Patent ID: 8265649

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving from an originating device, at a network switch, a request to establish a call to a called party; in response to receiving the request, (i) the network switch making a first determination of whether the originating device is a landline device or a wireless device, and (ii) the network switch generating a signaling message including data that specifies, based on the first determination, whether the originating device is a landline device or a wireless device; sending the signaling message from the network switch to a network platform; making a second determination at the network platform, based on the data, whether the originating device is a landline device or a wireless device; if the second determination is that the originating device is a landline device, then the network platform invoking a landline location-determination process to determine a location of the originating device; and if the second determination is that the originating device is a wireless device, then the network platform invoking a wireless location-determination process to determine a location of the originating device.