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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Jason R. Delker, Olathe, KS (US);
Matthew Habiger, Kansas City, KS (US);
Wayne William Schroeder, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method of determining location of a wireless communication service subscriber based on a user equipment (UE) self-identifying to a WiFi access point (AP) without establishing a data session between the UE and the WiFi AP. The method comprises receiving an identity of a UE by a WiFi AP, transmitting a first message comprising the identity of the UE and an identity of a store where the WiFi AP is located by the WiFi AP to a server. The method further comprises looking up by the server a communication address of the UE and a link to a web application associated with the store, building a second message comprising to link to the web application by the server, and transmitting the second message by the server to the UE via a cellular wireless communication link, whereby the UE is enabled to execute the web application.