Patent ID: 8170578

Claim:
A method of operating a communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by a node of the communication system, a registration message from a device that identifies a location of the device and a device identifier; transmitting, by the node of the communication system, the location of the device to a location database; receiving, by the node of the communication system, a watch list that identifies a plurality of devices; receiving, by the node of the communication system, a session request from the device for a session; processing, by the node of the communication system, the device identifier of the device to determine if the device is one of the plurality of devices; transferring, by the node of the communication system, the location of the device to a location reporting system, when the device is one of the plurality of devices; and transferring, by the node of the communication system, digitized audio of the session to a location reporting system, when the device is one of the plurality of devices and the session request comprises a request for an audio session.