User controlled location sharing during a communication
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1. A method for delivering call party location information, comprising:
- after connection of a call and during pendency of the call between a first communication device and a second communication device, receiving a location information sharing request from said first communication device;
accessing a database providing location information for a plurality of communication devices and retrieving location information for said first communication device from said database; and
forwarding said retrieved location information for said first communications device.
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Abstract
During a telephone call, a party to the call may signal (by, for example, sending certain DTMF tones (a wish to provide his or her location to the other party to the call. The central office responds to this request by accessing a subscriber record for the communication line (e.g., subscriber loop) terminating at the requesting party and sending location information in the subscriber record to the other party to the call. Depending upon the technology available, the location information may be supplied in-band or on a parallel datapath.
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1. A method for delivering call party location information, comprising:
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after connection of a call and during pendency of the call between a first communication device and a second communication device, receiving a location information sharing request from said first communication device;
accessing a database providing location information for a plurality of communication devices and retrieving location information for said first communication device from said database; and
forwarding said retrieved location information for said first communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for delivering call party location information, comprising:
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after connection of a call and during pendency of the call between a first telephone terminating a first wireline and a second telephone terminating a second wireline, receiving a location information sharing request from said first telephone on said first wireline;
accessing a subscriber records database having records for a plurality of subscribers, each record associating a subscriber with a wireline, and obtaining a record associated with said first wireline, said record comprising location information;
forwarding to said second telephone said location information.
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14. A system for delivering call party location information, comprising:
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means for, after connection of a call and during pendency of the call between a first communication device and a second communication device, receiving a location information sharing request from said first communication device;
means for accessing a database providing location information for a plurality of communication devices and retrieving location information for said first communication device from said database; and
means for forwarding said retrieved location information for said first communications device.
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15. A computer readable medium containing instructions which, when performed by a processor of a central office, cause the central office to:
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after connection of a call and during pendency of the call between a first telephone and a second telephone, receive a location information sharing request from said first telephone;
access a database providing location information for a plurality of telephones and retrieve location information for said first telephone from said database; and
forward said retrieved location information for said first communications device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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