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Location-based obfuscation of user information

  • US 10,007,941 B1
  • Filed: 11/07/2017
  • Issued: 06/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A server device, comprising:

  • one or more memories; and

    one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to;

    receive, from a first device, a request for a product or service;

    determine a first geographic location of the first device;

    identify, based on the request, a plurality of second devices that are located in a geographic region associated with the first geographic location,the plurality of second devices being associated with respective users that are capable of providing the product or service;

    provide, to the first device, information regarding second geographic locations of the plurality of second devices,the information specifying an obfuscated second geographic location of at least one of the plurality of second devices,the obfuscated second geographic location being determined based on identifying a third geographic location that is within a threshold distance from an actual second geographic location of the at least one of the plurality of second devices;

    receive, from the first device, an instruction to provide the request to a subset of the plurality of second devices;

    provide, based on the instruction, the request to the subset of the plurality of second devices;

    receive an acceptance of the request from a second device included in the subset of the plurality of second devices; and

    provide, to the second device and based on receiving the acceptance, data indicating the first geographic location of the first device.

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