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Method and apparatus for providing information in response to a delayed grant of subscriber permission

  • US 7,460,857 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2006
  • Issued: 12/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for offering information services, comprising the steps ofreceiving a query based on a request from a requesting party for information about a mobile subscriber of a mobile telephone network,responsive to the query, issuing a permission release request to a mobile communication device associated with the mobile subscriber, the permission release request seeking permission for release of the requested information on behalf of the requesting party;

  • storing contact information for the requesting party in response to passage of a time period without receipt of an initial response to the permission release request for release of the requested information;

    releasing the requested information for distribution to the requesting party, based on the stored contact information for the requesting party, in response to a delayed receipt of a permission release response output by the mobile communication device after passage of the first time period, the permission release response providing permission for communication of the requested information to the requesting party.

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