Patent ID: 9137625
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A server configured for connecting with a terminal via a telecommunications network, the server comprising: a location identifier indicative of a location of the terminal in the telecommunications network, wherein the server is located outside of the telecommunications network, and the location of the terminal is known to the server (i) without the server requesting the terminal's location from the telecommunications network, and (ii) prior to the server initiating communications with the terminal via the telecommunications network, wherein the telecommunications network includes network nodes, and the terminal is identified by a terminal identifier and accessible at the location in the telecommunications network, wherein the server is further configured to transmit the location identifier to a node in the telecommunications network, wherein the server is further configured to transmit a data unit comprising the terminal identifier, and wherein server is further configured to transmit the location identifier and the terminal identifier either (i) together in the data unit or (ii) in separate transmissions.