Authorized location reporting mobile communication system
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1. A communication system comprising:
- (a) one or more mobile remote units that are able to communicate with a transmitter to establish their location information within the system;
(b) a plurality of communication resources that are authorized in advance to access the location information of the one or more mobile remote units from the system;
(c) one or more privacy components for selectively granting or denying access to the location information of the one or more mobile remote units to one or more communication resources among the plurality of communication resources when the location information of the one or more mobile remote units has been established within the system, wherein the one or more privacy components are able to communicate with, or receive information from, one or more memory components to determine whether to grant or deny said access.
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Abstract
A location reporting paging communication system comprising space satellites, ground stations and a remote receiving unit adapted to resolve a global position from signals transmitted from a communication transmitter. The subscriber in possession of the remote receiving unit updates the paging network with global positioning information. A caller paging a subscriber in possession of the remote receiving unit may request the global location of the remote receiving unit. The paging network could divulge or block such information from a caller depending on the requirements of the subscriber.
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16 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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(a) one or more mobile remote units that are able to communicate with a transmitter to establish their location information within the system; (b) a plurality of communication resources that are authorized in advance to access the location information of the one or more mobile remote units from the system; (c) one or more privacy components for selectively granting or denying access to the location information of the one or more mobile remote units to one or more communication resources among the plurality of communication resources when the location information of the one or more mobile remote units has been established within the system, wherein the one or more privacy components are able to communicate with, or receive information from, one or more memory components to determine whether to grant or deny said access. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A communication system comprising:
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(a) one or more mobile remote units that are able to communicate with a transmitter to establish their location information within the system; (b) a plurality of communication resources authorized to request the location information of the one or more mobile remote units from the system, wherein the plurality of communication resources have been authorized in advance of their submission of a request for location information (preauthorized); (c) one or more controllers for receiving requests for the location information of the one or more mobile remote units and determining whether the location request is submitted by the plurality of preauthorized communication resources; (d) one or more privacy components for communicating with, or receiving information from, one or more memory components to determine whether to divulge the location information of the one or more mobile remote units to one or more pre-authorized communication resources among the plurality of preauthorized communication resources, wherein the determination is based on location privacy data of the one or more mobile remote units; and wherein the communication system is able to both (i) allow access to the location information of the one or more mobile remote units to the one or more preauthorized communication resources requesting the location information and (ii) deny access to other preauthorized communication resources requesting the location information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing or denying access to a location of a mobile handset to a communication resource comprising:
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(a) receiving a communication from one or more mobile handsets, satellites and/or earth stations that establishes a location of the one or more mobile handsets within a communications network; (b)(1) receiving a request for the location of the one or more mobile handsets from one or more of a plurality of communication resources; (b)(2) authenticating that the one or more of the plurality of the communication resources submitting the request has been authorized in advance (preauthorized) to submit the request to the network; (c) receiving from a memory component, privacy information relating to the one or more mobile handsets indicating whether the location of the one or more mobile handsets may be disclosed to the one or more of the plurality of preauthorized communication resources; (d) using the privacy information to determine whether to provide or deny access to the location of the one or more mobile handsets to the one or more the plurality of preauthorized communication resources submitting the request in step (b) (1), wherein the location of the one or more mobile handsets is only provided to (i) the one or more pre-authorized communication resources among the plurality of pre-authorized communication resources that are (ii) permitted to access the location according to the privacy information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A mobile handset associated with a communication system comprising:
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(a) a positioning component that can communicate with a wireless network to establish location information of the mobile handset; (b) a controller that can provide the location information of the mobile handset to a plurality of communication resources authorized in advance (preauthorized) to request access to the location information of the mobile handset; (c) a location privacy feature for selectively allowing or denying access to the location information of the mobile handset to one or more of the pre-authorized communication resources among the plurality of preauthorized communication resources, wherein said location privacy feature includes a privacy component that receives information from one or more memory components to determine whether to allow or deny said access. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A communication system comprising:
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(a) one or more mobile communication units; (b) a network for providing location information of the one or more mobile communication units to the system; (c) a plurality of communication resources that are preauthorized to access the location information of the one or more mobile communication units from the system; (d) a controller for determining whether a communication resource of the plurality of communication resources submitting a request for the location information of the one or more mobile communication units is among the plurality of preauthorized communication resources; and (e) one or more positioning disclosure features for selectively allowing or denying access to the location information of the one or more mobile communication units to one or more of the pre-authorized communication resources among the plurality of preauthorized communication resources, wherein said one or more positioning disclosure features includes a privacy component that receives information from one or more memory components to determine whether to allow or deny said access.
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