Patent ID: 8064930

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, for providing a location query service, comprising: receiving, at a location server, a request for location information associated with a wireless communication device, wherein: the location information comprises data indicating a location of the wireless communication device; and the request is received from a particular requestor; subsequent to receiving the request, the location server consulting a pre-established access list, stored in a tangible computer-readable storage medium, of authorized requestors to determine whether the particular requestor is authorized to receive the location information; in response to determining that the particular requestor is authorized to receive the location information, based on the particular being found in the pre-established access list: retrieving the location information from a location system in communication with the location server; and providing the location information to the particular requestor; and in response to determining that the particular requestor is not authorized to receive the location information, executing an action.