Patent ID: 8446272

Claim:
An apparatus for using a remote device to determine location of a mobile communication device, which is separate from the remote device and disposed at a location that is unknown to a user, the apparatus comprising: a predetermined designated user interface configured to enable selection of a predesignated code corresponding to an operation for determining the mobile communication device location using the remote device; and a processor that is configured to: participate in an authorization operation to determine whether the remote device and the predetermined designated user interface are authorized to select the predesignated code corresponding to the operation for determining the mobile communication device location, generate a request including the selected predesignated code, upon determining that the remote device and the predetermined designated user interface are authorized to select the predesignated code, and transmit the request to the mobile communication device to enable the operation for determining the mobile communication device location to be performed once the mobile communication device receives the request, such that the user is informed of the previously unknown mobile communication device location based on performance of the operation.