Patent ID: 6999777
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing location information of a wireless communication device within a wireless communication network, said method comprising: receiving a request for said location information from a requesting party; verifying that said requesting party is an authorized party; when said requesting party is said authorized party, determining said location information in response to wireless communication between said wireless communication device and a transceiver site of said wireless communication network, said wireless communication being a call in which said wireless communication device participated, said call being routed through said transceiver site, and said determining operation including compiling a call history log for said wireless communication device from a comprehensive call history database maintained by a service provider of said wireless communication network, said call history log including said location information, a call record of said call is registered in said comprehensive call history database, and said compiling operation includes: supplying said location information to said requesting party.