Patent ID: 8467805

Claim:
A method for determining a reference location of a wireless device, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a location request for the wireless device, the location request providing location information for the wireless device; (b) determining a first estimated area as a function of whether the location information substantially corresponds to a first region determined as a function of one or more mobile country codes (“MCC”), mobile network codes (“MNC”), and Area-Identifications (“Area-ID”); (c) if the location information does not substantially correspond to the first region, then determining a second estimated area as a function of whether the location information substantially corresponds to a second region determined as a function of one or more MCCs and MNCs; (d) if the location information does not substantially correspond to the second region, then determining a third estimated area as a function of whether the location information substantially corresponds to a third region determined as a function of one or more MCCs; and (e) determining a reference location for the wireless device as a function of one of the first, second or third estimated areas.