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Mobile device location proofing

  • US 10,368,185 B2
  • Filed: 11/13/2015
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of verifying a location of a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, on the computer, a first location report from a first mobile device, the first location report including a location identification for the first mobile device and pairing information identifying mobile devices with which the first mobile device is paired;

    identifying at least one reference mobile device in the vicinity of the identified location of the first mobile device;

    requesting from the at least one reference mobile device a reference location report including further pairing information identifying mobile devices with which the reference mobile device is paired;

    receiving the reference location report from the at least one reference mobile device; and

    evaluating the received reference location report to check whether the received reference location report verifies or does not verify the location identification in the first location report received from the first mobile device, includingverifying the location identification in the first location report received from the first mobile device by identifying the first mobile device in the further pairing information in the received at least one reference location report; and

    wherein;

    the further pairing information identifies each of the mobile devices with which the reference mobile device is paired by a further device identifier; and

    verifying the location identification in the first location report received from the first mobile device by identifying the first mobile device in the further pairing information in the received at least one reference location report comprises;

    comparing a device identifier of the first mobile device with the one or more further device identifiers in the further pairing information.

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