User controlled location sharing during a communication

Details User controlled location sharing during a communication User controlled location sharing during a communication

2005-05-03

2005-05-03

Bui, Bing Q. (Department: 2642)

Telephonic communications

Special services

Service trigger

C379S142100

Reexamination Certificate

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06888936

ABSTRACT:
During a telephone call, a party to the call may signal (by, for example, sending certain DTMF tones (a wish to provide his or her location to the other party to the call. The central office responds to this request by accessing a subscriber record for the communication line (e.g., subscriber loop) terminating at the requesting party and sending location information in the subscriber record to the other party to the call. Depending upon the technology available, the location information may be supplied in-band or on a parallel datapath.

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