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A location appending system appends location information concerning a mobile unit to a communication passing through a gateway between a wireless network and the Internet, the communication sent by the mobile unit. The location appending system includes a gateway interface, an Internet request parsi

A location appending system appends location information concerning a mobile unit to a communication passing through a gateway between a wireless network and the Internet, the communication sent by the mobile unit. The location appending system includes a gateway interface, an Internet request parsing unit, a location determination unit and a wireless network interface. The gateway interface allows the location parsing system to operate in conjunction with the gateway. The Internet request parsing unit parses communications passing through the gateway and determines which of the communications require location information. The location determination unit identifies the associated mobile unit and produces a locate request that includes the identity of the mobile unit. The wireless network interface forwards the locate request to the wireless network receives a locate response from the wireless network. The location determination then determines the location information based upon the locate response. Then, either the location appending system or gateway appends the location information to the communication. The location appending system may include a database that couples to the location determination unit which contains cross-reference information that is used by the location determination unit in determining the location information. The location information may include a zipcode corresponding to a current location of the mobile unit, longitude and latitude information corresponding to a current location of the mobile unit or other location specific information. The communication may comprise markup language.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A location appending system that produces physical location information that is entered in a communication passing through a gateway from a wireless network to the Internet, the physical location information indicating a physical location of a mobile unit operating within

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A location appending system that produces physical location information that is entered in a communication passing through a gateway from a wireless network to the Internet, the physical location information indicating a physical location of a mobile unit operating within the wireless network that sent the communication, the system comprising:a gateway interface that couples to the gateway;an Internet request parsing unit coupled to the gateway interface that parses communications passing through the gateway from the wireless network to the Internet and that determines that physical location information for the mobile unit should be entered in a particular communication sent by the mobile unit;a location determination unit that produces a locate request for the mobile unit based upon a determination from the Internet request parsing unit that physical location information is required for the mobile unit;a wireless network interface coupled to the location determination unit and the wireless network that forwards the locate request to the wireless network and that receives a locate response from the wireless network, the locate response indicating the physical location of the mobile unit; andthe location determination unit determining the physical location information based upon the locate response and entering the physical location information in the communication.