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MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION DETERMINATION USING MICRONETWORKS

  • US 20180070211A1
  • Filed: 11/13/2017
  • Published: 03/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. At least one non-transitory, computer-readable medium carrying instructions, which when executed by at least one data processor, performs operations to determine a location of a mobile device, the operations comprising:

  • following an evaluation that a geographic location of the mobile device provided via a macronetwork would fail a location determination criterion, obtaining data related to a micronetwork after the mobile device has broadcast a distress message to any micronetworks,wherein location information is obtainable regardless of whether a two-way communication session is established between the mobile device and the micronetwork, andwherein the obtaining of data related to the micronetwork is performed while the mobile device has maintained a communication session with the macronetwork;

    determining updated location information for the mobile device based on the data related to the micronetwork,wherein the data related to the micronetwork is provided by the mobile device via the macronetwork.

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