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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016

Filed:

May. 23, 2013
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Warren Bruce Cope, Olathe, KS (US);

Shane Robert Werner, Olathe, KS (US);

Ahsan Habib, Olathe, KS (US);

Douglas Alan Olding, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication system, media, and methods that proxy location information to location unaware devices are provided. The communication system includes a wireless device that connects to a cellular network and personal area network. The cellular network includes a Global Positioning System server that provides location information based on the current location of the wireless device. A location-unaware device communicates with the wireless device to receive location information via the wireless device when the wireless device is within a predetermined distance of the location-unaware device. The location unaware device connects to a service database to store the location information and queries the service database to complete communication requests generated by a plain-old-telephone-system device that is connects to the location unaware device.


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