Patent ID: 7542763
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A private wireless network access point associated with a predetermined telephone number corresponding to a physical location, the associated predetermined telephone number being included with call setup information when a wireless terminal in a private wireless network communicates via the access point so that a location of the wireless terminal can be determined based on the predetermined telephone number; the network access point including a detector that detects when the access point has been disconnected from at least one of a voice and data connection and a power supply; wherein a status of the access point is changed when the access point loses one of the connections; wherein the status of the access point is restored upon confirmation that the access point has not been removed from the physical location, and wherein the confirmation comprises comparing an access point identifier, received from the access point, in response to a test call, with a stored access point identifier.