Validation service portal for wireless location management
View Patent ↗A method, system, and medium are provided for validating the identity or authority of a user of a wireless device to consent to providing geographic locations of their respective wireless device to a third-party application. Upon receiving a request to validate the authority of a user to consent to providing of geographic locations, the user is automatically redirected to a validation service portal. The validation service portal verifies the identity or authority of the user to consent by requiring the user to provide identification information. The identification information is compared to identification information in one or more databases to determine if the user has the authority to consent. An indication is provided by the validation service portal to the third-party application of whether the user has the authority to consent. The third-party application then initiates location-based services based on the indication.
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media for storing computer executable instructions for performing a method of validating the authority of a user to consent to the providing of geographic location describing the location of a wireless device to a third-party application, the method comprising:
receiving a request from a user to initiate a third-party application, said third-party application requiring geographic location of a wireless device;
directing the user to a validation service portal to determine the authority of the user to consent to the providing of geographic location associated with the wireless device to the third-party application, wherein the third-party application redirects the user automatically to the validation service portal upon receiving a request to initiate the third-party application;
issuing one or more queries to the user for information to identify the user and the wireless device via the validation service portal, wherein the one or more queries issued to the user require information that verifies the authority of the user to consent to the providing of geographic location for the wireless device to third-party applications;
comparing the information received from the user in response to the issued queries to known information stored in a database having a service agreement for the user; determining whether the user has authority to consent to the providing of geographic location for the wireless device to third-party applications based on the comparing of the information received from the user in response to the issued queries to the known information;
and initiating the third-party application based on the determination by the validation service portal.
2. The media of claim 1 , wherein the geographic location of the wireless devices defines the geographic location of the wireless device within a predefined accuracy.
3. The media of claim 1 , further comprising upon receiving a request for initiation of a third-party application requiring geographic location for the wireless device, determining if the authority of the user to consent to providing of said geographic location has previously been verified.
4. The media of claim 1 , wherein when the authority of the user to consent has previously been verified, initiating the third-party application.
5. The media of claim 3 , wherein when the authority of the user to consent has not previously been verified, automatically redirecting the user to the validation service portal.
6. A computer-implemented method of validating the identity of a user of a wireless device to establish that the user is authorized under a service agreement for wireless device, the method comprising:
receiving a request from a user to initiate a third-party application, said third-party application requiring geographic location of a wireless device;
directing the user to a validation service portal to determine the authority of the user to consent to the providing of geographic location associated with the wireless device to the third-party application, wherein the third-party application redirects the user automatically to the validation service portal upon receiving a request to initiate the third-party application;
issuing one or more queries to the user for information to identify the user and the wireless device via the validation service portal, wherein the one or more queries issued to the user require information that verifies the authority of the user to consent to the providing of geographic location for the wireless device to third-party applications;
comparing the information received from the user in response to the issued queries to known information stored in a database having a service agreement for the user;
determining whether the user has authority to consent to the providing of geographic location for the wireless device to third-party applications based on the comparing of the information received from the user in response to the issued queries to the known information;
and
initiating the third-party application based on the determination by the validation service portal.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the geographic location of the wireless devices defines the geographic location of the wireless device within a predefined accuracy.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising upon receiving a request for initiation of a third-party application requiring geographic location for the wireless device, determining if the authority of the user to consent to providing of said geographic location has previously been verified.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein when the authority of the user to consent has previously been verified, initiating the third-party application.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein when the authority of the user to consent has not previously been verified, automatically redirecting the user to the validation service portal.