Using Location-Based Services on Mobile Phones

2009 ◽  
pp. 191-221
Author(s):  
Pter Ekler ◽  
Gbor Zavark
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Location Based Services

Internet of Things and Location-Based Services

2020 ◽  
pp. 213-237
Author(s):  
Shaveta Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Mobile Users ◽  
Data Networks ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Geographic Locations

The progressive rise of mobile computing devices and wireless networks have created a lot of interest in location-based systems and services. The involvement of internet applications in almost every field has changed our lives. Location-based services are the services provided to mobile users according to their geographic locations. Each user wants to get the service according to his/her own interest. The general user's actions in location-based services are locating, searching, navigating, identification, and checking. The location identification has now become a critical attribute. Today, internet of things in the field of location-based services (LBS) provide services to the mobile users by explore the location depending on the geographical coordinates for their valuable needs. Mobile phones that are equipped with new technologies and supported by the presence and development of broadband mobile data networks have created new opportunities for the processing of location-based applications.

scholarly journals LOCATION BASED SERVICE IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT USING QUICK RESPONSE CODE TECHNOLOGY

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-2/W3 ◽  
pp. 137-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Hakimpour ◽  
A. Zare Zardiny
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Indoor Positioning ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Qr Code ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Indoor Environments ◽  
Quick Response

Today by extensive use of intelligent mobile phones, increased size of screens and enriching the mobile phones by Global Positioning System (GPS) technology use of location based services have been considered by public users more than ever.. Based on the position of users, they can receive the desired information from different LBS providers. Any LBS system generally includes five main parts: mobile devices, communication network, positioning system, service provider and data provider. By now many advances have been gained in relation to any of these parts; however the users positioning especially in indoor environments is propounded as an essential and critical issue in LBS. It is well known that GPS performs too poorly inside buildings to provide usable indoor positioning. On the other hand, current indoor positioning technologies such as using RFID or WiFi network need different hardware and software infrastructures. In this paper, we propose a new method to overcome these challenges. This method is using the Quick Response (QR) Code Technology. QR Code is a 2D encrypted barcode with a matrix structure which consists of black modules arranged in a square grid. Scanning and data retrieving process from QR Code is possible by use of different camera-enabled mobile phones only by installing the barcode reader software. This paper reviews the capabilities of QR Code technology and then discusses the advantages of using QR Code in Indoor LBS (ILBS) system in comparison to other technologies. Finally, some prospects of using QR Code are illustrated through implementation of a scenario. The most important advantages of using this new technology in ILBS are easy implementation, spending less expenses, quick data retrieval, possibility of printing the QR Code on different products and no need for complicated hardware and software infrastructures.

Incremental Location Matching for Human Travel Route Anomaly Detection

2012 ◽  
pp. 153-174
Author(s):  
Wen-Chen Hu ◽  
Naima Kaabouch ◽  
Lei Chen ◽  
Ming Yang
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Short Message ◽  
School Bus ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
The World

According to a forecast, the worldwide smartphone sales surpassed the world PC sales at the end of 2011. Smartphones are a kind of mobile handheld devices with phone capability or mobile phones with advanced features. Typical smartphone features include microbrowsers, emails, short message services, mobile games, GPS, et cetera. The feature of high mobility and small size of smartphones has created many applications that are not possible or inconvenient for PCs and servers, even notebooks. Location-based services (LBS), one of mobile applications, have attracted great attention recently. This research proposes a location-based service, which uses location information to find travel route anomalies, a common problem of daily life. For example, an alert should be generated when a school bus misses part of a route or a pupil does not arrive at school on time. Different kinds of route anomalies are discussed, and various methods for detecting the anomalies are proposed in this chapter. The major methods use a technique of incremental location search, which finds matched routes as the search route is entered location by location. An alert is generated when no matched routes exist. Preliminary experiment results show the proposed methods are effective and easy-to-use.

Mobile Location Based Services

2011 ◽  
pp. 629-637
Author(s):  
Bardo Fraunholz ◽  
Jürgen Jung ◽  
Chandana Unnithan
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Personal Digital Assistants ◽  
Computing Power ◽  
Mobile Location ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
The World ◽  
New Business ◽  
Key Factor

Mobility has become a key factor around the world, as the use of ubiquitous devices, including laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and mobile phones, are increasingly becoming part of daily life (Steinfield, 2004). Adding mobility to computing power, and with advanced personalization of technologies, new business applications are emerging in the area of mobile communications (Jagoe, 2003). The fastest growing segment among these applications is location-based services. This article offers a brief overview of services and their supporting technologies, and provides an outlook for their future.

Enhancing Location Privacy in Location-Based Services

2013 ◽  
pp. 238-250
Author(s):  
Constantinos Delakouridis
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Location Privacy ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Mobile User ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Privacy Requirements ◽  
Privacy Issues

Location-based services are receiving signification attention over the last few years due to the increasing use of mobile devices. At the same time, location privacy is important, since position information is considered personal information. Thus, in order to address this issue, several mechanisms have been proposed protecting the mobile user. In this chapter, the authors present an architecture to shield the location of a mobile user and preserve the anonymity on the service delivery. This architecture relies on un-trusted entities to distribute segments of anonymous location information, and authorizes other entities to combine these portions and derive the actual location of a user. The chapter describes how the architecture takes into account the location privacy requirements, and how it is used by the end users’ devices, e.g., mobile phones, for the dissemination of location information to service providers. Furthermore, it notes privacy issues for further discussion and closes with proposed exercises.

MOBILE PHONES AND YOUR HEALTH

Pathology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-270
Author(s):  
Clive G. Harper ◽  
Victor K. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones
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