Patent ID: 8374187
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a user terminal to be located by an IP service to which the terminal can acquire access via a local access network and an IP transport network, successively, the method comprising: storing an IP address assigned to the terminal, in association with a terminal or user identifier, an identifier for an access point belonging to the local access network, the access point being a device directly connecting the terminal to a line of the local access network, and geographic coordinates that identify physical coordinates of the access point; sending a location request from a database server in the IP transport network to an information system of an operator of the local access network, said location request including the identifier for the access point; receiving, at the database server, in response to said location request to the information system, geographic coordinates associated with the access point from the information system; and transmitting to a server associated with the IP service the geographic coordinates associated with the access point.