Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for obscuring user location
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Application No.: US16007308Application Date: 2018-06-13
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Publication No.: US10341858B1Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Shrikant Pawar , Sharad Mhaske
- Applicant: Symantec Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/66
- IPC: H04M1/66 ; H04W12/02 ; H04W4/02

Abstract:
The disclosed computer-implemented method for obscuring user location may include (i) detecting a motion of a user mobile device through a motion sensor of the user mobile device, (ii) checking whether the motion of the user mobile device satisfies a specified threshold that defines a threshold level of motion, (iii) determining that the motion of the user mobile device satisfies the specified threshold that defines the threshold level of motion, and (iv) protecting a user of the user mobile device by obscuring, in response to determining that the motion of the user mobile device satisfies the specified threshold, an actual location of the user mobile device by outputting information indicating a decoy location of the user mobile device that deviates from the actual location of the user mobile device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
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