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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Mark J. Bonn, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Dominick Mangiardi, Fremont, CA (US);
Mark J. Bonn, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Dominick Mangiardi, Fremont, CA (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a communication system comprises receiving an authorization request from a location determination system that includes a device identifier and a port identifier and that is generated in response to receiving a location request from a communication device generated in response to a request for the location of the communication device made by an application running on the communication device. The location request includes the port identifier and the device identifier, and the device identifier identifies the communication device. The method further comprises processing the authorization request to determine an application identifier associated with the application based on the port identifier, processing the application identifier and the device identifier to determine if the application is authorized to run on the communication device, and transferring an authorization response from the authorization system that indicates if the application is authorized for the communication device.