Patent ID: 8160542

Claim:
A system for reducing location-related message traffic in at least one mobile communications network; the system comprising: (a) a mobile communication unit; (b) at least one location server unit coupled with said mobile communication unit and coupled with said at least one mobile communications network; and (c) a location determining unit coupled with at least one of said mobile communication unit and said at least one location server unit; said location determining unit occasionally collecting location information relating to an extant location of said mobile communication unit; at least one of said mobile communication unit and said location determining unit effecting said location-related message traffic to convey said location information to said location server unit; at least one of said mobile communication unit and said location server unit employing said location-related message traffic to effect compiling a locations schedule for said mobile communication unit in a time-location almanac coupled with said mobile communication unit; said mobile communication unit occasionally comparing said extant location with said locations schedule; neither of said mobile communication unit and said location determining unit effecting said location-related message traffic when said extant location is within a predetermined variance from said locations schedule.