Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Privacy control of location information
- Patent Title (中): 位置信息的隐私控制
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Application No.: US11747618Application Date: 2007-05-11
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Publication No.: US08489110B2Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: Scott Frank , Robert Starr , John Ruckart , Steven Tischer , Samuel Zellner
- Applicant: Scott Frank , Robert Starr , John Ruckart , Steven Tischer , Samuel Zellner
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Woodcock Washburn LLP
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00

Abstract:
One embodiment of the present is a method of implementing privacy control of location information. Such a method comprises defining a geographic zone for which pseudo-location information is to be reported as the current location of the user, wherein the pseudo-location information is not the current location of the user; receiving the current location of the user; determining that the current location is in the geographic zone; and reporting the pseudo-location information as the current location of the user when the current location is determined to be in the geographic zone. Other methods and systems are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070264974A1 Privacy Control of Location Information Public/Granted day:2007-11-15
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