Schema-based service for identity-based access to location data
First Claim
1. In a computer network, a method comprising, providing a location schema, the location schema having location-related fields arranged into a content document with defined structures for the fields;
- receiving a data access request directed to location information, the request including associated identity information; and
in response to the data access request, manipulating at least one set of data in a logical location document that includes data therein according to the associated identity information, each set of data in the logical location document structured to correspond to a field in the content document.
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Abstract
A schema-based location service for Internet access to per-user location data, wherein access to data is based on each user'"'"'s identity. The location service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user'"'"'s data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The location schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. The user manipulates (e.g., reads or writes) data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods. In one implementation, the location schemas are arranged as XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user'"'"'s identification, defined role and scope for that role. In this way, data can be accessed by its owner, and shared to an extent determined by the owner. The structure of the data is defined from the perspective of the data, not from that of an application program or a device, whereby appropriate programs can communicate with the location service to access the data, with existing knowledge of the schema-defined format, regardless of the device or application program in use. Extensibility is defined into the schema.
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22 Claims
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1. In a computer network, a method comprising,
providing a location schema, the location schema having location-related fields arranged into a content document with defined structures for the fields; -
receiving a data access request directed to location information, the request including associated identity information; and
in response to the data access request, manipulating at least one set of data in a logical location document that includes data therein according to the associated identity information, each set of data in the logical location document structured to correspond to a field in the content document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a computer network, a method comprising,
receiving a request to retrieve location data, the request including associated identity information; -
reading from a data store to obtain location data based on the associated identity information;
constructing a location document including at least part of the data, the document arranged according to a defined schema for location data; and
returning the document in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure, comprising:
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a first set of data corresponding to a position;
a second set of data corresponding to movement; and
wherein the first and second sets of data are regularized according to a schema by a service for an identity such that access to the service receives position and movement data from which a predicted location is determinable. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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