Patent ID: 8150406

Claim:
A method, for providing, to a wireless device, auxiliary location-dependent information particular to a first area having wireless signal degradation and to which the wireless device is expected to travel, comprising: receiving, from a wireless device positioned in a second area in which there is no signal degradation for the wireless device, a request for location-dependent information related to a first area to which the wireless device is expected to travel; determining that the first area, to which the wireless device is expected to travel, is an area of signal degradation for the wireless device; in response to receiving the request for location-dependent information and (ii) determining that the first area to which the wireless device is expected to travel is an area of signal degradation for the wireless device, determining, while the wireless device is still in the second area in which there is no signal degradation for the wireless device, auxiliary location-dependent information for the wireless device, wherein the auxiliary location-dependent information is particular to locations within the first area, having signal degradation for the wireless device, and to which the wireless device is expected to travel; and initiating providing provision of the auxiliary location-dependent information to the wireless device while the wireless device is still in the second area, having no signal degradation, for use at the wireless device, when the wireless device is located in the first area of signal degradation.