Location information notifying system and method, terminal location determining apparatus, and privacy check apparatus

摘要

A terminal ( 101 ) sends a location request message to a terminal location determining apparatus ( 103 ) of a mobile unit network ( 100 ) so as to notify information of the location of the terminal to a server ( 102 ). The terminal location determining apparatus ( 103 ) determines, based on privacy information of the user of the terminal ( 101 ), whether the notification of the location information from the terminal ( 101 ) to the server ( 102 ) has been permitted. Only when determining that it has been permitted, the terminal location determining apparatus ( 103 ) performs a location determination for the terminal ( 101 ), and provides the terminal ( 101 ) with the location information thereof. The terminal ( 101 ) then notifies the provided location information thereof to the server ( 102 ).