Data protection for position-dependent services
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Abstract
The invention relates to a privacy function check which is efficient in terms of network load, and is carried out by means of a method for requesting the agreement of a user of a mobile radio terminal of a mobile radio network, relating to the transmission of the position data of said terminal to a requester requesting said position data. In the event of an arrival of one such request in a switching center of the mobile radio network, said switching center prompts a database server to check, by means of consultation information stored in the server and relating to the mobile radio terminal, whether an agreement must be obtained from the mobile radio terminal in order to transmit the position of said terminal to the requester, the result of the check then being sent to the switching center. At least when the result indicates that an agreement must be obtained, a request for the agreement is sent from the switching center to the mobile radio terminal, and, if an agreement is obtained, the position of the terminal is transmitted to the requester.
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33 Claims
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18. A method for requesting the agreement of a user of a mobile terminal of a mobile radio network to the transfer of their position data to a party requesting this position data, the method comprising:
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causing, by the switching center of the mobile radio network, in the case of the arrival of a request from a requester for the position of the mobile terminal in the switching center, a database server to make a check on the basis of data stored there relating to the mobile terminal verification rules as to whether an agreement on the mobile terminal side to forward the mobile terminal position to the requester must be obtained;
sending the result of this check to the switching center;
sending, by the switching center, if the result at least indicates that an agreement must be obtained, a request for an agreement to the mobile terminal; and
transmitting, if the agreement is received by the switching center, the position of the mobile terminal to the requester. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A switching device, comprising
an input mechanism for requests from a requester for position data of a mobile station; -
an output mechanism for transfer of position data to the requester; and
a memory for an address of a database with an interface to a Home Location Register for downloading the address of the database into the memory of the switching device, wherein the switching device is embodied such that on request for the position of a mobile terminal, the switching device in accordance with the verification rules specifications transferred to it from the database asks the mobile station for agreement to transfer its position data.
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