LOCATION TRACKING PERMISSIONS AND PRIVACY
First Claim
1. A method for permitting a user to control the manner in which location information associated with the user is provided to one or more applications or services, comprising:
- obtaining a location tracking privacy policy associated with the user, wherein the location tracking privacy policy includes a location reporting methodology and one or more enforcement conditions;
obtaining the location information associated with the user;
determining whether the enforcement condition(s) have been satisfied; and
controlling the manner in which the location information associated with the user is provided to at least one application or service in accordance with the location reporting methodology responsive to determining that the enforcement condition(s) have been satisfied.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A location tracking privacy engine is described herein that is configured to allow users to define privacy policies that govern how location information about each user is provided to context-aware applications and services. Privacy policies can be defined in a highly flexible and context-specific manner such that the execution of a given privacy policy by the location tracking privacy engine is dependent on the existence of one or more social, topical, temporal or spatial conditions. Privacy policies are then executed automatically by the location tracking privacy engine when the conditions associated with the policies are determined to be satisfied.
279 Citations
27 Claims
-
1. A method for permitting a user to control the manner in which location information associated with the user is provided to one or more applications or services, comprising:
-
obtaining a location tracking privacy policy associated with the user, wherein the location tracking privacy policy includes a location reporting methodology and one or more enforcement conditions; obtaining the location information associated with the user; determining whether the enforcement condition(s) have been satisfied; and controlling the manner in which the location information associated with the user is provided to at least one application or service in accordance with the location reporting methodology responsive to determining that the enforcement condition(s) have been satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A system comprising:
-
a user interface configured to obtain a location tracking privacy policy associated with a user, wherein the location tracking privacy policy includes a location reporting methodology and one or more enforcement conditions; a location tracking system interface configured to obtain location information associated with the user; and a visibility manager configured to determine whether the enforcement condition(s) have been satisfied and to control the manner in which the location information associated with the user is provided to at least one application or service in accordance with the location reporting methodology responsive to determining that the enforcement condition(s) have been satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
25. A method for enabling a user to modify logged location information associated with the user, comprising:
-
receiving a first request to access location information associated with the user that is stored in one or more location information logs; providing access to the location information associated with the user responsive to receiving the first request; receiving a second request to modify the location information associated with the user; and modifying the location information associated with the user responsive to receiving the second request. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
-
Specification