Best Known Proof
AT&T Wireless and 10Best have developed a location based service that works in many areas of the United States today. If you have an AT&T GSM phone with an internet browser and what AT&T calls mMode, here is how you can show yourself that commuter community is within reach (these mobile phone commands are for a Nokia 7210):
1. Push the 'Menu' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will say "Messages"
2. Push the 'scroll up' key on the middle of the top edge of the keyboard. The screen will now say "Services"
3. Push the 'Select' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a select list with "mMode" highlighted.
4. Push the 'Select' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will say "Connecting to mMode" then show a select list with "My mMode" highlighted.
5. Push the 'scroll down' key twice. "mMode Guide" will be highlighted.
6. Push the 'Options' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a select list with "Open link" highlighted.
7. Push the 'Select' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a globe spinning in the upper right corner then will show a select list with "News" highlighted.
8. Push the 'scroll down' key eight times - until "What's Nearby" is highlighted.
9. Push the 'Options' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a select list with "Open link" highlighted.
10. Push the 'Select' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a globe spinning in the upper right corner then will show a select list with "10Best" highlighted.
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Rest.
12. Push the 'Options' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a select list with "Open link" highlighted.
13. Push the 'Select' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a globe spinning in the upper right corner then will show a select list under the title "10Best Explorer".
14. Push the 'scroll down' key one time - until "Explore Around Me" is highlighted.
15. Push the 'Options' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a select list with "Open link" highlighted.
16. Push the 'Select' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a globe spinning in the upper right corner, and then will pose a question, "Share your approximate location with 10Best Explorer?"
17. Push the 'scroll down' key three times - until "Yes, This One Time" is highlighted.
18. Push the 'Options' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a select list with "Open link" highlighted.
19. Push the 'Select' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a globe spinning in the upper right corner, then will say, "Searching Please wait" ,and then show a select list titled with "City -Around Me"
20. Push the 'scroll down' key once - until "Dining" is highlighted.
21. Push the 'Options' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a select list with "Open link" highlighted.
22. Push the 'Select' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a globe spinning in the upper right corner, then show a select list with "Any Dining and Restaurants, 10 Closest" highlighted.
23. Push the 'Options' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a select list with "Open link" highlighted.
24. Push the 'Select' softkey on the upper left of the keyboard. The screen will show a globe spinning in the upper right corner, then show a select list with "[~5.53mi]->Franki's Li'l Europe (International)" highlighted.
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Rest.
"What Have I Done?"
The AT&T/10Best procedure did two important things:
Step 14. Push the 'scroll down' key one time - until "Explore Around Me" is highlighted.
Selecting this item sends a request to the network for a location reference - think address, mapsco square, coordinates, or cell site. The phone is essentially asking the network, "Hey, tell me where I am?"
Step 17. Push the 'scroll down' key three times - until "Share your approximate location with 10Best Explorer?" "Yes, This One Time" is highlighted.
Selecting this item sends the location reference to 10Best, as if it were, say, a zip code in a weather program. 10Best then finds all the information on their database about what is around you and then presents it.
You can find out where you are, and you can ask the network what it knows about that spot... or any spot you anticipate going to.
If the data is presented in a way that allows you to lose resolution and still know when you cross boundries, then a residence time can be calculated...
