Inter-network communications with subscriber devices in wireless communications networks
OwnerWilliam Pierce, Rosemary D'Onofrio +1inventors
InventorsWilliam Pierce, Rosemary D'Onofrio, Lorne Lameer
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Abstract
A mobile wireless subscriber device including a radio transceiver and methods for receiving a location information request (410) having source information, for example a network address embedded therein, determining whether the request is from an authorized source (420), sending the information requested (450), and in some embodiments first obtaining the information requested (460), if the request is from an authorized source.
Claims19
A method in a mobile wireless communication device having location information, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for location information from a source having a network address;
- determining whether the source is authorized to receive location information of the mobile wireless communication device;
- sending location information to the network address only if the source is authorized to receive location information.
A method in a mobile wireless cellular communication system, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for information from a mobile wireless communication device from an extra-cellular network;
- obtaining the information requested after receiving the request for information;
- determining whether a source of the request is authorized to receive the information requested from the mobile wireless communication device;
- sending the information requested to the source in response to the request only if the source is authorized to receive information.
A mobile wireless subscriber device, comprising:
- a processor coupled to memory;
- authorized source information stored in memory;
- a radio transceiver for receiving a location information request having source information;
- the processor for determining whether the request is from an authorized source by comparing the source information of the request and the authorized source information stored in memory.
A mobile wireless subscriber device, comprising:
- a processor coupled to memory;
- authorized address information stored in memory;
- a radio transceiver for receiving an information request having address information;
- the processor for determining whether the request is from an authorized source by comparing the address information of the request and the authorized address information stored in memory;
- the processor for obtaining the information requested only if the request is from an authorized source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.