Patent ID: 7237201

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing notification information regarding geographical location of a communications identity, the method comprising: accessing information stored in a computer storage medium indicating that a first communications identity associated with a first mobile device is associated with a second communications identity such that the first communications identity corresponds to a natural person and the second communications identity corresponds to the same natural person, wherein: the first communications identity is a different communications identity than the second communications identity, and the second communications identity is not associated with the first mobile device; receiving geographical location information associated with the first mobile device; associating the geographical location information with the second communications identity; accessing a participant list in a messaging system, the participant list identifying communications identities designated by a user that are associated with the second communications identity and that correspond to natural persons; and providing the geographical location information associated with the first mobile device to the communications identities of the participant list associated with the second communications identity such that the geographical location information associated with the first mobile device is displayed as geographical location information of the second communications identity to the communications identities of the participant list.