Patent ID: 8615780

Claim:
A method, comprising: in an Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly that is within a satellite reception assembly: determining location information and/or time information of said IP LNB assembly; providing services based on said determined location information and/or said determined time information; determining said location information and/or said time information of said IP LNB assembly via a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module in said IP LNB assembly; performing digital rights management (DRM) and/or conditional access (CA) for content delivery based on said determined location information of said IP LNB assembly; generating a location map for a region based on said determined location information of said IP LNB assembly along with other location information associated with other IPLNB assemblies in said region; detecting relocation of said satellite reception assembly and/or an associated gateway based on said determined location information of said IP LNB assembly; determining location information of a wireless source device based on said determined location information and said determined time information of said IP LNB assembly along with a plurality of other location information and a plurality of corresponding other time information associated with a plurality of other IP LNB assemblies, wherein: said plurality of other IP LNB assemblies are communicatively coupled to said IP LNB assembly; and said time information and each of said other time information are determined based on receiving a corresponding signal from said wireless source device; determining said location information of said wireless source device locally and/or remotely via a location server; storing, in a database, said determined location information of said wireless source device along with other characteristics of said wireless source device, wherein: said database also stores location information and other characteristics associated with a plurality of other wireless source devices; and said database is utilized by a third party, in real-time or at some later time, to verify a location of a particular wireless source device.