Patent ID: 9420425
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling reporting of location to a location-based service provider (LBSP) to facilitate implementation of a location-based service for a wireless communication device (WCD), wherein a portable wireless access point (WAP) stores a location of the portable WAP and is configured to report the stored location to the WCD when the WCD is within coverage of the portable WAP and requests the location-based service from the LBSP, the method comprising: while the WCD is within coverage of the portable WAP, the portable WAP receiving from the WCD a first list of one or more cellular base stations currently accessible by the WCD; thereafter, while the WCD is again within coverage of the portable WAP, the portable WAP receiving from the WCD a second list of one or more cellular base stations currently accessible by the WCD; comparing, by the portable WAP, the first list of one or more cellular base stations to the second lit of one or more cellular base stations; and responsive to determining that a difference between the first list of one or more cellular base stations and the second list of one or more base stations exceeds a threshold, the portable WAP reconfiguring itself such that, when the WCD requests the location-based service, the portable WAP does not report the stored location to the WCD.