Patent ID: 9544722
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A location system for locating the position of a mobile communications device, the mobile communications device being operable to communicate with a communication network using wireless signals, the location system comprising: a receiver operable to detect a wireless signal transmitted between the mobile communications device and a base station forming part of the communication network, wherein said receiver comprises means for detecting the configuration of the base station, wherein the means for detecting is arranged to pre-configure said receiver to detect said wireless signal transmitted between said mobile communications device and said base station; means for processing the detected wireless signal to extract identification information for the mobile communications device; and means for storing said identification information in association with data indicative of the base station, wherein said processing means and said storing means are configured so that no data is transferred between the processing means and a core network of the communication network and no data is transferred between the storing means and the core network of the communication network, whereby the location system is implementable without involvement of the operator of the communication network.