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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Douglas R. Green, Lenexa, KS (US);

Stevan A. Klesper, Gardner, KS (US);

Manoj Monga, Olathe, KS (US);

Lei Zhu, Overland Park, KS (US);

Wen Xue, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Douglas R. Green, Lenexa, KS (US);

Stevan A. Klesper, Gardner, KS (US);

Manoj Monga, Olathe, KS (US);

Lei Zhu, Overland Park, KS (US);

Wen Xue, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04J 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

There is disclosed herein a method, system and computer software product for associating a location with a wireless modem, wherein the modem has a modem identifier and a registered address associated therewith and wherein the method comprises: receiving a communication transmitted by the modem wherein the communication includes the modem identifier; determining whether the base station first receiving the communication is located within a predetermined proximity of the registered address; associating with the communication a receiving base station identifier of the base station that first received the communication; associating with the registered address a registered address base station identifier associated therewith; and comparing the registered address base station identifier with the receiving base station identifier.


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