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USING CELLS TO DETECT LOCATIONS

  • US 20180255527A1
  • Filed: 03/02/2017
  • Published: 09/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2017
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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