Patent ID: 8707371

Claim:
A method, comprising: in an Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly that is within a satellite reception assembly: determining location information and/or time information of said IP LNB assembly, and providing services based on said determined location information and/or said determined time information; determining said location information and/or said time information of said IP LNB assembly via a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module in said IP LNB assembly; communicating said determined location information and/or said determined time information to a wireless communication device which is communicatively coupled to said IP LNB assembly, wherein said wireless communication device determines location information of said wireless communication device, based on said location information and said time information communicated from said IP LNB assembly and other location information and corresponding other time information communicated from one or more other IP LNB assemblies, wherein said wireless communication device is communicatively coupled to said one or more other IP LNB assemblies; receiving said location information of said wireless communication device from said wireless communication device; storing said received location information of said wireless communication device; determining location information of a wireless source device based on said determined location information and said determined time information of said IP LNB assembly along with a plurality of other location information and a plurality of corresponding other time information associated with a plurality of other IP LNB assemblies, wherein: said plurality of other IP LNB assemblies are communicatively coupled to said IP LNB assembly; said time information and each of said other time information are determined based on receiving a corresponding signal from said wireless source device; determining said location information of said wireless source device locally and/or remotely via a location server; and storing, in a database, said determined location information of said wireless source device along with other characteristics of said wireless source device, wherein: said database also stores location information and other characteristics associated with a plurality of other wireless source devices; and said database is utilized by a third party, in real-time or at some later time, to verify a location of a particular wireless source device.