Patent ID: 8229461
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing location information, the method comprising: receiving at a location server a message from a computer associated with an enclosing location object comprising an output from a sensor associated with the enclosing location object arranged to detect that a mobile station is present at the enclosing location object; updating at a first time a database by the location server based on the received message with correlation information that identifies in the database that the mobile station is present at the enclosing location object associated with the computer and the sensor; receiving at a second time by a location server a request for location information for the mobile station; determining based on the correlation information that the correlation information is active to determine the requested location information of the mobile station; and upon a determination that the correlation information is active, generating location information that provides a location of the enclosing location object as location information for the mobile station.