Distributed cellular client tracking
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1. A method for determining geographic location, the method comprising:
- disabling, by a first cellular client, a cellular functionality of the first cellular client;
receiving, by the first cellular client and by way of a non-cellular connection, a first identifier from a second cellular client, the first identifier related to a first antenna of a cellular service-provider;
tracking, by the first cellular client, the location of the first cellular client based on the first identifier;
determining, by the first cellular client, that the first cellular client has been assigned to perform cellular infrastructure forwarding to the second cellular client;
enabling, by the first cellular client, the cellular functionality of the first cellular client;
receiving, by the first cellular client and by way of the cellular functionality, a third identifier from the cellular service-provider; and
sending by the first cellular client and by way of the non-cellular connection, the third identifier to the second cellular client so that the second cellular client is able to track the location of the second cellular client based on the third identifier.
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Abstract
A first cellular client determines its geographic location from a second cellular client. As part of this determination, the first cellular client disables its cellular functionality. The first cellular client receives a first identifier from the second cellular client by way of a non-cellular connection. The first identifier is related to a first antenna of a cellular service-provider. The first cellular client tracks its location based on the first identifier.
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1. A method for determining geographic location, the method comprising:
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disabling, by a first cellular client, a cellular functionality of the first cellular client; receiving, by the first cellular client and by way of a non-cellular connection, a first identifier from a second cellular client, the first identifier related to a first antenna of a cellular service-provider; tracking, by the first cellular client, the location of the first cellular client based on the first identifier; determining, by the first cellular client, that the first cellular client has been assigned to perform cellular infrastructure forwarding to the second cellular client; enabling, by the first cellular client, the cellular functionality of the first cellular client; receiving, by the first cellular client and by way of the cellular functionality, a third identifier from the cellular service-provider; and sending by the first cellular client and by way of the non-cellular connection, the third identifier to the second cellular client so that the second cellular client is able to track the location of the second cellular client based on the third identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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