Patent ID: 7873369

Claim:
A system comprising: a location system configured to provide location information of a wireless handheld device operating in a wireless network; a user interface configured to receive a request to block location information associated with the wireless handheld device from being transmitted to a third party, wherein the request to block the location information is associated with at least one condition comprising at least one of a time and a current user location; a storage medium configured to store the condition under which the location information is to be blocked in a user profile; and a location block processor in communication with the user interface, wherein the location block processor is configured to: receive the request to block the location information; disregard the request to block the location information if the third party is a public safety answering point (PSAP); determine whether a transmission meets the condition; and if the third party is not a PSAP, in response to determining that the transmission meets the condition: block the location information from the transmission; disable the location system that generates the location information; and provide the transmission to the third party without any location information, wherein the request to block the location information includes a request to block identity information and the instructions for disabling the location system further comprise instructions for removing the identity information from the transmission.