Patent ID: 7068994

Claim:
A mobile telephony communication system for use by multiple users, the system comprising: a first mobile telephony unit configured to be carried by a person and configured to transmit and receive wireless telephony communications; and a second mobile telephony unit configured to be carried by at least one of a person and a pet and configured to transmit first location information toward the first mobile telephony unit; wherein the first unit is further configured to receive second location information related to the first location information from the second unit and to display, to a user of the first mobile telephony unit, indicia of the second location information; wherein at least one of the first and second mobile telephony units is configured such that the second unit is unable to automatically track a location of the first unit upon request; and wherein the second unit is configured to initiate outgoing telecommunications with a limited set of destinations that includes a telephone number stored in the second unit by the first unit.