Patent ID: 8812026

Claim:
A wireless location information system, comprising: a plurality of location origin network transceivers (LONTs) configured to facilitate wireless communications, the LONTs providing notification information of their presence within a servicing area; and a wireless device configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more LONTs, the wireless device including one or more transceivers configured to transmit and receive wireless signals and a location information database configured to store location-related information, wherein, upon the wireless device entering the area serviced by the LONTs, the wireless device: detects the presence of one or more LONTs based on the notification information, initiates an autonomous connection request with the detected one or more LONTs, establishes a partial association connection link with the detected one or more LONTs, the partial association connection link being insufficient to establish full network attachment connectivity, initiates location-related information request with the one or more LONTs, retrieves the location-related information provided by the one or more LONTs via the established partial association connection link, and stores the location-related information in the location information database.