Patent ID: 9674670
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: establishing, by a server, a first network connection between the server and a first mobile device via a first wireless communications protocol of a first network, wherein: determining, by the server, that a second network connection exists between the first mobile device and a second mobile device via a second wireless communications protocol of a second network, wherein: determining, by the server, that the server is not connected to the second mobile device; sending, by the server, a query toward the first mobile device via the first wireless communications protocol, wherein: receiving, by the server, the information about the second mobile device from the first mobile device; determining, by the server, an estimated location of the second mobile device based, at least in part, on the information received from the first mobile device, wherein the information received by the server includes at least a timestamp and a location of the first mobile device; and in response to receiving at least the timestamp and the location of the first mobile device: