Apparatus and methods for device location determination

A computerized method for providing a wireless location-based service to a user of a computerized mobile device, the computerized method comprising:

• providing first data specific to the computerized mobile device to a first network infrastructure, the provided first data enabling at least temporary registering of the computerized mobile device within the first network infrastructure;
• providing second data specific to at least one of:
• (i) the computerized mobile device, and/or (ii) the user, to a managed network infrastructure, the provided second data enabling authentication of at least one of:
• (i) the computerized mobile device, and/or (ii) the user, to the managed network infrastructure;
• causing establishment of a communication session between the computerized mobile device and an entity via at least portions of both the first network infrastructure and the managed network infrastructure;
• and
• providing, via at least one RESTful (Representation State Transfer) interface, location-related data to a wireless access point (WAP) of the first network infrastructure, the location-related data:
• (i) useful by the entity as part of the communication session for causing provision of the location-based service to the user at the determined location, and (ii) comprising fine timing measurement (FTM) data enabling determination of a location of the computerized mobile device by the WAP.

A system configured for provision of a wireless location-based service to a user of a computerized mobile device, the system comprising:

• a wireless network infrastructure registration element, the wireless network infrastructure registration element configured to register the computerized mobile device and cause storage of device identifier data in a first storage entity;
• a first component, the first component configured to:
• transmit data representative of request to a server apparatus for the device identifier data stored at the first storage entity;
• receive the device identifier data from the server apparatus;
• and
• transmit the device identifier data via at least one data interface;
• at least one wireless access point (WAP), the at least one WAP configured to:
• receive, from the computerized mobile device, data specific to the computerized mobile device;
• cause storage of the data specific to the computerized mobile device in a second storage entity;
• receive the device identifier data from the first component;
• verify the device identifier data against the stored data specific to the computerized mobile device;
• determine a location of the computerized client device;
• and
• based at least on the verification of the device identifier data, cause provision of data relating to the location of the computerized mobile device to the first component, the provision configured to enable provision of the wireless location-based service to the user;
• wherein the at least one data interface utilizes a predefined data structure of stateless operations to enable receipt of the data relating to the location of the computerized mobile device from the second component.