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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Jiongkuan Hou, Olathe, KS (US);
David Mohan, Overland Park, KS (US);
Kenneth Wayne Samson, Belton, MO (US);
Jiongkuan Hou, Olathe, KS (US);
David Mohan, Overland Park, KS (US);
Kenneth Wayne Samson, Belton, MO (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Methods of determining and providing location information as to the whereabouts of a wireless device are disclosed which have less geographical precision that those based on GPS or triangulation algorithms, but which are much more scalable, efficient and less costly. The methods make use of SMS paging and in particular obtain cell and cell sector information from a wireless device from a response message to an SMS page to the device. The cell and cell sector is converted to user-friendly geographical information such as an address or name of a building using a database correlating cell sectors to landmarks, location or addresses, and this user-friendly information is returned to the requestor.