Patent ID: 6999777

Claim:
A method for providing location information of a wireless communication device within a wireless communication network, said method comprising: receiving a request for said location information from a requesting party; verifying that said requesting party is an authorized party; when said requesting party is said authorized party, determining said location information in response to wireless communication between said wireless communication device and a transceiver site of said wireless communication network, said wireless communication being a call in which said wireless communication device participated, said call being routed through said transceiver site, and said determining operation including compiling a call history log for said wireless communication device from a comprehensive call history database maintained by a service provider of said wireless communication network, said call history log including said location information, a call record of said call is registered in said comprehensive call history database, and said compiling operation includes: accessing said comprehensive call history database to extract said call record; defining said location information as a coverage area of said transceiver site at a first instant of said call; and associating said call record with said coverage area in said call history log; and supplying said location information to said requesting party.