Patent ID: 8655313

Claim:
A method for verification of a mobile telephone number in order to determine whether a messaging-or-positioning service in a mobile radio communications system should be performed in relation to the mobile telephone number, the method comprising: receiving, by a verification apparatus, a request from an application server to register a mobile telephone number; registering, by the verification apparatus in response to the request from the application server, the mobile telephone number, wherein the registering comprises: obtaining, from a home location register, a first mobile subscriber identity number corresponding to the mobile telephone number, and then storing the mobile telephone number and the corresponding first mobile subscriber identity number in a database of the verification apparatus; receiving, by the verification apparatus from the application server, a request for verification of the mobile telephone number; and verifying, by the verification apparatus in response to receiving the verification request, the mobile telephone number, wherein the verifying comprises: obtaining, from a home location register, a second mobile subscriber identity number registered in association with the mobile telephone number; and indicating, by the verification apparatus to the application server, whether the first mobile subscriber identity number matches the second mobile subscriber identity number.