Patent ID: 8559608

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a network entity comprising a processor, location information pertaining to a location of a calling party from which a call originated, the location information received at a first level; providing, by the network entity, an indication of the location information at the first level, the first level corresponding to a first geographic resolution; determining, by the network entity, a second level for providing the location information, the second level corresponding to a second geographic resolution, the second level selected from a plurality of levels based on identification information associated with the call; comparing, by the network entity, the first geographic resolution with the second geographic resolution; if the first geographic resolution is at least as fine as the second geographic resolution, continuing, by the network entity, to provide the indication of the location information at the first level; and if the first geographic resolution is less fine than the second geographic resolution, obtaining, by the network entity, the location information at the second level.