Privacy features for a cellular telephone location identification system
First Claim
1. A method for providing selectable privacy options for reporting the location of a cellular phone to a remote device comprising:
- providing an input to select a privacy option at a remote device;
receiving said input and associating parameters with the selected privacy option to define a location identification rule associated with said cellular phone; and
applying the defined location identification rule to attempts that are made to identify the physical location of the cellular phone.
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Abstract
A method for providing security features for a cellular phone. The method includes the step of authorizing administrator changes to location identification settings associated with the cellular phone. Location identification option selections then can be received from the administrator for the cellular phone and at least one location identification rule can be defined that is based upon the received location identification option selections. Finally, at least one security feature can be provided to prevent an unauthorized user from changing the location identification settings. The defined location identification rules can be stored in the cellular phone or in a server. Control of the location identification settings can be asserted from a centralized location remote from the cellular phone. The location identification rules can be downloaded to the cellular phones over a network, for instance a wireless network.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for providing selectable privacy options for reporting the location of a cellular phone to a remote device comprising:
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providing an input to select a privacy option at a remote device;
receiving said input and associating parameters with the selected privacy option to define a location identification rule associated with said cellular phone; and
applying the defined location identification rule to attempts that are made to identify the physical location of the cellular phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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