Patent ID: 9699609
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for providing a location of a user or a network station, the network station for providing wireless network communications, comprising performing by computational equipment the following (a) through (f), wherein one or more networks are accessed wirelessly by the network station from a plurality of different network station locations; (a) receiving, via a first network communication from the network station, first identification information for identifying the user or the network station; (b) transmitting, via a second network communication, second identification information to the network station for storing thereon and distinctively identifying the user or the network station; (c) receiving, from the network station via a third network communication, the second identification information; (d) using the received second identification information to identify the user or the network station using the first identification information; (e) requesting a location of the network station when the first identification information is identified; and (f) receiving, in response to the requesting, a more precise location of the network station than a first approximate location for the network station, wherein a location provider or determiner, activated according to the first approximate location, determines the more precise location, the location provider or determiner determining the more precise location using one of: a global positioning location technology, a wireless signal time difference of arrival location technology, a wireless signal angle of arrival location technology, and a wireless signal pattern matching location technology.