USING CELLS TO DETECT LOCATIONS
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1. A computer-implemented method for locating a mobile telephone, comprising:
- establishing, by the mobile telephone, a first communication connection to a cellular base station in accordance with a telecommunication protocol, the telecommunications protocol not including Wi-Fi or triangulation of the cellular base station by the mobile telephone;
establishing, by the mobile telephone, a second communication connection with a computer system, the computer system being associated with the cellular base station, and the second communication connection being in accordance with an internet protocol different from the telecommunications protocol;
transmitting, by an application programming interface of the mobile telephone, profile-specific credentials of the mobile telephone to the computer system;
receiving, with the application programming interface of the mobile telephone, an identifier of the cellular base station;
sending, by the mobile telephone, the identifier of the cellular base station to a location information server in accordance with the internet protocol; and
receiving, by the mobile telephone, a location of the cellular base station from the location information server based at least in part on the identifier of the cellular base station, the location of the cellular base station comprising geophysical coordinates of the cellular base station stored with the location information server.
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Abstract
Techniques for determining a location of a user device may be provided. For example, the location of the user device may be determined using various method described herein, including methods related to audio analysis, positioning systems, data received through a plurality of communication protocols, and/or signal analysis.
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1. A computer-implemented method for locating a mobile telephone, comprising:
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establishing, by the mobile telephone, a first communication connection to a cellular base station in accordance with a telecommunication protocol, the telecommunications protocol not including Wi-Fi or triangulation of the cellular base station by the mobile telephone; establishing, by the mobile telephone, a second communication connection with a computer system, the computer system being associated with the cellular base station, and the second communication connection being in accordance with an internet protocol different from the telecommunications protocol; transmitting, by an application programming interface of the mobile telephone, profile-specific credentials of the mobile telephone to the computer system; receiving, with the application programming interface of the mobile telephone, an identifier of the cellular base station; sending, by the mobile telephone, the identifier of the cellular base station to a location information server in accordance with the internet protocol; and receiving, by the mobile telephone, a location of the cellular base station from the location information server based at least in part on the identifier of the cellular base station, the location of the cellular base station comprising geophysical coordinates of the cellular base station stored with the location information server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 21)
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6. A computer-implemented method for locating a mobile telephone, comprising:
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establishing, by a mobile telephone, a first communication connection to a cellular base station in accordance with a telecommunication protocol, the telecommunications protocol not including Wi-Fi or triangulation of the cellular base station by the mobile telephone; establishing, by the mobile telephone, a second communication connection to a location information server in accordance with an internet protocol different from the telecommunications protocol; transmitting profile-specific credentials of the mobile telephone to the location information server; receiving an identifier of the cellular base station; transmitting a message sent over the second communication connection to indicate the identifier of the cellular base station; and receiving, by the mobile telephone, over the second communication connection, a location of the cellular base station from the location information server based at least in part on the identifier of the cellular base station, the location of the cellular base station comprising geophysical coordinates of the cellular base station stored with the location information server. - View Dependent Claims (7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing localized information, comprising:
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enabling an establishment of a first communication connection between a mobile telephone and a cellular base station in accordance with a telecommunication protocol, the telecommunications protocol not including Wi-Fi or triangulation of the cellular base station by the mobile telephone; enabling a modification of an original message between the cellular base station and the mobile telephone, to generate a modified message, the modified message being explicitly modified by the cellular base station, the cellular base station performing a tagging operation on the message to include an identifier of the cellular base station; receiving, by an information server via a second communication protocol, the modified message from an application module on the mobile telephone in accordance with an interne protocol, the modified message being sent over the second communication protocol established by the mobile telephone through the cellular base station, the modified message having been modified by the cellular base station to indicate the identifier of the cellular base station; parsing the modified message to obtain the original message at the information server; determining, by the information server, the identifier of the cellular base station based at least in part on the modified message, the determination based at least in part on the tagging operation; determining, by the information server, a location of the cellular base station based at least in part on the identifier; and sending, by the information server, a response to the message having content based at least in part on the determined location. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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