METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PHYSICAL LOCATION OF A CUSTOMER
First Claim
1. A method for determining a physical location of a customer, comprising:
- receiving a network communications protocol message containing a geographical coordinate data from a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device being used by a customer for accessing one or more services;
retrieving said geographical coordinate data from said network communications protocol message; and
providing said one or more services to said customer using said geographical coordinate data.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining a physical location of a customer of a network service, e.g., a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service are disclosed. For example, the method receives a network communications protocol message containing a geographical coordinate data from a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device being used by a customer for accessing one or more services. The method retrieves the geographical coordinate data from the network communications protocol message and provides the one or more services to the customer using the geographical coordinate data. In an alternate embodiment, a method and apparatus for sending physical location information are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for determining a physical location of a customer, comprising:
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receiving a network communications protocol message containing a geographical coordinate data from a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device being used by a customer for accessing one or more services; retrieving said geographical coordinate data from said network communications protocol message; and providing said one or more services to said customer using said geographical coordinate data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of a method for determining a physical location of a customer, comprising:
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receiving a network communications protocol message containing a geographical coordinate data from a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device being used by a customer for accessing one or more services; retrieving said geographical coordinate data from said network communications protocol message; and providing said one or more services to said customer using said geographical coordinate data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for sending physical location information, comprising:
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determining geographical coordinate data for a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device or a user endpoint device; inserting said geographical coordinate data into a network communications protocol message; and forwarding said network communications protocol message to a service provider.
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