area; a mobile part comprising at least one mobile device, each of said at least one mobile device comprising a Global Positioning System (GPS) device for establishing a GPS position of said mobile device and a management module for determining when said mobile device is within said first coverage area or said second coverage area; and a data communication link between said fixed part and said mobile part; and an LBS server for maintaining a current position of said at least one mobile device; wherein said current position of said at least one mobile device is available within said fixed part when said at least one mobile device is within said first coverage area and wherein said current position is unavailable within said fixed part when said at least one mobile device is within said second coverage area; wherein when said mobile device is within said first coverage area, said current position of said at least one mobile device is received at said LBS server from said fixed part and wherein when said management module determines that said mobile device is within said second coverage area, said GPS position of said at least one mobile device is transmitted periodically to said LBS server from said mobile device via a TCP/IP data connection established between said mobile device and said LBS server using said data communication link.