Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anonymous location service for wireless networks
- Patent Title (中): 无线网络的匿名定位服务
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Application No.: US14105544Application Date: 2013-12-13
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Publication No.: US09571958B2Publication Date: 2017-02-14
- Inventor: Samuel N. Zellner , Mark J. Enzmann , Robert T. Moton, Jr.
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Propery I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Propery I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Hartman & Citrin LLC
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04W4/02 ; H04L29/06 ; H04M1/725 ; H04M3/42 ; H04W12/02 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W4/22 ; H04W8/26 ; H04W76/00

Abstract:
An anonymous location wireless network service for use in a wireless network. The service provides content providers with the location of network users without revealing their identities. The service includes a wireless network having a proxy server, a network communication link to a plurality of web sites, and a wireless communication link to a plurality of handheld devices. The proxy server blocks identity by reading the location and identity information of network devices, generating dummy identifications, relating the dummy identifications to the identity information, storing the relationships in a memory storage, and forwarding the location information and dummy identifications to the global computer network. Upon receiving messages from the global computer network, the proxy server reads the dummy identifications, looks up the related identification information in the memory storage, and forwards the data to the appropriate network devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140099913A1 Anonymous Location Service for Wireless Networks Public/Granted day:2014-04-10
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