Third Party Location Query for Wireless Networks
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1. A method for providing a location query service, the method comprising:
- receiving at a location server a request for location information, wherein;
the location information comprises data indicating a location of a wireless communication device; and
the request is received from a requester;
determining at the location server if the requestor is authorized to receive the location information;
if the requestor is authorized to receive the location information;
retrieving the location information from a location system in communication with the location server; and
providing the location information to the requester; and
if the requestor is not authorized to receive the location information, executing an action.
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Abstract
A location query service is disclosed. The service provides requesters with a location of a device. The service receives a location query from a requestor, retrieves location information associated with the network user, and returns the location information to the requestor. Before returning the location information to the requestor, the service is configured, in some embodiments, to authenticate that the requestor is authorized by the network user to receive the network user'"'"'s location information. Methods for providing a location query service also are disclosed.
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1. A method for providing a location query service, the method comprising:
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receiving at a location server a request for location information, wherein; the location information comprises data indicating a location of a wireless communication device; and the request is received from a requester; determining at the location server if the requestor is authorized to receive the location information; if the requestor is authorized to receive the location information; retrieving the location information from a location system in communication with the location server; and providing the location information to the requester; and if the requestor is not authorized to receive the location information, executing an action. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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2. The method of 1, wherein executing the action comprises providing data to the wireless communication device, the data indicating the request for location information.
- 3. The method of 2, wherein executing the action further comprises receiving, at the location server, a response from the wireless communication device, the response indicating whether to share the location information with the requestor.
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12. A system for providing a location query service, the system comprising:
a location server, a wireless communication device, and a location system in communication with the location server, the location server being configured to; receive a request for location information from a requestor, the location information comprising data indicating a location of the wireless communication device; determine if the requestor is authorized to receive the location information; if the requestor is authorized to receive the location information; retrieve the location information from the location system; and provide the location information to the requestor; and if the requester is not authorized to receive the location information, execute an action. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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