Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Privacy control of location information
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Application No.: US15231351Application Date: 2016-08-08
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Publication No.: US09743276B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Scott Frank , Robert Starr , John Ruckart , Steven Tischer , Samuel Zellner
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- 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: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/66
- IPC: H04M1/66 ; H04W12/02 ; H04L29/06 ; H04M3/42 ; H04M3/487 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W8/10

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
- US20160353277A1 PRIVACY CONTROL OF LOCATION INFORMATION Public/Granted day:2016-12-01
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