Patent ID: 8712438
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G01S,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving from a requestor a request to locate a mobile station; in response to said request, determining that a serving area provided by a base transceiver station of a wireless network is serving said mobile station at a current date and a current time of day; in response to determining that said serving area is serving said mobile station at said current date and said current time of day, accessing data storage that stores geographic parameters associated with said serving area, wherein said stored geographic parameters associated with said serving area include respective geographic parameters for each of a plurality of time periods; selecting a representative location associated with said serving area based on said stored geographic parameters associated with said serving area and at least one of said current date and said current time of day; selecting at least one uncertainty parameter associated with said representative location based on said stored geographic parameters associated with said serving area and at least one of said current date and said current time of day; and reporting said representative location and said at least one uncertainty parameter to said requestor.