Patent ID: 8611920

Claim:
A computer-implemented method to identify the location of a location-aware mobile device for a user, the mobile device being configured to be operable as at least a wireless communication device allowing a person to wirelessly send and receive messages with others, the method comprising: retrieving GPS location-designating information acquired by the location-aware mobile device using GPS signals, which are available at the location of the mobile device; retrieving location-related information that is not based on GPS signals, but is based at least on a sensor in the mobile device, the location-related information being available at the location of the mobile device; and identifying the location of the mobile device based on both the GPS location-designating information and the location-related information, wherein the GPS location-designating information can approximately identify the location of the mobile device, and wherein the location of the mobile device is more accurately or narrowly identified based on at least the location-related information.