Patent ID: 9590995
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for utilizing a location-based application across a plurality of networks comprising: a target mobile device operating within a target network of said plurality of networks, wherein the target network has a first communication technology and a first user software application; a requesting device operating within a requesting network of said plurality of networks wherein the requesting network has a second communication technology and a second user software application, the requesting device transmitting a location request for a location of said target mobile device utilizing a location-based service application using a third user software application executed on a location-based services application server; and a gateway operatively communicating with said target network and requesting network that use the first and second communication technologies respectively, said gateway receiving the location request via the second communication technology, and the second user software application, and determining the target network and the first communication technology and the first user software application utilized by said target network; reformatting the request to said first communication technology and the first user software application, and transmitting the request to said target network utilizing said first communication technology and said first user software application for extraction of a location response by said target network, receiving the location response of the target mobile device via the first communication technology and the first user software application, reformatting the location of the target mobile device to the third user software application to be utilized by the location-based service application server and transmitting the location of the target mobile device to the requesting device for use with the location-based service application.