DISSEMINATION OF SERVICES BASED ON THE LOCATION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL IN A WIRELESS NETWORK.

摘要

A method of transmitting content from specific areas to a mobile terminal through a wireless network that covers at least two areas, each area having at least one access point, the method comprising: - transmitting data (126) from the network (100) to a first component (106) of the network the data that are indicative of an assignment of the mobile terminal to one of the access points (102), - to identify one of the areas in which the mobile telephone is located on the basis of a logical correspondence of access points with areas, - receiving the content of the specific areas, - dissemination of the content of the specific areas that is specific to one of the areas to the mobile terminal, characterized by - the generation of lists of specific areas (130, 132, 134 ...) that are indicative of mobile terminals that are located in the areas by the first component (106) of the network, - transmit these lists of specific areas to a s second component (108) of the network, the second component of the network being an instant messaging server, - storing the lists of specific areas in the memory (120) of the instant messaging server, - providing the content of the specific areas by a content server (100) that is coupled to the second component of the network, - dissemination of the content of the specific areas to at least some of the mobile terminals identified in the respective list of specific areas.