Patent ID: 8649801

Claim:
A method by which location information associated with a subscriber unit is communicated to a service that requires location information of the subscriber unit, the method comprising: the subscriber unit transmitting a message; a first network component connected to the subscriber unit receiving the message; the first network component analyzing the received message to determine whether the message is addressed to the service; upon determining that the message is addressed to the service, the first network component determining location information identifying a geographical location of the subscriber unit; the first network component inserting the location information into the message; the first network component transmitting the message having the inserted location information to the service; presenting by displaying or announcing, by the subscriber unit information identifying the geographical location of the subscriber unit, the information identifying the geographical location comprising at least one of a room number, a building number, geographical related coordinates, a name of a city in which the geographical location is within, and a name of a street on which the geographical location is on; after display or announcement of the information identifying the geographical location of the subscriber unit, providing a subscriber associated with the subscriber unit the option to perform at least one member of the group consisting of: a) confirming the accuracy of the information identifying the geographical location, b) repeating its display or announcement, and c) identifying the information identifying the geographical location as inaccurate through a respective input at the subscriber unit.