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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2006
Ranjan Sharma, New Albany, OH (US);
Shengqiang Wang, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ranjan Sharma, New Albany, OH (US);
Shengqiang Wang, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An illustrative method provides information to a user on wireless communication coverage. A wireless availability server receives a user request for coverage information where the request includes specific geographic location data provided by the user. A determination is made if the location data is in the form of latitude and longitude coordinates. Upon a determination that the location data is not in the form of latitude and longitude coordinates, the location data is converted into corresponding latitude and longitude coordinates. A query is made to a database containing wireless coverage data based on the latitude and longitude coordinates. A response to the query contains wireless coverage information for the latitude and longitude coordinates. A reply is transmitted to the user responding to the user request where the reply contains the wireless coverage information.