Patent ID: 8190174
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G01C,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, by a server, access to information regarding a plurality of users within a telecommunication environment, including providing access to at least a first contact list for at least a first user, where the first contact list defines one or more users associated with the first user; determining, by the server, a location for a particular user associated with the first user; receiving, by the server, a request from the first user for the location of the particular user, where the particular user is associated with a fixed location communication device and a wireless communication device; identifying, by the server and based on a location of the particular user, one of the fixed location communication device or the wireless communication device as a receiving communication device for the particular user; and providing, by the server, the location of the particular user in response to the request from the first user, based on the identified receiving communication device.