Patent ID: 8483705
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of providing location information, the method comprising: receiving a request for location information from a location-unaware device at a wireless device proximate to the location-unaware device; authenticating the location-unaware device by the wireless device, the location-unaware device is one of a set-top box or modem that facilitates telephony communications over the Internet; from the wireless device, transmitting location information through a personal area network to the location-unaware device such that said location information is stored in a service database, wherein the wireless device utilizes the location-unaware device as a proxy to initiate or complete data communications with other communication devices when the wireless device is within a predetermined distance of the location-unaware device.