Open Location-Based Service Using Secure Middleware Infrastructure in Web Services

Location-based services or LBS refers to value-added service by processing information utilizing mobile user location. For this kind of LBS, the role of security service is very important in the LBS that store and manage the location information of mobile devices and support various application services using those location information. And in all phases of these functions that include acquisition of location information, storage and management of location information, user management including authentication and information security, and management of the large-capacity location information database, safe security service must be provided. We show the security methods for open LBS in this paper.