Patent ID: 8326326

Claim:
A method comprising: broadcasting a peer discovery request from a wireless communication device communicatively coupled to a wireless communication network, wherein the peer discovery request comprises a request for one or more peer identities; receiving, with the wireless communication device, the one or more peer identities for corresponding one or more peer devices communicatively coupled to the wireless communication network, wherein the one or more peer identities are privacy-preserved peer identities that prevent identification of the corresponding one or more peer devices, and wherein receiving the one or more peer identities comprises receiving one or more peer responses that each comprise a respective peer identity from a responding one of the corresponding one or more peer devices; sending a location query that includes the one or more peer identities from the wireless communication device to a server of a location service, wherein the location query comprises a request for a physical location of the wireless communication device that is estimated by the location service based at least on physical locations of the one or more peer devices; and receiving, with the wireless communication device in a location response from the location service, the estimated physical location of the wireless communication device.