LOCATION PRIVACY MANAGER FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF
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Abstract
Rules of communication are established between a wireless communication device (102) and a remote source (108). Communications between the wireless communication device (102) and the remote source (108) are managed to prohibit at least one of an identity and a location of the wireless communication device (102) from being known to the remote source (108) responsive to the established rules of communication. The steps of establishing and managing may be implemented in a wireless communication device (102), a wireless communication network (104), and/or a location privacy manager (106). The rules of communication preferably include a password generated by the remote source (108), an identity of the remote source (108), an identity of a location privacy manager (106), and/or masking of the identity of the wireless communication device (102). The wireless communication device (102) is preferably a cellular telephone device. The remote source (108) is preferably a location-enabled service, such as, for example, a map service, a people finder service, or a remote party.
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33 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. A method for providing wireless privacy management, the method comprising:
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defining at least one communication rule operable between a wireless device and a service configured for wireless communication with the wireless device; and managing communications between the service and the wireless device in accordance with at least one communication rule, wherein managing communications comprises; communicating, in response to an approval of the service by the wireless device, either identify information or location information to the service while prohibiting the service from knowing both the identity information and the location information associated with the wireless device; and prohibiting, in response to a disapproval of the service by the wireless device, communication of the location information to the service. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A wireless device comprising:
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a communication module comprising; a receiver configured to receive information from a service; a transmitter configured to communicate information to the service; a memory configured to; store at least one communication rule for communication between the wireless communication device and remote source, and store an identity and a location of the wireless device; a controller operatively coupled to the memory and the communication module, the controller configured to manage communications between the wireless communication device and the service utilizing the at least one communication rule to; allow the service to know one but not both of the identity and the location of the wireless device and prohibit the location of the wireless device from being known to the service; a user interface operatively coupled to the controller and configured to communicate user interface signals between a user of the wireless device and the controller.
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