Patent ID: 8681741

Claim:
A method of operating a hybrid wireless device that receives signals from a number of global positioning satellites and exchanges data with a wireless local area network (WLAN) device, the method comprising: receiving, from the global positioning satellites, first location data indicating a location of the hybrid wireless device; determining whether the hybrid wireless device is within a wireless range of the WLAN device; wirelessly coupling the hybrid wireless device to the WLAN device if the hybrid wireless device is within the wireless range; receiving, from the WLAN device, second location data indicating a location of the WLAN device; comparing the first location data with the second location data; updating the first location data with the second location data if the comparing indicates that the second location data is more current than the first location data; and transmitting the first location data to the WLAN device if the comparing indicates that the first location data is more current than the second location data.