Patent ID: 7711357

Claim:
A method for enabling one or more of a plurality of location service clients (LSCs) to contact a user of a mobile device, wherein the method comprises the steps of: selection of at least one authorized LSC type on the mobile device, said at least one authorized LSC type selected from type identifiers associated with said plurality of LSCs; transmission of one or more type identifiers from the mobile device to a server in a telecommunication system, the one or more type identifiers identifying the selected at least one authorized LSC type; analysis of the type identifier by said server to determine one or more LSCs associated with the selected type; determination of at least one address of the one or more LSCs associated with the selected type; determining whether a threshold number has been reached, the threshold number indicating a limit for a number of said LSCs; limiting to the threshold number the number of the one or more LSCs to which said information is to be sent; and, sending information from said server to the at least one address of the one or more LSCs associated with the selected type, said information enabling said one or more LSCs to contact said mobile device.