Zone Policy Administration For Entity Tracking And Privacy Assurance
First Claim
1. A system for tracking a managed entity and administering a zone policy, the system comprising:
- a mobile device associated with the managed entity, the mobile device operable to track location and communicate via a network;
a zone policy server coupled to the mobile device via the network; and
a zone policy database coupled to the zone policy server, the zone policy database comprising the zone policy, zone information defining a zone, entity information defining the managed entity, and an association between the zone and the managed entity.
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Abstract
The present invention includes entity tracking, privacy assurance, and zone policy administration technologies allowing for the creation of zone policies, including the definition of zones and managed entities, the zone policies including rules that apply to the managed entities within or in relation to the zones, and privacy policies assuring privacy of sensitive data. The technologies also provide for the definition of sensors, rule event objects, and default event objects, and for the establishment of associations between rules and managed entities, sensors, and rule event objects so as to create zone policies. Event objects may generate zone policy events or actions upon compliance with or violation of various rules of zone policy. Managed entities are defined as entities associated with mobile devices capable of location tracking and communication with zone policy servers. Entities may be persons, vehicles, animals, or any other object for which tracking and zone policy administration is of value. Zone policy may include privacy policy that may restrict access to or set access conditions for data or information. Privacy policies may be used to ensure individual managed entities and their data remain anonymous to a desired degree and that sensitive data is appropriately protected.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for tracking a managed entity and administering a zone policy, the system comprising:
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a mobile device associated with the managed entity, the mobile device operable to track location and communicate via a network; a zone policy server coupled to the mobile device via the network; and a zone policy database coupled to the zone policy server, the zone policy database comprising the zone policy, zone information defining a zone, entity information defining the managed entity, and an association between the zone and the managed entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method for creating a zone policy, the method comprising:
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selecting a zone from one or more zone definitions; defining a rule that applies to the zone; selecting a managed entity from one or more managed entity definitions; and associating the managed entity with the rule. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented zone policy framework comprising:
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a zone policy including a rule; a zone definition associated with the zone policy; and a managed entity definition associated with the rule. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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