Position Privacy in an Electronic Device
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1. A method of providing navigation information using a cellular telephone, comprising:
- providing a location detection part in said cellular telephone to determine information about a current location of said cellular telephone;
providing a communication part in said cellular telephone to allow communication of cellular telephone calls over a cellular network;
allowing said communication part in said cellular telephone to communicate with a remote server over said cellular network, and to send at least at least one item of information representing the current location of said cellular telephone to said remote server, including information from said location detection part;
sending navigation information from said remote server to said cellular telephone based on said item of information sent to said remote server;
wherein said navigation information is displayed on said cellular telephone.
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Abstract
A privacy enhancement device for electronic device such as a cellular telephone. The privacy enhancement device may include a jammer which may produces false information, e.g. false information indicative of pseudo ranges. In addition, the navigation information used on the position detecting device may be locally stored versions of dynamically changing information. The navigation operation may be carried out using a Web service.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of providing navigation information using a cellular telephone, comprising:
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providing a location detection part in said cellular telephone to determine information about a current location of said cellular telephone; providing a communication part in said cellular telephone to allow communication of cellular telephone calls over a cellular network; allowing said communication part in said cellular telephone to communicate with a remote server over said cellular network, and to send at least at least one item of information representing the current location of said cellular telephone to said remote server, including information from said location detection part; sending navigation information from said remote server to said cellular telephone based on said item of information sent to said remote server;
wherein said navigation information is displayed on said cellular telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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receiving, in a server, position information from a cellular telephone, said position information including a plurality of items of information that are indicative of a local position of said cellular telephone; using a database associated with said server to determine local position information about said local position; and returning map information from said server to said cellular telephone, based on said local position information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
providing a cellular telephone having a processor, a location detection part, a display, and a communication part, wherein, said cellular telephone acquires a plurality of items of information representing its current location from said location detection part, and wherein said communication part communicates said plurality of items of information to a remote server, and wherein, said remote server sends current position information to said cellular telephone based on said plurality of items of information, and wherein said cellular telephone displays information relating to its current position. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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a computer part, receiving a wireless communication from a cellular telephone over a cellular telephone network, at a location that is remote from a first location of said cellular telephone, said communication including information representing information about said first location; said computer part looking up information from a database about said first location based on said communication, and returning information indicative of said current location over the cellular telephone network, said information including at least mapping information about said first location, from said database. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A server in communication with at least one cellular telephone, said cellular telephone receiving GPS data indicative of said cellular telephone'"'"'s current location, said server able to receive data from said cellular telephone relating to said current location, said server further sending mapping data to said cellular telephone wherein said cellular telephone can display said mapping data on a display.
- 29. A system comprising a cellular telephone network with at least one server in communication with at least one cellular telephone via said cellular network, said server able to receive data from said cellular telephone relating to said cellular telephone'"'"'s current position, said server providing data from a database to said cellular telephone concerning said current position for display on said cellular telephone.
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31. A method of providing navigational information to a cellular telephone comprising the steps of:
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providing a cellular telephone to a user, said cellular telephone having a housing, a display, a transceiver, an antenna and circuits for at least partially determining said cellular telephone'"'"'s location; providing instructions to said user on how to use said cellular telephone for navigation; providing a navigation server with a navigation database adapted to communicate via a cellular telephone network with said cellular telephone; receiving information from said cellular telephone relating to said cellular telephone'"'"'s location; retrieving data from said navigation database related an area around said cellular telephone'"'"'s location; and sending said data from said navigation server to said cellular telephone for display on said cellular telephone. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A method of providing navigational information to a cellular telephone user comprising:
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providing said user with a cellular telephone; instructing said user on using said cellular telephone for navigation; determining a location of said cellular telephone based on data transmitted from said cellular telephone over a cellular telephone network; accessing information related to said location from a database; transmitting said information to said cellular telephone. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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