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Method for providing location information of a wireless communication device

US6999777B1 · kind B1 · utility

65Cited by
24References
22Claims
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Filing dateDec 21, 2001
Grant dateFeb 14, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W12/63
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method (36) for providing location information of a wireless communication device (24) within a wireless communication network (20) calls for determining the coverage areas (26) of particular cell sites (22) through which the device (24) communicated during past calls. These coverage areas (26) are defined as the approximate location information for the device (24) and are provided to an authorized requesting party via a map-enabled web page (156).

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