Mobile station location
First Claim
1. A method for localizing a mobile station, said method comprising:
- logging one or more wireless channels which belong to one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider and which substantially currently provide communication with one or more discernable base stations; and
establishing a geographic position of the mobile station by use of the one or more wireless channels which belong to the one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider.
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Abstract
A method for localizing a mobile station, which in one embodiment is characterized by: logging one or more wireless channels which belong to one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider and which substantially currently provide communication with one or more discernable base stations; and establishing a geographic position of the mobile station by use of the one or more wireless channels which belong to the one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider. In one or more various embodiments, related systems include but are not limited to circuitry and/or programming for effecting the foregoing-referenced method embodiment; the circuitry and/or programming can be virtually any combination of hardware, software, and/or firmware configured to effect the foregoing-referenced method embodiment depending upon the design choices of the system designer
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51 Claims
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1. A method for localizing a mobile station, said method comprising:
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logging one or more wireless channels which belong to one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider and which substantially currently provide communication with one or more discernable base stations; and
establishing a geographic position of the mobile station by use of the one or more wireless channels which belong to the one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for localizing a mobile station, said system comprising:
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means for logging one or more wireless channels which belong to one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider and which substantially currently provide communication with one or more discernable base stations; and
means for establishing a geographic position of the mobile station by use of the one or more wireless channels which belong to the one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for localizing a mobile station, said method comprising:
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selecting a first wireless mode of the mobile station;
logging one or more first wireless mode channels which provide communication with one or more discernable base stations, said logging irrespective of one or more network providers to whom the first wireless mode channels belong; and
establishing a geographic position of the mobile station by use of the logged one or more first wireless mode channels. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for localizing a mobile station, said system comprising:
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means for selecting a first wireless mode of the mobile station;
means for logging one or more first wireless mode channels which provide communication with one or more discernable base stations, said logging irrespective of one or more network providers to whom the first wireless mode channels belong; and
means for establishing a geographic position of the mobile station by use of the logged one or more first wireless mode channels. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method comprising:
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receiving a request for geographic information of a base station whose network provider is unknown to a mobile station having an associated network provider; and
transmitting the geographic information of the base station whose network provider is unknown in response to said receiving. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A system, comprising:
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means for receiving a request for geographic information of a base station whose network provider is unknown to a mobile station having an associated network provider; and
means for transmitting the geographic information of the base station whose network provider is unknown in response to said receiving. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for establishing a geographic position of a mobile station by use of one or more wireless channels which belong to one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider, said method comprising:
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receiving identification of one or more base stations discernable by the mobile'"'"'station;
retrieving one or more geographic locations of the one or more base stations discernable by the mobile station; and
determining the geographic position of the mobile station by use of the geographic locations of the one or more base stations. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A system for establishing a geographic position of a mobile station by use of one or more wireless channels which belong to one or more network providers other than the mobile station'"'"'s home network provider, said system comprising:
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means for receiving identification of one or more base stations discernable by the mobile station;
means for retrieving one or more geographic locations of the one or more base stations discernable by the mobile station; and
means for determining the geographic position of the mobile station by use of the geographic locations of the one or more base stations. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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46. A method of localizing a mobile station associated with a home network provider, comprising:
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receiving location information originated by the home network provider associated with the mobile station and location information from at least one other network provider that is not the home network provider; and
determining a geographic position from the received location information originated by the home network provider and the at least one other network provider that is not the home network provider. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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