Patent ID: 9344844
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing location for a mobile device identified in an IP location request lacking a mobile identifier, comprising: receiving, at a physical mobile location server, an Internet protocol (IP) location request for a current geographic location of a given mobile device identified by said IP location request only with a public Internet Protocol (IP) address, said IP location request, said IP location request including application specific information; querying a Network Address Translation (NAT) enabled device to resolve, with an identifier resolver associated with said physical mobile location server, a real mobile identifier of said given mobile device from said public IP address included with said IP location request; receiving, at said physical mobile location server, a current geographic location of said given mobile device based on said resolved real mobile identifier of said given mobile device and said application specific information included with said IP location request; and returning said current geographic location of said given mobile device to a requesting device initiating said IP location request.