Patent ID: 8494549

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-useable instructions operating on a computing device for performing a method of providing location information about a network client to a service, wherein an exact location of the network client is obscured, the method comprising: receiving a list of active cell sectors from the network client wherein an active cell sector is one with which the network client is communicating and wherein the active cell sectors are included in a coverage by one or more cell sites; randomly selecting a candidate cell sector wherein the candidate cell sector does not geographically encompass the exact location of the network client and wherein the candidate cell sector is included in the coverage by the one or more cell sites; randomly selecting a geographic location within the candidate cell sector; determining a regional identifier for the geographic location wherein the regional identifier specifies a region that encompasses the geographic location; and sending the regional identifier to the service, thereby providing an obscured location of the network client, such that the exact location of the network client cannot be determined from the regional identifier.