Patent ID: 8761808

Claim:
An apparatus for providing location information relating to a mobile telecommunication device and making said location information available to a called party; the apparatus comprising: (a) a locating unit; said locating unit including a communicating unit coupled with a power source unit; said communicating unit responding to an intermittently received inquiry signal; (b) a support unit supporting said locating unit; and (c) a fixing structure; said fixing structure effecting removable affixation between said support unit and said mobile communication device; said locating unit being configured for effecting one-way communication with at least one locator network independent of a telecommunication network providing telecommunication service for said mobile communication device; said locating unit cooperating with said at least one locator network to ascertain location of said locating unit with said mobile communication device; said at least one locator telecommunication network providing delivered location information relating to said mobile communication device to a database; said database being located remotely from said mobile telecommunication device; said database saving said delivered location information as stored location information; said database being accessible by said called party for obtaining said stored location information.