Systems and methods to facilitate location of a communication network subscriber via a home location privacy server
OwnerStephen W. Edgeinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate location of a communication network subscriber via a home location privacy server. According to one embodiment, a home database server receives a network address request (e.g., a request associated with an attempt by a client device to locate a subscriber device). The home database server responds to the network address request by transmitting a privacy server network address. The home location privacy server may then receive a location request, evaluate privacy information associated with the subscriber device, and, depending on the results of the evaluation, provide the subscriber location directly or indirectly to the client device.
Claims28
A method of facilitating subscriber location in accordance with privacy information, comprising:
- receiving a network address request at a home database server, the network address request being associated with a subscriber device;
- and
- providing a privacy server network address in response to the network address request.
2 The method of claim 1, wherein the network address request is associated with a location request from a client device.
The method of claim 2, wherein the location request is associated with a geographic location of the subscriber device.
A home database server, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage device in communication with said processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to:
- receive a network address request at a home database server, the network address request being associated with a subscriber device, and
- provide a privacy server network address in response to the network address request.
A medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to perform a method of facilitating subscriber location in accordance with privacy information, said method comprising:
- receiving a network address request at a home database server, the network address request being associated with a subscriber device;
- and
- providing a privacy server network address in response to the network address request.
A method of facilitating subscriber location in accordance with privacy information, comprising:
- receiving a location request at a home location privacy server, the location request being associated with a subscriber device;
- determining location information in accordance with privacy information associated with the subscriber device;
- and
- providing the location information in response to the location request.
A home location privacy server, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage device in communication with said processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to:
- receive a location request at a home location privacy server, the location request being associated with a subscriber device,
- determine location information in accordance with privacy information associated with the subscriber device, and
- provide the location information in response to the location request.
A medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to perform a method of facilitating subscriber location in accordance with privacy information, said method comprising:
- receiving a location request at a home location privacy server, the location request being associated with a subscriber device;
- determining location information in accordance with privacy information associated with the subscriber device;
- and
- providing the location information in response to the location request.
A method of facilitating subscriber location in accordance with privacy information, comprising:
- receiving a network address request at a home database server, the network address request being associated with a subscriber device;
- transmitting a privacy server network address in response to the network address request;
- receiving a location request at a home location privacy server, the location request being associated with a client device and the subscriber device;
- determining location information in accordance with privacy information associated with at least one of the client device and the subscriber device;
- and
- transmitting the location information in response to the location request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.