Patent ID: 8364172
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: broadcasting a peer discovery request from a wireless communication device to a wireless communication network, wherein the peer discovery request comprises a request for one or more peer identities; receiving, with the wireless communication device in response to the peer discovery request, one or more peer responses from corresponding one or more peer devices communicatively coupled to the wireless communication network, wherein the one or more peer responses each include a respective peer identity of the one or more peer identities and do not include a respective physical location for a responding one of the corresponding one or more peer devices; sending a location query that includes the one or more peer identities from the wireless communication device to a server of a location service, wherein the location query comprises a request for a physical location of the wireless communication device that is estimated by the location service based at least on the physical locations of the one or more peer devices; and receiving, with the wireless communication device in a location response from the location service, the estimated physical location of the wireless communication device.