SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DECOUPLING AND EXPOSING COMPUTING DEVICE ORIGINATED LOCATION INFORMATION
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1. A system comprising:
- a location platform to determine location information of a remote user; and
an encryption service configured to secure the location information of the remote user and send the secure location information to a content provider.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to determine location information of a portable computing device and, in particular, to a secure and scalable system and method of decoupling and exposing handset originated location information to third parties. The system includes a location platform to determine location information of a remote user, and an encryption service configured to secure the location information of the remote user and send the secure location information to a content provider.
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1. A system comprising:
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a location platform to determine location information of a remote user; and an encryption service configured to secure the location information of the remote user and send the secure location information to a content provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for obtaining location specific content comprising:
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intercepting an HTTP request from a remote user; scrambling location information of the remote user and inserting the scrambled location information into a header of the HTTP request; and sending the scrambled location information to a content provider. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
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determine location information of a remote user; intercept an HTTP request from the remote user; scramble the location information and insert the scrambled location information into a header of the HTTP request; and transmit the scrambled location information to a content provider. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for deploying an application for securely providing location information, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; intercept an HTTP request from the remote user; scramble the location information and insert the scrambled location information into a header of the HTTP request; and transmit the scrambled location information to a content provider. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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