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Method of Finding a Physical Location of a Mobile Telephone at a Given Time

  • US 20100159957A1
  • Filed: 08/09/2006
  • Published: 06/24/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of finding a physical location of a mobile telephone at a given time, the method comprising:

  • storing, in a subscriber database, data that are derived from, or are values of, mobile telephone control parameters associated with multiple mobile telephones on a network;

    storing, in a location parameters database, location data that associates different physical locations with data that are derived from, or are values of, mobile telephone control parameters;

    interpreting the data in the subscriber database for the purpose of establishing the location of a mobile telephone at the given time byusing that data as a query that is run against the location parameters database in order to generate an answer that is the location of that mobile telephone anddoing so only when there is an explicit request to establish the location of that one specific mobile telephone and not as part of a sequence of package of requests in relation to each of the multiple mobile telephones.

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