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Network services dependent upon geographical constraints

  • US 10,455,356 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2017
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing a location of a user or a network station, the network station for providing wireless network communications, comprising performing by computational equipment the following (a) through (c), wherein one or more networks are accessed wirelessly by the network station from a plurality different network station locations:

  • (a) receiving, via a network communication from the network station, identification information that identifies the user or the network station;

    (b) requesting, based on the identification information, a location of the network station;

    (c) receiving, in response to the requesting, a more precise location of the network station than a first approximate location for the network station, wherein a location provider or determiner, activated according to the first approximate location, determines the more precise location, the location provider or determiner determining the more precise location using one of;

    a global positioning location technology, a wireless signal time difference of arrival location technology, a wireless signal angle of arrival location technology, and a wireless signal pattern matching location technology; and

    determining one or more services to be provided to the user according to the more precise location.

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