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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1998
Theodore Havinis, Plano, TX (US);
David Boltz, Garland, TX (US);
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for allowing each mobile subscriber that has subscribed to location services to define a Subscriber Location Privacy Profile (SLPP) containing a list of preferred subscribers that have permission to position the mobile subscriber. The SLPP can also define the conditions under which each of the preferred subscribers can position the mobile subscriber. The SLPP is preferably connected to the mobile subscriber's main subscription record in the Home Location Register and can be downloaded to the Mobile Switching Center/Visitor Location Register together the rest of the subscription information when the mobile subscriber is roaming.