Patent ID: 8060116

Claim:
A location based notification method in a H-SLP (Home-SUPL Location Platform) including a H-SLC (Home-SUPL Location Center) and a H-SPC (Home-SUPL Positioning Center) for calculating and providing a location of a terminal according to a client's request, the method comprising: receiving, by the H-SLC, a request for positioning of the terminal; transmitting, by the H-SLC, a session initialization message including a notification mode parameter to the terminal when one or more of location-based notification and verification are required as a result of checking a privacy of the terminal, wherein the notification mode parameter indicates whether or not a notification and verification based on a location of the terminal are to be performed after the location of the terminal is calculated, the notification is for requesting a response indicating whether or not a provision of the calculated location of the terminal to the client is allowed, and the verification is for providing the response indicating whether or not the provision of the calculated location of the terminal to the client is allowed; receiving, by the H-SLC, a report message including the calculated location of the terminal from the terminal, wherein the calculated location of the terminal is acquired by a positioning process between the H-SPC and the terminal; after receiving the calculated location of the terminal by the H-SLC, transmitting, by the H-SLC, a session notification message including a notification element to the terminal, when the notification mode parameter indicates that the notification and verification based on the location of the terminal are to be performed; receiving, by the H-SLC, a session notification response message including a notification response by a user of the terminal from the terminal in response to the session notification message, wherein the notification response by the user of the terminal indicates whether or not the user of the terminal allows the provision of the calculated location of the terminal to the client; and transmitting, by the H-SLC, the calculated location of the terminal to the client who has requested the location of the terminal in response to the received session notification response message including the notification response by the user of the terminal.