GPS proxy for location-unaware devices

A computer-implemented method of providing location information, the method comprising:

• establishing a communication route between an image-capture device and a location-unaware device when the location-unaware device is within a predetermined distance of the image capture device, wherein the image capture device is included in the location-unaware device's personal area network;
• at a service database of the location-unaware device, receiving a request for location information from the image-capture device over the personal area network;
• authenticating, over the personal area network, the location-unaware device at a wireless device that is within the predetermined distance of the location-unaware device;
• updating, over the personal area network, the service database with wireless device location information provided by the wireless device, wherein the wireless device location information is obtained from a global position system;
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• in response to the request for location information from the image capture device, transmitting, over the personal area network, the wireless device location information stored in the service database to the image-capture device, wherein said location information is included in requests for location-specific content generated by the image capture device, said requests are transmitted to the location-unaware device, which operates as a proxy to obtain responses to the requests for the location-specific content.

A computer system for providing location information, the system comprising:

• a service database in a location-unaware device that is notified when an image capture device is within a predetermined distance of the location-unaware device's personal area network;
• the location-unaware device's personal area network includes a wireless device, the location-unaware device, and the image-capture device, wherein the location-unaware is authenticated, over the personal area network, by the wireless device if it is within the predetermined distance of the location-unaware device;
• at the service database, a request for location information is received from the image-capture device over the personal area network, wherein prior to providing a response to the request, the service database is updated, over the personal area network, with wireless device location information provided by the wireless device, such that the wireless device location information is obtained from a global position system, and in the response to the request for location information from the image capture device, providing, over the personal area network, the wireless device location information stored in the service database to the image-capture device;
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• the location-unaware device receives, over the personal area network, requests for location-specific content, wherein said requests that are generated by the image capture device and responses to said requests are both proxied by the location-unaware device.