Location-based service (LBS) is a general term denoting software services which use geographic data and information to provide services or information...
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world location. Location-based games must provide some mechanism to allow the player to report their location, usually with GPS. Many location-based video...
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The Service Location Protocol (SLP, srvloc) is a service discovery protocol that allows computers and other devices to find services in a local area network...
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Location-based advertising (LBA) is a form of advertising that integrates mobile advertising with location-based services. The technology is used to pinpoint...
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Targeted advertising (redirect from Location-based targeting)
target these individuals based on their geographic location. A location-based service (LBS) is a mobile information service that allows spatial and temporal...
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Advanced Mobile Location (AML) is a free-of-charge emergency location-based service (LBS) available on smartphones that, when a caller dials the local...
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users alongside location-based social networks (LBSN), like Foursquare, Gowalla, Swarm, and Yelp. In addition to geosocial networking services, traditional...
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(GPS) – American satellite-based radio navigation service Locale (geographic) Location, Location, Location Location Location Location Australia Gersmehl, Philip...
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In computing, User Location Service was a standards-based protocol for directory services and presence information, first submitted as a draft to the IETF...
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Mobile phone tracking (redirect from Location information)
Communications (GSM) is based on the phone's signal strength to nearby antenna masts. Mobile positioning may be used for location-based services that disclose the...
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Locative media (redirect from Location-based media)
RTLS coordinate-based triggers applied to each media sequence. As the location-aware device enters the selected area, centralized services trigger the assigned...
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Mozilla Location Service (MLS) was an open geolocation service that allowed devices to find their position by processing received signals of publicly observable...
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Life360 (category Companies based in San Mateo, California)
Inc. is a San Mateo, California–based American information technology company that provides location-based services, including sharing and notifications...
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information and services based on subscriber context and metadata. Local Location Assistant (Lol@): Prototype of a location-based multimedia service for a Universal...
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use involves a location-aware device of a location-based service (LBS) user entering or exiting a geofence. Geofencing approach is based on the observation...
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Geosocial networking (redirect from Location-based social networking)
Geolocation on web-based social network services can be IP-based or use hotspot trilateration. For mobile social networks, texted location information or...
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Radiolocation (redirect from Radio location)
lost or want other location-based services. By default, this selection is usually turned off, to protect privacy. Radiolocation service (short: RLS) is –...
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Location-based routing is a system of rules to varying degrees of complexity dictating where inbound telephone calls from various locations are routed...
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The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility...
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full-time equivalent staff in 2014 were based overseas at 115 locations. From 2014 the service became part of World Service Group under the Director of BBC News...
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Customer relationship management (redirect from Customer Service Management)
systems take in information based on a customer's physical location and sometimes integrates it with popular location-based GPS applications. It can be...
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Dodgeball was a location-based social networking software provider for mobile devices. Users texted their locations to the service, which then notified...
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based in Mountain View, California, which provided a service for smartphone users to share their location selectively with other people. The service supported...
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LocationSmart, originally called TechnoCom Location Platform, is a location-as-a-service (LaaS) company based in Carlsbad, California, that provides location...
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building value-added services (VAS), which is generally available with rewards-based schemes. Live streaming Location-based services Missed call alerts...
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Foursquare (company) (category Companies based in Manhattan)
background location services. The app was sunset in May 2023. Launched in May 2016, Marsbot was a location-aware tool that sent context-based suggestions...
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Location obfuscation is a technique used in location-based services or information systems to protect the location of the users by slightly altering, substituting...
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Azure Maps (category Microsoft cloud services)
cloud-based, location-based services provided by Microsoft as part of the company's Azure platform. The platform provides geospatial and location-based services...
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pervasive systems Differentiated service (design pattern) Multilateration Pager Transreality gaming Location-based service Spatial contextual awareness Cristiana...
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developers of location-based service (LBS) applications to access multiple device platforms. The standard also opens the location-based advertising (LBA)...
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