摘要 |
A method of providing a location-based comparative shopping service ( 30 ) to a subscriber includes: receiving a request to conduct a search for a product from the subscriber via a mobile station ( 20 ) being served by a wireless telecommunications network ( 10 ); determining a location of the mobile station ( 20 ); generating a query from at least one of the received request and the determined location; submitting the query to a shopping engine ( 42 ), the shopping engine ( 42 ) generating results in response thereto, the results including a number of entries satisfying the query; receiving the result entries generated by the shopping engine ( 42 ); and, forwarding selected result entries to the mobile station ( 20 ) via the wireless telecommunications network ( 10 ).
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