Patent ID: 8391884

Claim:
A method for handling a location request for a target device using a location uniform resource identifier (“URI”), comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a location request for a target device from a requesting entity, the target device having a location context information represented by a location URI with embedded starting information, initial validating information and policy information; (b) verifying the form of the location URI by a location information server (“LIS”), the form including at least an encrypted context string; (c) extracting and decrypting the encrypted context string by the LIS; (d) determining if the location request can continue as a function of the policy information; (e) determining an estimated location of the target device as a function of the starting information; (f) collecting additional validating information; (g) correlating the additional validating information with the initial validating information; and (h) providing the estimated location of the target device to the requesting entity.