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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Bharat V. Bedi, Southsea, GB;
Robert B. Nicholson, Southsea, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mobile device is associated with a mobile communications network. The mobile device comprises: a transmitter for sending a request, to the mobile communications network, for a secure location verification (LV) message; a receiver for receiving the requested LV message, wherein the LV message is digitally secured so as to enable a selected third party application program to verify an authenticity of the LV message, wherein the LV message comprises location data determined by the mobile communications network as representing a location of the mobile device and identification data for identifying the mobile device; and the transmitter for sending the received LV message to the third party application program so as to enable the third party application program to verify the location of the mobile device.