SeekerZone™ is an advanced zone detection platform based on Seeker Wireless’s innovative technology. It is a truly scalable architecture that distributes the responsibility for zone status detection and reporting to the handset.
SeekerZone™ includes a small applet deployed on the handset or the SIM card, which determines the location of the handset without using GPS or any special facilities in the cellular network. The applet monitors the handset location continually using radio signal readings and recognises any movement into or out of a pre-defined zone.
Upon any change in zone status, the applet notifies the Seeker Location Server, which then triggers an event such as a change in call tariff, a notification or a mobile advertisement.
Key features of SeekerZone™ include:
- Zone sizes up to 50 times smaller than with Network Cell-ID, with 99.5% reliability.
- Operating expenditures lower than competing location technologies.
- Supports both pre-paid and post-paid subscriptions.
- Operates anywhere a network signal can be received, including indoors.
- Handset calculates zone changes locally, reducing network impact.
- Works with most 2G/GSM and 3G/UMTS handsets.
- Flexible system supports multiple business rules and multiple zones.
- Processing and screen display optimised to minimise battery impact.
- Self healing technology automatically adapts to network changes.
- Rapidly scales to cost-effectively meet demand.
SeekerZone™is used to deliver the most advanced Fixed Mobile Substitution (FMS) solution in the market. It is also being applied to innovative mobile advertising solutions that leverage zone detection to provide relevance and drive adoption.