Patent ID: 8855307

Claim:
A method for validating the identity of a user of a wireless device to establish that the user is an authorized user under a service agreement for the wireless device, the method comprising: providing a notification dialog having an affirmative selection that confirms initiating location based services of a third party application; upon obtaining a response from the user that engages the affirmative selection, receiving a verification user interface portal that includes requests to validate the identity of the user of a wireless device and to validate the identity of the wireless device; receiving in the verification user interface portal identification information for the user and identification information for the wireless device from the user; comparing the identification information for the user and the identification information for the wireless device received from the user to known identification information for the user and known identification information for the wireless device associated with a service agreement of the wireless device; when the user provided identification information for the user and identification information for the wireless device match the known identification information for the user and known identification information for the wireless device, confirming that an authority level associated with the user permits granting consent to location based services; providing an indication to the third-party application that the user is an authorized user under the service agreement of the wireless device when the confirmed authority level of the user permits granting consent to location based services and the received identification information for the user and identification information for the wireless device is substantially similar to the known identification information for the user and known identification information for the wireless device; and providing an indication to the third-party application that the user is not an authorized user under the service agreement of the wireless device when the received identification information is not substantially similar to the known identification information for the user or the authority level of the user does not permit granting consent to location based services.