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Tasking and reporting method and implementation for wireless appliance location systems

  • US 20040043775A1
  • Filed: 08/29/2002
  • Published: 03/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining the location of a mobile appliance and providing the location to a mobile positioning location center (MPLC) in a wireless communication system having plural base stations for communicating with the mobile appliance and a base station controller for managing the plural base stations, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) placing a call request from a mobile appliance;

    (b) processing the call request at the base station controller using a plurality of interfaces defined by a first predetermined communications protocol standard;

    (c) detecting a call of interest by monitoring one of the plurality of interfaces;

    (d) retrieving the call request information for the detected call of interest;

    (e) identifying the mobile appliance to be located from the retrieved call and channel assignment request information;

    (f) determining the location of the identified mobile appliance;

    (g) reporting the determined location of the identified mobile appliance to the MPLC using a second predetermined communications protocol standard, where the first and second predetermined communication protocol standards are not the same communications protocol standard.

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