CN101796784A

CN101796784A - Method and system for notifying the presence of contacts in vicinity of a user

Info

Publication number: CN101796784A
Application number: CN200880104961A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 阿拉温达·索恩达拉拉央
Original assignee: Motorola Inc
Current assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
Priority date: 2007-08-30
Filing date: 2008-08-27
Publication date: 2010-08-04
Also published as: WO2009032663A1

Abstract

A method and system for notifying a user of an electronic device of the entrance of one or more contacts of the user within an area of interest is provided. The electronic device is present in a network of a plurality of electronic devices. The method includes, tracking the location of the one or more contacts based on the location of the one or more electronic devices connected to the network. The one or more electronic devices are associated with the one or more contacts. Further, the method includes sending a notification of the entrance of each of the one or more contacts in the area of interest to the user.

Description

Be used to notify near the method and system that the contact person user, occurs

Technical field

Present invention relates in general to the field of communication network, relate in particular to the method and system that is used for providing notice at communication network.

Background technology

Communication network has become a necessary component of the world today.The communication process between the people has been accelerated in the development of communication network.The example of communication network comprise such as move, wired and wireless network computer and the communication network.All these networks have all become the necessary component of communication in the present age, for the user provides quick and reliable interactive means.The example of the communication equipment in these networks comprises mobile phone, computer and set-top box, but is not limited thereto.Communication equipment such as mobile phone, computer, set-top box etc. provides the facility that makes people can utilize the combination of available various communication meanss and contact other people who is in the optional position.Email, Short Message Service, mobile calls, instant message (IM) and audio message are some important communication methods that changed the human communication mode.

The various functions of communication equipment make the user can be connected to any other communication equipment in the network.Today, communication so depends on these communication identification, thereby user's position is identified based on their employed communication device position.In addition, along with the appearance of communication means, user's physical address is substituted by their electronic address.User's various forms of electronic addresses comprise e-mail address, Mobile Directory Number, Internet protocol (IP) address etc., but are not limited thereto.The user needs these address details with contact or contact contact person.Under the situation of e-mail address, described details utilizes the service provider of communication network to store usually, and perhaps under the situation of Mobile Directory Number, described details is stored in the communication equipment usually.The service provider of communication network comprises ISP (ISP), Email web door, chat and message web door and multiple service provider (MSO) and mobile phone service provider, but is not limited thereto.

Address details consumer positioning based on his/her communication equipment has been eliminated the needs of consumer positioning physically so that communicate.That is to say,, no longer need the details of described user's actual physical location in order to communicate with the user.Because customer location is based on the employed communication equipment of user, so the changeability of device location makes user's address move.The address details of use such as e-mail address, Mobile Directory Number etc. has been eliminated the necessity of the physical location of knowing communication device user.Therefore, for the communication device user of attempting to get in touch with, can hide described contact person's physical location with one of its people contact person.Yet the user may need its contact person's physical location.Near user and contact person thereof are positioned at physically but they all less than the time with near information relevant the opposing party appears at, will run into the typical situation of this needs.The user may need these details near his/her contact person's physical location the time, vice versa.

The user can utilize various method for tracing to find out his/her contact person's position, so that check the nigh appearance of described contact person.But this need carry out extensive work user one side.In addition, the user may only need to enter near relevant information with the contact person, rather than the full details of physical location.

Current available system provides the details of the customer contact people position in the specific geographical area that is in the user.But current system needs user and contact person thereof to use their mobile phone to be among the communication link.Limit information that will be relevant with contact location is for only using when communication link is set up thus.In addition, current system needs the user to send request so that obtain the information relevant with contact location to the service provider.And available system is confined to mobile communications network.Usually, the user only needs the notice relevant with the contact person who enters the geographic area rather than as the All Contacts in the described zone that available system provided.

According to above description, need a kind of the user of electronic equipment and his/her individual contact person's physical location be followed the trail of, and near the system and method trend user notification contact person enters.In addition, need the contact person be not in the user's communications link among the time user notified.And, need a kind of system and method that can when user and contact person adopt such as distinct electronic apparatuses such as computing equipment, set-top box, use.

Description of drawings

Be combined in the specification and constitute its a part of accompanying drawing with following detailed description and be used for further specifying each embodiment and explain various principles and effect, described embodiment and principle and effect are all according to the present invention, and wherein identical Reference numeral refers to identical or intimate parts in institute's drawings attached.

Fig. 1 illustrates the example networks that can implement each embodiment of the present invention therein;

Fig. 2 is that its one or more contact persons of the user who is used for electronic device that illustrate according to the embodiment of the invention enter the flow chart of the method in the area-of-interest;

Fig. 3 and 4 is description enters the method step in the area-of-interest according to one or more contact persons of this user of user of the electronic device of another embodiment of the present invention flow charts; And

Fig. 5 illustrates the network with the equipment in the area-of-interest that enters according to one or more contact persons of this user of user who is used for electronic device of the embodiment of the invention.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the parts among the figure are needn't draw to scale for concise and to the point the diagram with knowing.For example, the size of some parts can be amplified to help the understanding of promoting the embodiment of the invention to some extent with respect to other parts among the figure.

Embodiment

Describe in detail according to various embodiments of the present invention be used to notify before nigh ad hoc approach and system appear in its one or more contact persons of user, should be noted that the present invention mainly is to enter the combination of the relevant method step of area-of-interest with notifying the customer contact people.Therefore, consider benefit described herein, the device assembly that has utilized ordinary symbol suitably to represent in the accompanying drawings only illustrates those specific detail relevant with understanding the present invention with method step, thereby disclosure can not obscured mutually with the details that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

In this article, term " comprises ", " having comprised " or its other version are intended to cover non-exclusive content, thereby comprise process, method, article or the device of series of elements and not only comprise those elements, but can comprise not in these comprise process, method, article or the device of described element, clearly list or wherein intrinsic other element.If there is not a more multiple constraint, " comprising ... one " afterwards element and be not precluded within process, method, article or the device that comprises described element and have other identical element.Term " another " is defined as at least the second or more a plurality of as used herein.Term as used herein " comprises " and/or " having " is defined as comprising.

For an embodiment, provide a kind of one or more contact persons that are used for this user of user of electronic device to enter the interior method of area-of-interest.Described electronic equipment is present in the network of a plurality of electronic equipments.Described method comprises based on each the position among the described one or more contact persons of location tracking of the one or more electronic equipments that are associated with one or more contact persons in the described network.In addition, described method comprises that each that send among described one or more contact person to the user enters the notice of area-of-interest.

For an alternative embodiment, provide a kind of one or more contact persons that are used for indoor this user of usefulness of electronic device to enter the interior equipment of area-of-interest.Described electronic equipment is present in the network of a plurality of electronic equipments.Described equipment comprises the tracker module, and its one or more electronic equipments that are associated with one or more contact persons in the described network by the location are followed the trail of each the position among described one or more contact person.In addition, described equipment comprises notification module, its send among described one or more contact person to the user each enter the notice of area-of-interest.

Fig. 1 illustrates the example networks 100 that can implement each embodiment of the present invention therein.Network 100 can be cable network, wireless network or its combination.The example of network 100 comprises Local Area Network, wide area network (WAN), the Internet, mobile network and cable network, but is not limited thereto.The electronic equipment 104 that user 102 utilizes as the part of a plurality of electronic equipments that form network 100.Network 100 comprises electronic equipment 104,106,108 and 110.Electronic equipment 104,106,108 and 110 example comprise computing equipment, mobile device and set-top box.The user 102 of electronic equipment 104 has one or more contact persons 112,114 and 116.Contact person 112,114 and 116 utilizes electronic equipment 106,108 and 110 respectively.Area-of-interest 118 is defined based on user 102 position by the service provider.Service provider's example comprises ISP (ISP), mobile service provider, based on door (web-based portal) and the multiple service provider (MSO) of web, but be not limited thereto.According to the present invention, the service provider is based on user 102 station location marker area-of-interest.In addition, the service provider follows the trail of the position of contact person 112,114 and 116.In order to follow the trail of the position of contact person 112,114 and 116, the service provider does not also require user 102 and contact person 112,114 and 116 uses its electronic equipments to be among the communication link each other.The service provider further notifies in user 102 contact persons 112,114 and 116 each to enter area-of-interest 118.Described notice sends to user 102 automatically.In one embodiment, the service provider is the Internet Service Provider of network 100.In one example, if network 100 is networks of a plurality of mobile devices, then the service provider is based on the station location marker area-of-interest 118 of user 102 mobile device 104.Area-of-interest 118 can be near the zone the user.The example definitions of area-of-interest 118 can be regional improvement plan (ZIP) coding relevant with user 102 position, user 102 PIN coding, user 102 city, user 102 state and user 102 country.According to the present invention, enter area-of-interest 118 to user's 102 notification of contacts 112,114 and 116.

Fig. 2 illustrates description enters the step of the method in the area-of-interest 118 according to user 102 these users' of the electronic device 104 of the embodiment of the invention contact person 112,114 and 116 flow chart.In order to explain this method referring to Fig. 1, but it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that this method can gather arbitrarily suitably embodiment of the present invention and implement together.In step 202, the position of each among the contact person 112,114 and 116 of track user 102.In order to follow the trail of the position of contact person 112,114 and 116, follow the trail of the electronic equipment 106,108 and 110 that is associated with them.Based on the IP address of electronic equipment 106,108 and 110, the one or more sign in the global location, and they are in the registration at multiple service provider place and identify the position of electronic equipment 106,108 and 110.

In step 204, determine whether any contact person 112,114 and 116 has entered area-of-interest 118.If determined that in step 204 contact person 112,114 and 116 does not all enter area-of-interest 118, then repeat to follow the trail of the step 202 of the position of contact person 112,114 and 116.Entered area-of-interest 118 if determined any contact person 112,114 and 116,, entered each contact person 112,114 of area-of-interest 118 and 116 the notice that enters to user's 102 transmissions then in step 206.Described notice is sent to user 102 automatically, and need not user's 102 request notices.The method that sends notice comprises Short Message Service (SMS) message, instant message (IM), email message, audio message, text message, Multimedia Message service (MMS) message and Visual Display message, but is not limited thereto.

Fig. 3 and 4 illustrates description enters the step of the method in the area-of-interest 118 according to user 102 these users' of the electronic device 104 of another embodiment of the present invention contact person 112,114 and 116 flow chart.In order to explain this method referring to Fig. 1, but it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that this method can gather arbitrarily suitably embodiment of the present invention and implement together.In step 302, based on user 102 station location marker area-of-interest 118.Described area-of-interest 118 can identify based on ZIP coding, user 102 city, user 102 state, user 102 country or any other location parameter of user 102 of user 102 position.Other parameter can comprise with user 102 adopt same server the area, with user 102 adopt identical mobile control tower the area, adopt the area etc. of identical multiple service provider with user 102, but be not limited thereto.In one embodiment, user 102 can define area-of-interest 118.User 102 may be based on its interest or requirement and is wished to define area-of-interest 118 away from his/her position.For example, when advancing, user 102 can define area-of-interest 118 based on his/her destination locations.In case defined area-of-interest 118, with regard to execution in step 304.

In step 304, upload the details relevant at service provider's server place with contact person 112,114 and 116 by user 102.According to the present invention, the details that described service provider stores and contact person 112,114 and 116 are relevant.As a result, described service provider follows the trail of the position of contact person 112,114 and 116 based on the details of being stored, and notifies entering of user 102 contact persons 112,114 and 116.Contact person 112,114 and 116 details can be Mobile Directory Number, e-mail address.Other example of contact person 112,114 and 116 details can be contact person 112,114 and 116 be used for messenger service provider, set-top box and portal website with and the login banner details of combination.In step 306, the electronic equipment 106,108 and 110 that the location is associated with contact person 112,114 and 116.Electronic equipment 106,108 and 110 position are based on the internet protocol address of electronic equipment 106,108 and 110, global location, one or more sign the in the registration at multiple service provider place.Localized electron equipment 106,108 and 110 does not need the communication link with user 102 electronic equipment 104.In case the location aware of electronic equipment 106,108 and 110 is just followed the trail of the contact person 112,114 be associated with electronic equipment 106,108 and 110 and 116 position in step 308.In step 310, determine based on the position of being followed the trail of of contact person 112,114 and 116 whether contact person 112,114 and 116 has entered area-of-interest 118 arbitrarily.In one example, if the position of being followed the trail of of any contact person 112,114 and 116 is in the area-of-interest 118, determine that then contact person 112,114 and 116 has entered area-of-interest.In another example, if the position of being followed the trail of of contact person 112,114 and 116 is not in the area-of-interest 118, repeating step 306-310 then.

In one embodiment, entered area-of-interest, then sent the relevant notice that enters with each contact person 112,114 who enters area-of-interest 118 and 116 to user 102 in step 402 if determined any contact person 112,114 and 116.For example, if contact person 112 has entered area-of-interest 118, then send the notice that contact person 112 enters area-of-interest 118 to user 102.In step 404, be present in notice relevant in the area-of-interest 118 with user 102 to each contact person 112,114 who enters area-of-interest 118 and 116 transmissions.When contact person 112 has entered area-of-interest 118, be present in notice relevant in the area-of-interest 118 with user 102 to contact person's 112 transmissions.Can comprise SMS message, instant message, email message, audio message, text message, MMS message and Visual Display message as the type of message that notice sends, but be not limited thereto.Above mentioned one or all methods can be used to send notice according to user 102 electronic equipment 104 and contact person's 112,114 and 116 employed electronic equipments 106,108 and 110.For example, if electronic equipment 102,106,108 and 110 is a mobile device, the method that then sends notice can be to send SMS message, MMS message, audio message, email message and text message one or all.In addition, the type of message depends on the various functions of electronic equipment 104,106,108 and 110.For example, if electronic equipment 104,106,108 and 110 has e-mail function, the method that then sends notice can be an email message.

In step 406, follow the trail of each exist among the one or more contact persons 112,114 and 116 that entered area-of-interest 118 with time interval of rule.The described time interval can be to be pre-determined or revised by service provider or user 102.Based on the position of contact person's 112,114 and 116 employed electronic equipments 106,108 and 110, carry out each contact person 112,114 that enters area-of-interest 118 and 116 tracking.In step 408, send and each contact person 112,114 in area-of-interest 118 and 116 the relevant notice of existence to user 102.In one example, when the contact person 112 who enters area-of-interest 118 still is present in the area-of-interest 118, then be present in notice relevant in the area-of-interest 118 with contact person 112 after the predetermined time interval to user's 102 transmissions.

Fig. 5 illustrates the network 500 with the equipment 502 in the area-of-interest that enters according to one or more contact persons of this user of user who is used for electronic device of the embodiment of the invention.Network 500 is networks of a plurality of electronic equipments.The example of network 500 comprises mobile network, the Internet, LAN, WAN, set-top box network, any wired or wireless network or its combination, but is not limited thereto.Fig. 5 also shows user 504 and uses electronic equipment 506 and one or

more contact persons

508 and 510 to communicate.

Contact person

508 and 510 is exemplary individual contact persons of user 504, and uses

electronic equipment

512 and 514 to communicate respectively.Electronic equipment 506,512 and 514 is parts of network 500.Equipment 502 comprises tracker module 516.One or more contact persons 508 of tracker module 516

track user

504 and 510 position.The contact person 508 of server 518 storage users 504 in the

equipment

502 and 510 details.In addition, equipment 502 comprises notification module 520.Described notification module 520 notifies user 504 these users'

contact person

508 and 510 to enter area-of-interest 522.In one embodiment, equipment 502 is positioned at the Internet Service Provider place of network 500.

According to embodiments of the invention, network 500 comprises a plurality of mobile devices.In this embodiment, electronic equipment 506,512 and 514 is mobile devices.Server 518 storage users' 504

contact person

508 and 510 details.In one example,

contact person

508 and 510 details are the mobile numbers of mobile device 512 and 514.Area-of-interest 522 is based on user 504 position and identified.The position of the mobile device 506 of tracker module 516 track user 504 and consumer positioning 504.Described tracker module 516 is thus based on user 504 station location marker area-of-interest 522.Tracker module 516 is also followed the trail of the position of

contact person

508 and 510 based on being stored in details in the server 518.This is to carry out by the mobile device 512 of following the trail of

contact person

508 and 510 and 514 position.IP based on the global location of

mobile device

512 and 514,

mobile device

512 and 514 perhaps from the service provider of network 500, carries out the position of following the trail of mobile device 512 and 514.Tracker module 516 is also registered the Last Known Location of

contact person

508 and 510 in server 518.No matter when arbitrarily contact

person

508 and 510 the position for area-of-interest 522 change to some extent, and tracker module 516 all is identified as particular contact with described variation and enters in the area-of-interest 522.In another example, when contact person 508 position from its change in location during to area-of-interest 522, tracker module 516 is identified as contact person 508 contact person who enters area-of-interest 522.In case identified entering of in area-of-interest 522 contact person, the tracker module is with regard to trigger notice module 520.Notification module 520 then sends with contact person 508 to user 504 and enters the relevant notice of area-of-interest 522.The notice that contact person 508 enters is sent to contact person 504 mobile device 506.The method that sends notice can be SMS message, MMS message, Visual Display message, audio message, email message and text message, but is not limited thereto.In another example, notification module 520 sends users 504 to contact person 508 and is present in notice in the area-of-interest 522.In case contact person 508 has entered area-of-interest 522, tracker module 516 is just followed the trail of contact person 508 existing in area-of-interest 522 with the time interval of rule.In addition, notification module 520 sends contact persons 508 with time interval of rule to user 504 and is present in notice in the area-of-interest 522.

Employed tracking and notification technique depend on the electronic equipment in the network among the present invention.In another embodiment, network 500 is networks of a plurality of computing equipments.In this embodiment, electronic equipment 506,512 and 514 is a computing equipment.Tracker module 516 is come positioning

contact

508 and 510 based on the position of

contact person

508 and 510 employed computing equipments 512 and 514.Tracker module 516 is come

location computing device

512 and 514 based on the IP address of

computing equipment

512 and 514 and the details of contact person 508 and 510.

Contact person

508 and 510 details can comprise e-mail address, in the login details at ISP place, in the login details at web door place etc.No matter when

contact person

508 and 510 uses

computing equipment

512 and 514 to check email message or carries out access to netwoks,

computing equipment

512 and 514 and the IP address all make tracker module 516 can find the position of

contact person

508 and 510 together with the login details of

contact person

508 and 510.

In another embodiment again of the present invention, user 504 uses computing equipment 506 to visit the web door.In one example, user 504 utilizes exemplary web door www.abcd.com.The web door www.abcd.com provide Email and chat feature.In addition, user 504 contact person 508 uses identical web door with 510.Tracker module 504 is come positioning

contact

508 and 510 based on the IP address that contact

person

508 and 510 is used for signing in to the computing equipment of web door www.abcd.com.In another example, contact person 508 moves in the area-of-interest 522.Subsequently, contact person 508 uses computing equipment 512 to sign in to web door www.abcd.com.Contact person 508 login details is stored in the server 518.Tracker module 516 then is identified as contact person 508 based on the IP address that appears at the computing equipment 512 in the area-of-interest 522 and enters area-of-interest 522.In addition, tracker module 516 trigger notice modules 520 are to send contact person 508 the notice that enters to user 504.Notification module 520 is then to the e-mail address send Email message of user 504 at www.abcd.com.After the predefined time interval, the position that tracker module 516 is followed the trail of contact person 508 based on contact person 508 in the IP address of the employed computing equipment of last known login of web door www.abcd.com once more.If find that contact person 508 still is arranged in area-of-interest 522, then notification module 520 notifies user 504 contact persons 508 still to be present in the area-of-interest 522 to the e-mail address send Email message of user 504 at www.abcd.com.

In the network of this computing equipment, notification module 520 employed Notification Methods can be email message, instant message etc., but are not limited thereto.For example, if user 504 and contact person 508 thereof and 510 use instant message (IM) service or the chatting service of web door www.abcd.com, then Tong Zhi method can be to transfer immediate news to user 504.

In yet another embodiment, described network is a plurality of set-top box, and electronic equipment 506,512 and 514 also is a set-top box.In this network, the tracker module 516 of equipment 502 uses set-

top box

512 and 514 to follow the trail of their position in the last known registration at multiple service provider place based on contact person 508 and 510.

Contact person

508 and 510 registration details are stored in the server 518.Tracker module 516 uses the registration details that is stored in the server 518 to discern

contact person

508 and 510 registrations at multiple service provider place.In one example, contact person 508 enters area-of-interest 522 and uses the set-top box 512 that appears in the area-of-interest 522 to register at multiple service provider place.Tracker module 516 then is identified as the contact person who enters area-of-interest 522 with contact person 508.Tracker module 516 thus trigger notice module 520 to send contact persons 508 the notification message that enters to user 504.In addition, it can be audio message and Visual Display on user 504 set-top box 506 that notification module 520 is used for notifying the method for user 504 transmission notice, but is not limited thereto.

User 504 and his/her

contact person

508 and 510 can use distinct electronic apparatuses in network 500.Tracker module 516 and notification module 520 are adjusted to himself thus at the tracking of user 504 and

contact person

508 and 510 employed distinct electronic apparatuses and notice and send requirement.In one example, user 504 uses computing equipment 506, and

contact person

508 and 510 uses mobile device 512 and 514.Enter user 504 area-of-interest 522 with the contact person 508 of mobile device 512.The position that tracker module 516 is followed the trail of contact person 508 based on the global location of contact person 508 mobile device 512.If contact person 508 has entered area-of-interest 522, tracker module 516 is just discerned contact person 508 and is entered area-of-interest 522.Enter area-of-interest 522 in case discerned contact person 508, tracker module 516 with regard to trigger notice module 520 to send contact persons 508 the notice that enters to user 504.Notification module 520 then sends informing E-mail message to user 504 at the e-mail address of www.abcd.com.Subsequently, user 504 uses computing equipment 506 to check email message.

Being used for each embodiment that notification of contacts appears near the method and system the user all is within protection scope of the present invention.The invention describes the position that identifies area-of-interest according to user's position.In addition, the invention describes the contact person of track user.The present invention has also described and has been used for notifying this user's of user contact person to enter the method and system of area-of-interest automatically based on customer contact people's tracking.

Will will be appreciated that, as described hereinly be used near the method and system that notification of contacts appears at the user and can comprise one or more conventional processors and the instruction of unique program stored, described program command together with specific non-processor circuit control described one or more processor with carry out system as described herein some, great majority or repertoire.Described non-processor circuit can comprise signal driver, clock circuit, power circuit and user input device, but is not limited thereto.Like this, these functions can be performed as and be used for the step that nigh method appears in automatic notification of contacts.As selection, some or all functions can be carried out by the state machine that does not have institute's program stored instruction, perhaps carry out with one or more application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)s (ASIC), in described ASIC, some combination of each function or specific function is implemented as customized logic.Certainly, also can make in two ways combination.Therefore, the Method and kit for that is used for these functions has been described at this.

Those skilled in the art will envision that, although possible groundwork and many design alternatives are ordered about by for example up duration, prior art and economic consideration, but when being instructed, can generate such software instruction, program and IC with minimum experiment easily by notion disclosed herein and principle.

In above specification, the present invention and benefit thereof and effect are described about specific embodiment.Yet, those skilled in the art will appreciate that and can carry out various modifications and variations and can not deviate from protection scope of the present invention given in the claim.Therefore, specification and accompanying drawing will unrestricted implication be understood with explanation, and all such modifications all are intended to be included within protection scope of the present invention.Any benefit, effect or solution and can cause any benefit, effect, issue-resolution or its more significant many parts should be considered to arbitrarily or feature necessity, desired or crucial or the parts of all authority requirement.The present invention is only limited by appended claims, is included in any modification that the application is carried out during unsettled, and as all equivalents of those claims of being proposed.

Claims (according to the modification of the 19th of treaty)

1. the one or more contact persons that are used for the described user of user of electronic device enter the interior method of area-of-interest, wherein said area-of-interest position-based identifies, described electronic equipment is present in the network of a plurality of electronic equipments, and described method comprises:

Based on each the position among the described one or more contact persons of the location tracking of the one or more electronic equipments in the described network, wherein said one or more electronic equipments are associated with described one or more contact persons; And

Each that sends among described one or more contact person to described user enters the notice of described area-of-interest.

2. the method for claim 1, wherein said area-of-interest identifies based on described user's position.

3. the method for claim 1 further is included in each the position details of uploading in the server among described one or more contact person.

4. the method for claim 1, wherein said a plurality of electronic equipments are at least a in a plurality of mobile devices, a plurality of computing equipment and a plurality of set-top box.

5. the method for claim 1 is wherein located described one or more electronic equipment and is carried out based on the internet protocol address of described one or more electronic equipments, the registration at multiple service provider place and at least one in the global location.

6. the method for claim 1, wherein to the user send notice by the service message that sends SMS message, send audio message, send Email message, transfer immediate news and on electronic equipment, show at least a execution the in the described notice.

7. the method for claim 1 comprises that further in the described one or more contact persons that enter described area-of-interest each sends described user and is present in notice in the described area-of-interest.

8. the method for claim 1 further comprises with the time interval of rule and follows the trail of described one or more contact person existing in described area-of-interest.

9. method as claimed in claim 8 comprises that further sending among described one or more contact person each to described user is present in notice in the described area-of-interest.

10. the one or more contact persons that are used for the described user of user of electronic device enter the interior equipment of area-of-interest, wherein said area-of-interest position-based identifies, described electronic equipment is the part of the network of a plurality of electronic equipments, and described equipment comprises:

The tracker module, described tracker module is followed the trail of each position among described one or more contact person by locating one or more electronic equipments in the described network, and wherein said one or more electronic equipments are associated with described one or more contact persons; With

Notification module, described notification module send among described one or more contact person to described user each enter the notice of described area-of-interest.

11. equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said tracker module identifies described area-of-interest based on described user's position.

12. equipment as claimed in claim 10 further comprises server, the position details of each among the described one or more contact persons of wherein said server stores.

13. equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said a plurality of electronic equipments are at least a in a plurality of mobile devices, a plurality of computing equipment and a plurality of set-top box.

14. the registration at the multiple service provider place of internet protocol address by registering described one or more electronic equipments of equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said tracker module, the described one or more electronic equipments of identification and register at least a in the global location of described one or more electronic equipments and locate described one or more electronic equipment.

15. equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said notification module by the service message that sends SMS message, send audio message, send Email message, transfer immediate news and on electronic equipment, show at least a notice that sends in the described notice.

16. sending described user, equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said notification module each in the described one or more contact persons that enter described area-of-interest is present in notice in the described area-of-interest.

17. equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said tracker module is followed the trail of described one or more contact person existing in described area-of-interest with the time interval of rule.

18. equipment as claimed in claim 17, wherein said notification module send among described one or more contact person each to described user and are present in notice in the described area-of-interest.

Claims

1. one or more contact persons that are used for the described user of user of electronic device enter the method within the area-of-interest, and described electronic equipment is present in the network of a plurality of electronic equipments, and described method comprises:

10. the one or more contact persons that are used for the described user of user of electronic device enter the interior equipment of area-of-interest, and described electronic equipment is the part of the network of a plurality of electronic equipments, and described equipment comprises: