Determining user equipment time zones for time-based service fulfillment

摘要

Providing time-based network services to a mobile device involves determining a location of a network access point accessible by the mobile device. A service provider targets a service event for the mobile device. A time zone of the mobile device is determined based on the location of the network access point. An indicator of the time zone of the mobile device is communicated to the service provider arrangement. An event time for a service event based on the time zone is updated by the service provider based on the time zone indicator. Thereafter, the time zone of the mobile device may be tracked by monitoring the locations of network access points being used by the mobile device, and determining an updated time zone based on these locations. The updated time zone information can be used to update the service event.