Patent ID: 8190171
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing the geographic location of a mobile device in a first cellular communication network to a second cellular communication network, based on the geographic location of the base station of said first network to which said mobile device is currently connected, comprising the steps of: said first network providing encrypted geographic location information with regard to at least one of the base stations of said first network to said mobile device; said first network providing the identity of the base station to which said mobile device is currently connected to said mobile device and information necessary to decrypt said encrypted geographic location information to said second network; said mobile device determining the geographic location of the base station to which said mobile device is currently connected; said mobile device providing said encrypted geographic location information of the base station to which said mobile device is connected to said second network, and said second network decrypting said encrypted geographic location information using said information necessary to decrypt.