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Controlling access to location information using time-of-day restrictions

  • US 20060174329A1
  • Filed: 01/28/2005
  • Published: 08/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer system for providing location information of a location owner to a location consumer in response to the receipt of a location request from the location consumer, comprising:

  • data storage for storing location owner profile information suitable for controlling access to location information corresponding to the location owner, the location owner profile information including time-of-day data describing at least one time during a day in which the location consumer is authorized to access location information of the location owner; and

    a data processing system for;

    receiving a request from the location consumer for the location information of the location owner;

    in response to receiving the request from the location consumer, obtaining the location owner profile information from said data storage associated with said location owner;

    determining if a time associated with the request corresponds with a time-of-day period, according to the current location of the location owner, during which the location consumer is authorized to access location information; and

    if it is determined that the time associated with the request corresponds with a time-of-day period during which the location consumer is authorized to access information about the location of the location owner, transmitting location information of the location owner to the location consumer.

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