Patent ID: 8762519
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the location of a target device attached to an access network connected to a single location server, the single location server having a plurality of access networks connected thereto and serves the plurality of access networks without regard to underlying protocols employed by the access networks and target device, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a location request for a target device; (b) identifying the target device as a function of one or more parameters; (c) identifying an access network from the plurality of access networks to which the target device is attached as a function of the one or more parameters; (d) assigning each access network in the plurality of access networks connected to the location server one or more logical identifiers by which an individual location request may be allocated to the respective access network; and (e) determining an estimated location of the target device as a function of the one or more logical identifiers using a location algorithm appropriate for the identified access network.