Patent ID: 8761803

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor; and memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor effectuate operations comprising: defining a geographic zone for which pseudo-location information is to be reported as a current location of a device, wherein the pseudo-location information is not the current location; designating a predefined location to be substituted as the current location for reporting purposes when the current location is in the geographic zone; defining a first list of persons who are eligible to receive a report of the pseudo-location information; defining a second list of persons who are blocked from receiving reports of location information about the device; receiving the current location; in response to determining that the current location is in the geographic zone, reporting, to a communications device of a first monitoring user that is listed on the first list, the pseudo-location information as the current location as opposed to reporting the current location as a location that is within the geographic zone, wherein the pseudo-location information comprises the designated predefined location; in response to determining that the current location is outside the geographic zone, reporting, to a communications device of a second monitoring user that is not listed on the first list and is not listed on the second list, the current location of the user as the location; and in response to determining that a third monitoring user is listed on the second list, blocking reporting of location information of the user to the third monitoring user.