Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Location privacy manager for a wireless communication device and method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 无线通信设备的位置隐私管理器及其方法
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Application No.: US12364195Application Date: 2009-02-02
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Publication No.: US07890122B2Publication Date: 2011-02-15
- Inventor: Patrick Jay Walsh
- Applicant: Patrick Jay Walsh
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Parks IP Law LLC
- Agent Mickki D. Murray, Esq.
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00

Abstract:
Rules of communication are established between a wireless communication device (102) and a remote source (108). Communications between the wireless communication device (102) and the remote source (108) are managed to prohibit at least one of an identity and a location of the wireless communication device (102) from being known to the remote source (108) responsive to the established rules of communication. The steps of establishing and managing may be implemented in a wireless communication device (102), a wireless communication network (104), and/or a location privacy manager (106). The rules of communication preferably include a password generated by the remote source (108), an identity of the remote source (108), an identity of a location privacy manager (106), and/or masking of the identity of the wireless communication device (102). The wireless communication device (102) is preferably a cellular telephone device. The remote source (108) is preferably a location-enabled service, such as, for example, a map service, a people finder service, or a remote party.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090137231A1 LOCATION PRIVACY MANAGER FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2009-05-28
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