Patent ID: 8447325
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented mobile device calling method comprising: providing a remote server; detecting initiation of a substantially continuous communication between a first mobile device and a second mobile device; transmitting location data from the first mobile device to the remote server in the form of Advanced Forward Link Trilateration (“AFLT”) measurements of a signal received from at least one base station by the first mobile device; determining at the remote server the location of at least one base station corresponding to the AFLT measurements; determining at the remote server the current location of the first mobile device based on the location of the at least one base station and the AFLT measurements in response to initiation of the substantially continuous communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device; and transmitting the current location of the first mobile device to the second mobile device in response to initiation of the substantially continuous communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.