Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ashley Ingram

Amer A Hassan

Michael J Davis

Hooman Shiranimehr

Techniques and systems are disclosed to enable location verification and tracking, for use or access of a geographic-specific phone number or similar location feature of a communications service by a mobile computing device at (or within) a geographic location or defined area. In an example, verification of a use of the device at the location or area is enabled by the receipt and collection of location verification data for a token having location verification and time data, with such location verification data being communicated via a short-range wireless network. The verification is enabled by communication of the token to a communications service for device identification and location registration, and assess to a resource based on registered use of the communications device at the geographic location. In further examples, capabilities for security, verification, and auditing of location information is enabled with use of the token and location information.

Verification of caller location for use in assigning location-based numbers

Systems and methods may be used for providing an emergency text service on a mobile device. These systems and methods may generate selectable indications with unique addresses and rank the selectable indications based on, for example, proximity of the mobile device to a probable location. Some systems and methods may display the ranked selectable indications on a user interface (e.g., on a display of the mobile device). An address may be inserted into the emergency text message when a selectable indication corresponding to the address is selected.

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