Methods, location circuits and computer program products for automated location and monitoring of mobile devices
AssigneeRadarFind Corporation
InventorStephen Jackson
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Abstract
Methods are provided for providing location information associated with a mobile device. A request for presence information is transmitted from a location circuit to an identification circuit associated with the mobile device. The presence information is associated with the mobile device. The requested presence information is received at the location circuit responsive to the transmitted request. Related location circuits and computer program products are also provided.
Claims32
A method for providing location information associated with a mobile device, comprising:
- transmitting, from a location circuit, a request for presence information associated with the mobile device to an identification circuit associated with the mobile device;
- and
- receiving the requested presence information at the location circuit responsive to the transmitted request.
A location circuit associated with a mobile device, comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit a request for presence information associated with the mobile device to an identification circuit associated with the mobile device;
- and
- a receiver configured to receive the requested presence information responsive to the transmitted request.
A computer program product providing location information associated with a mobile device, comprising:
- a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable medium comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to transmit, from a location circuit, a request for presence information associated with the mobile device to an identification circuit associated with the mobile device;
- and
- computer readable program code configured to receive the requested presence information at the location circuit responsive to the transmitted request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.