Patent ID: 8965404
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a computer server, for providing location of a mobile device, comprising: receiving, at the server, from a user a registration code obtained by the user from a prepaid card, each location credit authorizing one user request for a current location of the mobile device; verifying, by the server, whether the registration code is valid and has not been previously used; and upon determining that the registration code is valid and has not been previously used, allocating, by the server, to an account for the user a predetermined number of location credits associated with the registration code from the prepaid card, and marking the registration code as used; allowing, by the server, the user to log in to the account, and receiving at the server, from the user who is logged into the account, identification information that identifies the mobile device; and, associating, by the server, the identification information of the mobile device with the account; upon the user who is logged into the account requesting a current location of the mobile device, performing, by the server, the following: checking to see whether there remains location credits allocated to the account for the user, and if there remain no location credits allocated to the account for the user, refusing the location request, and provided there remains location credits allocated to the account for the user, providing to the user location information about the current location of the mobile device, and decrementing by one the location credits allocated to the account for the user.