Patent ID: 8099088

Claim:
A system for providing location information to a wireless device, comprising: a first wireless device which places a call to a second wireless device; a mobile switching center (MSC) in communication with the first wireless device, the first wireless device providing call information to the MSC, the call information including an identifier; a line information database (LIDB) which receives the identifier from the MSC, the LIDB locating a caller name and a friend finder identification (FF ID) for the first wireless device; and a gateway mobile location center (GMLC), the GMLC receiving the FF ID from the LIDB, the GMLC employing the FF ID to determine a location of the first wireless device, wherein the GMLC provides the location to the LIDB, the LIDB combines the location with the caller name and returns an abbreviated combination of the location and the caller name to the MSC, the MSC provides the abbreviated combination to the second wireless device when caller settings do not indicate that the first wireless device is to be invisible or anonymous, and a subscriber identity module (SIM) on the second wireless device stores detailed location information corresponding to the abbreviated combination, the abbreviated combination created according to settings for one of the first wireless device and the second wireless device, the settings determining a portion of the caller name to be replaced with the location in the abbreviated combination, and wherein when the caller settings indicate that the first wireless device is to be invisible at the location, the location is not provided to the second wireless device from the MSC, and when the caller settings indicate that the first wireless device is to be anonymous at the location, the caller name is not provided to the second wireless device from the MSC.