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Product Name: MiLocator
Product Description
MiLocator provides a set of mobile location-based services, which include
location orientation, tracking capabilities and location-related entertainment
capabilities. In the high growth sector of mobile communications, MiLocator is a
powerful tool that provides vital location information to mobile or converged
subscribers.
Benefits
Offer new location-based services
Meet customer demands for mobile lifestyle applications
Increase “sticky factor” and decrease churn with MiLocator’s ability to build
community of interests
Establish market differentiation from competitive offerings
Generate new data service and application revenues
Features
Displays an easy to read map with locations of friends or family members in
relation to user’s current location
Enables a user to quickly locate the nearest points of interest by type, e.g.,
ATMs, restaurants, gas stations, hotels, etc.
Points of interest are displayed on the MiLocator user map with unique icons
Alerts subscriber to local community events, retail sales or other time
sensitive information that the carrier or content provider provisions when the
user moves within range of the event
Provides highlighted map with turn-by-turn directions from the user’s current
location to a point of interest, local event or to a friend/family member who
uses MiLocator friend finder service –- all without user needing to know their
current location
Enhances user experience by enabling SMS and click-to-dial communication with
‘locatable’ friends and family directly from the MiLocator user interface
Benefits
- MiLocator delivers a range of location–based services – from locating
events or friends/family to displaying maps and driving directions.
- Offer new location-based services
- Meet customer demands for mobile lifestyle applications
- Increase “sticky factor” and decrease churn with MiLocator's ability to
build community of interests
- Establish market differentiation from competitive offerings
- Generate new data service and application revenues
Features
MiLocator is flexible, intelligent, supports a large number of devices, and
can be easily configured to fit end-user requirements.
Points of Interest Alerts
- Allows users to locate nearest points of interest based on current
location and pre-established user profiles
- If the service is provisioned by carrier, users can also be alerted to
local events
Friend or Family Finder
- Finds friends or family members who are also MiLocator subscribers
- Permission based – displays their positions on a map, relative to a user's
location (a.k.a. Buddy Tracker)
- Enables Privacy – individuals use the handset to control who can track
them and at what distance
- Supports communication with nearby people and points-of-interest via SMS
services and Click-to-Dial
Navigation and Mapping
- Provides navigation service with turn-by-turn directions to nearby
people/events/points-of-interest
- Supports next generation networks as a part of IMS Blended Services Suite
Technical Details
Location-based applications such as MiLocator use the network infrastructure
and location technology elements many operators around the world are deploying
in 3GPP or 3G-1x networks.
MiLocator uses both mobile client and server software for a more efficient and
user-friendly subscriber interface. The MiLocator client works on a wide range
of phones that have varying capabilities and adapts to them automatically. Its
client footprint is highly optimized to about 75 kilobytes, while retaining all
of the rich location features. For further flexibility, it functions with all
underlying mobile location technology available today.
MiLocator can support a range of location technologies, from the most basic to
sophisticated – including manual input of user location or network-based
location identification through Cell/Sector-ID, triangulation, Advance Forward
Link Triangulation (AFLT) or Assisted-Global Positioning System (A-GPS).
MiLocator location tracking and information capabilities are best supported in
conjunction with high accuracy handsets and network elements, such as Hybrid
AFLT/A-GPS solutions in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 1x network or
Enhanced Time Difference of Arrival (E-TDOA) in a Global System for Mobile
Communications (GSM) or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
network.
Company Details
Formed from the merger of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies, Alcatel-Lucent combines two entities that share a common lineage that can be traced back to 1986, when Alcatel’s parent company, CGE (la Compagnie Générale d’Electricité), acquired ITT’s... more
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