System and method for obtaining location of wireless telephone from internet server
View Patent ↗A user who loses or has stolen his wireless telephone can access an Internet server that prompts the phone to send to the server (and, hence, the user) the GPS location of the phone. Also, when a wireless telephone reaches a low voltage state, indicating the imminent loss of the ability to call the phone to cause it to ring as a location aid, the phone automatically sends its last GPS location to the server.
1. A wireless telephone, comprising:
at least one wireless telephony transceiver;
at least one position receiver configured for outputting at least one geographic position signal;
at least one battery configured for powering at least the transceiver; and
at least one processor configured for executing logic to automatically activate the telephony transceiver and an Internet transceiver to send the geographic position signal through both transceivers when a voltage of the battery satisfies at least one low voltage criterion such that the same geographic position signal is sent through two paths substantially simultaneously, one path originating the telephony transceiver and a second path originating at the Internet transceiver.
2. The telephone of claim 1 , wherein the server communicates with the wireless telephone using a telephone number of the telephone.
3. The telephone of claim 1 , wherein the server communicates with the wireless telephone using an IP address of the telephone.