Patent ID: 6115754
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A location appending system that produces physical location information that is entered in a communication passing through a gateway from a wireless network to the Internet, the physical location information indicating a physical location of a mobile unit operating within the wireless network that sent the communication, the system comprising:a gateway interface that couples to the gateway;an Internet request parsing unit coupled to the gateway interface that parses communications passing through the gateway from the wireless network to the Internet and that determines that physical location information for the mobile unit should be entered in a particular communication sent by the mobile unit;a location determination unit that produces a locate request for the mobile unit based upon a determination from the Internet request parsing unit that physical location information is required for the mobile unit;a wireless network interface coupled to the location determination unit and the wireless network that forwards the locate request to the wireless network and that receives a locate response from the wireless network, the locate response indicating the physical location of the mobile unit; andthe location determination unit determining the physical location information based upon the locate response and entering the physical location information in the communication.