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Location based services with multiple transmission methods

  • US 8,634,859 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2013
  • Issued: 01/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of updating a location of a mobile device, comprising:

  • determining the location of the mobile device;

    based on Internet accessibility of the mobile device, transmitting the location to a location-based service system via Internet communication when Internet access is available and via SS7 communication when Internet access is unavailable; and

    continually updating, by the mobile device, the location-based service system with locations of the mobile device even when the mobile device does not have a connection to the Internet,wherein;

    when the Internet is available to the mobile device, the mobile device transmits a wireless TCP/IP message to the location-based service system via the Internet, the TCP/IP message including the location and a timestamp associated with the location, andwhen the Internet is unavailable to the mobile device, the mobile device transmits a wireless SS7 message to the location-based service system via a telephone network, the SS7 message including the location and a timestamp associated with the location.

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