Patent ID: 7672677

Claim:
A method for use in providing information regarding one or more mobile devices, comprising: establishing a location content provider for transferring location information regarding a mobile device from a location source to a target service provider; establishing a defined message format for receiving messages from said location source such that a received location message includes service provider information identifying a target service provider, location information for a mobile device and mobile device identification information; receiving, at said location content provider, a first location message in said defined message format regarding a first mobile device; first processing said first location message to obtain first service information regarding a first target service provider of said first location message; providing storage, accessible by said location content provider for storing relay instructions, specific to each of multiple service providers, for relaying location messages for use by the service providers in providing location content to requestors; based on said first target service provider information obtained from said first location message, second operating said location content provider to access said storage to obtain a set of relay instructions specific to said first target service provider; and third operating said location content provider to transmit a second location message to said first target service provider in accordance with said set of relay instructions, said second location message including location information and identification information regarding said first mobile device.