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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
TCS Issued Patent Enabling Presence for Location Services
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS)(NASDAQ: TSYS), a leading provider of mission-critical wirelesscommunications, today announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hasissued patent number 7,426,380 for "Location Derived Presence Information."
This TCS invention enables presence information to be provided at the sametime that location information is being requested of a wireless device.Presence information is the status of the wireless user such as "available"or "unavailable" or "busy." Both location and presence services aremessage intensive within a mobile operator's network. The inventionreduces network messaging traffic and provides better network reliabilityby reducing the number of messages required within a mobile operator'snetwork by using a single message to aggregate both presence and locationinformation.
The addition of presence information that determines the state andavailability of a mobile user enhances social networking applications suchas friend or family locator services or location-based instant messaging.These social networking applications are increasingly being deployed onmobile operator decks as they deploy precise location based services. ABIResearch forecasts that location-based mobile social networking revenueswill grow to $3.3 billion globally by 2013.
"Presence is an important complement to precise location information," saidDrew Morin, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for TCS. "Thecombination of location and presence will be an important component associal networking applications such as MySpace and Facebook make thetransition from the Internet to mobile applications."
TCS now holds 63 patents with 194 applications pending.
About The Invention
The "Location Derived Presence Information" patent describes a method andapparatus for providing presence information regarding a wireless device atthe same time that a request for location information is made. The stateand status of the wireless device can be provided to a presence applicationeither separately from the location application or in combination. Thelocation and presence information can be maintained in a home locationregister. The location information can be obtained from a radio accessnetwork, global positioning satellite system or last known location.
About TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) produces wireless datacommunications technology solutions that require proven high levels ofreliability. TCS provides wireless and VoIP E9-1-1 network-based services,secure deployable communication systems, engineered satellite-basedservices, and commercial location applications, like traffic andnavigation, using the precise location of a wireless device. Customersinclude leading wireless, cable MSOs, and VoIP carriers around the world,and agencies of the U.S. Departments of Defense, State, and HomelandSecurity. For more information, visit www.telecomsys.com.
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