Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for determining protected location information based on temporal correlations
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Application No.: US15299582Application Date: 2016-10-21
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Publication No.: US09867041B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Li Xiong , Yonghui Xiao
- Applicant: Emory University
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Emory University
- Current Assignee: Emory University
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Emory Patent Group
- Main IPC: H04M1/66
- IPC: H04M1/66 ; H04W12/02 ; H04W8/16

Abstract:
The systems and methods can provide location privacy protection by incorporating temporal correlations of a user's locations. The method may include obtaining a first location of a user of a mobile user device. The method may further include determining one or more probable locations of the user for a time period from historical location information. The method may further include determining a reference location based on the first location and/or the one or more probable locations. The method may include determining a set of location(s) defining a bounded region based on the one or more probable locations and/or the reference location and privacy parameter(s) associated with the user. The method may include determining a second location from the bounded region and determining protected location information based on the reference location and the second location. The method may include communicating the protected location information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170118634A1 Methods and Systems for Determining Protected Location Information Based on Temporal Correlations Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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