Patent ID: 9743378
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G01S,G06F,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. Apparatus for mapping a current lat/lon location of a wireless device into a Master Street Address Guide (MSAG)-validated street address, comprising: means for obtaining a current latitude/longitude (lat/lon) location of a wireless device; means for looking-up a pre-determined closest unique road link ID associated with said obtained current lat/Ion location; and means for accessing an MSAG database to determine an MSAG-validated street address associated with said unique road link ID; wherein a given length of road is divided into a plurality of road links each associated with its own unique road link ID; and wherein said unique road link ID is associated with a two-dimensional area of said given length of road including a range of latitude coordinates and a range of longitudinal coordinates, said current lat/lon location falling within said range of latitude coordinates and within said range of longitudinal coordinates.