Provision of location information to a call party
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsDeborah L. Barclay, John J. MacNamara, Ricky Lynn Willis
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Abstract
Apparatus and method provide location information for a calling party to a called party and/or provide a location for called party to a calling party. The information may be provided to a customer on a subscription basis or a customer may query for location information for the party at the other end of a call on an ad hoc basis (413). The customer may select the granularity (303) of the location information as well as the format (309) in which the information is sent. A party may optionally disable (403) the location ID feature so that the other person is not able to receive the party's location.
Claims20
A method comprising the steps of:
- sending, to a called party at a first location, a call from a calling party having a second location;
- providing at least one of the first location to the calling party and the second location to the called party.
A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a user with a selection of at least two location display options;
- based on the user's selection of location display options, determining location information for a calling party that places a call to the user;
- providing the location information to the user for display to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.