US 11,838,825 B2
Method and system for delivering dedicated services restricted to a predefined service area
Andrea Allasia, Turin (IT); Sergio Barberis, Turin (IT); Laura Colazzo, Turin (IT); and Nicola Pio Magnani, Turin (IT)
Assigned to TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A., Milan (IT)
Appl. No. 17/288,615
Filed by TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A., Milan (IT)
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/082972
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/120159, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000011108 (IT), filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400425 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/60 (2018.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [H04W 4/60 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for delivering to a user a dedicated service restricted to a predefined service area, the dedicated service being requested by a user device associated with the user through a core network of a wireless communication network in communication relationship with the user device, and delivered from a server through a data network between the user device and the server, the method comprising:
at the user device side, performing an access request to the dedicated service;
at the core network side,
determining a geographic area to which the user device belongs,
determining a service profile associated with the user, and
assigning to the user device a dedicated communication channel for the dedicated service if, based on said service profile, the user is enabled to use the dedicated service and if the predefined service area is included in said geographic area;
at the user device side,
starting a communication session with the server through the data network according to the assigned dedicated communication channel, and
performing an authentication request to the server, and at the server side, during the communication session:
authenticating the user if a valid subscription of the user to the dedicated service exists;
if the user is authenticated, determining a position of the user with respect to the predefined service area, and
delivering the dedicated service to the user conditioned to the fact that, based on the determined position, the user is located within the predefined service area.