System and method for providing location based services using collaborative networks

摘要

A system and method is provided for providing location based services. The system includes at least one module configured to publish location information of a mobile user using a publish subscribe format based on a user preference mode of notification.

主权项

1. A method provided on hardware or a combination of software and hardware, comprising:
receiving a user preference mode of notification of location information of a mobile user; registering, by a processor, a publish subscribe format based on the user preference mode of notification of the location information of the mobile user, the publish subscribe format comprising at least one of a SIP, SMS, Rich Site Summary (RSS) and ATOM feed, and the publish subscribe format being provided by one or more users including the mobile user; receiving a subscription to the location information of the mobile user from an end user; requesting the location information of the mobile user from a location platform; receiving the location information of the mobile user from the location platform and send the location information to a notification gateway; publishing the location information of the mobile user to the end user using the publish subscribe format; visually rendering the location information to the end user based on one of the publish subscribe formats; and charging the end user a fee for the location information, wherein the charging is provided by sending a charging record to a charging platform using diameter based Rf protocol.