Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same
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Abstract
Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user'"'"'s cellular phone from a requesting user'"'"'s device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at a multitude of levels. For example, if a cellular phone, or an identity associated to (e.g., logged into) a cellular phone, has been given access rights to a cell phone'"'"'s exact location for an indefinite amount of time, that cell phone can receive, on command, the exact location of the approved cell phone. Other levels of location information that can be granted include, for example, proximities, states, and countries.
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3. A method comprising:
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receiving manual input to a first wireless telephone representative of a location of said first wireless device;
transmitting said location from said first wireless telephone to a remote server;
maintaining a list of users on said remote server for a profile associated with said first wireless telephone that are allowed to access said location, wherein each user of said list of users is representative of one of a plurality of wireless telephones; and
transmitting said location from said remote database to at least one of said users of said list of users. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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receiving manual input to a first wireless telephone representative of a location of said first wireless device;
transmitting said location from said first wireless telephone to a remote server;
maintaining a list of users on said remote server for a profile associated with said first wireless telephone that are allowed to access said location, wherein each user of said list of users is representative of one of a plurality of wireless telephones; and
transmitting an alert message, comprising said first location, from said remote database to one of said users of said list of users when said one user is within a certain distance of said first location.
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13. A method comprising:
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determining a location of a first wireless telephone;
transmitting said location from said first wireless telephone to a remote server;
maintaining a list of users on said remote server for a profile associated with said first wireless telephone that are allowed to access said location, wherein each user of said list of users is representative of one of a plurality of wireless telephones; and
transmitting an alert message, comprising said first location, from said remote database to one of said users of said list of users when said one user is within a certain distance of said first location.
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