Use of third party ultra wideband devices to establish geo-positional data

A system for determining a location of a wireless device, comprising:

• logic for transmitting an initial request to wireless devices having known locations for positioning information for determining a location of a first wireless device having an undetermined location, wherein wireless devices having known locations that receive the initial request transmit positioning information to the first wireless device;
• if positioning information from less than a sufficient number of wireless devices of known location is received by the first mobile wireless device, logic for transmitting an additional request for responses from other wireless devices having known locations;
• logic for receiving responses to the request from one or more of these other wireless devices;
• logic for communicating with at least a portion of these other wireless devices to obtain information relating to the distance between the first wireless device and the at least a portion of these other wireless devices;
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• logic for estimating a location of the first wireless device using the information obtained from the at least a portion of the other wireless devices and the positioning information received from the less than sufficient number of wireless devices having known locations.

A computer program product for determining a location of a wireless device, comprising:

• computer code for transmitting an initial request to wireless devices having known locations for positioning information for determining a location of a first wireless device having an undetermined location, wherein wireless devices having known locations that receive the initial request transmit positioning information to the first wireless device;
• if positioning information from less than a sufficient number of wireless devices of known location is received by the first mobile wireless device, computer code for transmitting an additional request for responses from other wireless devices having known locations;
• computer code for receiving responses to the request from one or more of these other wireless devices;
• computer code for communicating with at least a portion of these other wireless devices to obtain information relating to the distance between the first wireless device and the at least a portion of these other wireless devices;
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• computer code for estimating a location of the first wireless device using the information obtained from the at least a portion of the other wireless devices and the positioning information received from the less than sufficient number of wireless devices having known locations.