METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING USER PROGRAMMABLE, PERSONALIZED LOCATION-AWARE SERVICES

摘要

A method and system is disclosed to provide a personalized, location related service to a user of a mobile terminal. The method includes: (A) generating a service specification object (22) that comprises a user-specified location and a message to be generated when the user arrives at the location with the MT; and (B) storing the service specification object for later use. The method further entails: (C) tracking the location of the mobile terminal; and when the location of the mobile terminal matches the location in the stored service creation object, (D) generating the message for activating a user-specified action.