Patent ID: 7308273

Claim:
A method for providing a mobile telecommunications terminal with location information comprising: communicating, through the mobile telecommunications terminal, with a base station via a first wireless communication protocol used for mobile telephony in a mobile telecommunications network; transmitting, from the mobile telecommunications terminal via a second wireless communication protocol, a location information request to at least one device being enabled to share location; and receiving, in the mobile telecommunications terminal, the location information via the second communication protocol, the location information corresponding to a current position of the at least one device, from the at least one device; and in response to an initiation of a telephone call via the first wireless communication protocol automatically transmitting the location information request via the second communication protocol if the initiated telephone call corresponds to one or more pre-determined telephone numbers; wherein a control unit is adapted to determine if the initiated telephone call corresponds to one or more pre-determined telephone numbers stored in a storage, and as a result of a match instruct the second transceiver to transmit the location information request.