Patent ID: 8718668

Claim:
A device for accessing a network and tracking an accessed location of the network, the device comprising: an analog signal port configured to communicate analog audio signals; a data packet port configured to communicate data packets; a control processor comprising circuitry to convert the analog audio signals into the data packets and vice versa; and an access control module coupled to the control processor and configured to: register one or more locations for accessing the network with the device; determine a perimeter within which the accessed location is located when the device is accessing the network; if at least one of the one or more registered locations is located within the perimeter, receive from a user of the device a verification of one of the at least one registered location located within the perimeter as the accessed location; if none of the one or more registered locations is located within the perimeter, receive from the user of the device a manual entry of a location within the perimeter as the accessed location; and determine the received one of the verified location and the manually entered location as the accessed location and provide the determined accessed location to a location-based service through the data packet port.