Patent ID: 7574606
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G08B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of location authentication, the method comprising: receiving a message from a mobile device wherein the mobile device is coupled with a control unit and a locating device, the message having significance independent of reporting a geographical location of the mobile device and the message having an automatically generated location stamp attached to an overhead portion of the message, the location stamp being a code incorporated within the message, the message comprising the location stamp having been intercepted and if needed converted into a format suitable to being received based on the capabilities of one or more of the following: a receiver receiving the message, the mobile device, a stationary unit, and a network service connection, the format suitable to being received being selected from a group of formats consisting of voice, image, and data signals, the location stamp indicating via the code a geographical location of the mobile device as an origin of the message, location information associated with the mobile device other than the origin of the message, and an identity of a sender of the message the location information selected from a group of location information consisting of longitude and latitude values, geographic information relative to a particular location, descriptive location information, and network information associated with the sender of the message, wherein the automatically generated location stamp is generated by the control unit automatically retrieving information from the locating device and attaching retrieved information in the form of the code to the message, and wherein the attaching is performed by the control unit before the message is transmitted; validating the identity of the sender of the message based on the location stamp; determining whether the code identified by the location stamp corresponds to at least one of the following: predetermined geographical location of the mobile device as an origin of the message, predetermined location information of the mobile device other than the origin of the message, and a predetermined identity of the sender, wherein the predetermined geographical location, the predetermined location information, and the predetermined identity of the sender is relevant to at least one action identified by the message, the at least one action comprising a charge to an account; and recording the following as proof that the charge to the account was authorized: the geographical location associated with the charge to the account and the location information associated with the charge to the account.