Patent ID: 8374632

Claim:
A method for providing geo-location enablement for a wireless device, comprising: storing geo-location data in a storage device within a communication network, the geo-location data comprising a plurality of geo-location coordinates; referencing the geo-location data for a geo-location coordinate to corresponding wireless coverage area identification data, the wireless coverage area identification data for the geo-location coordinate comprising one or more wireless coverage area coordinates, at least one of the wireless coverage area coordinates representing different sub-areas within a coverage area of a wireless network in the communication network, at least one of the sub-areas based at least in part on an operative radio frequency signaling range for a corresponding wireless access point in the wireless network, wherein the wireless coverage area identification data is stored in the storage device; referencing the wireless coverage area coordinate for the geo-location coordinate to corresponding signal strength data, the signal strength data for the wireless coverage area coordinate representing a signal strength value, the signal strength value representing a signal strength parameter associated with the corresponding wireless coverage area coordinate in relation to the corresponding geo-location coordinate, wherein the signal strength data is stored in the storage device; and receiving a geo-location request for geo-location data relating to a selected wireless device, the geo-location request being received from a computing device via the communication network.