Geographically Constrained Network Services

A method for determining the location of a user by locating a network station residing with the user for providing network communications, comprising performing the following steps (a) through (f) at a time when the location is desired,

• wherein one or more networks are accessed by the network station from a plurality of different locations, wherein at least one of the different locations is used to determine whether at least one network service is available to the network station via a connection to at least one networks;
• (a) receiving, via a first network communication from the network station, first identification information for identifying the user or the network station;
• (b) subsequently transmitting, via a second network communication, second identification information to the network station for storing thereon and distinctively identifying the user or the network station;
• (c) subsequently receiving, from the network station via a third network communication, the second identification information at a predetermined network site;
• (d) using the received second identification information to identify the first identification information;
• (e) subsequently transmitting, via a fourth network communication, a request for determining a location of the network station when the first identification information is identified, wherein the request is determined using a first approximate location of the network station;
• (f) receiving, in response to the request, a fifth network communication for providing a more precise location of the user than the first approximate location to a predetermined network site;
• and
• selecting a wireless location provider using the first approximate location, wherein the wireless location provider is then activated for determining the more precise location, the wireless location provider determining the more precise location using one of:
• global positioning location technology, a wireless signal time difference of arrival location technology, a wireless signal angle of arrival location technology, and a wireless signal multipath pattern matching location technology;
• wherein a destination of the request is determined using the first approximate location, wherein the network station includes a cellular wireless device for communicating on the Internet while the steps a-f are performed;
• and
• determining the request according to a coverage area of a location determining service having the first approximate location, wherein the network station includes a cellular wireless device for communicating on the Internet.