METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF RESPONDER INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method in a device for protecting the privacy of device specific information, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a beacon transmitted by an association requester;
determining whether the association requestor is an authorized requestor by determining whether a present parameter falls within a range of authorized requestor parameters associated with the association requester; and
transmitting a probe request including the device specific information to the authorized requestor only if the present parameter falls within the range of authorized requestor parameters.
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Abstract
A device, such as a vehicle, and a method within the device are provided for protecting the privacy of device specific information. The method includes the steps of detecting a beacon transmitted by an association requestor, determining whether the association requestor is an authorized requester by determining whether a present parameter falls within a range of authorized parameters associated with the association requester, and transmitting the device specific information to the authorized requester only if the present parameter falls within the range of authorized requester parameters.
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20 Claims
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1. A method in a device for protecting the privacy of device specific information, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting a beacon transmitted by an association requester; determining whether the association requestor is an authorized requestor by determining whether a present parameter falls within a range of authorized requestor parameters associated with the association requester; and transmitting a probe request including the device specific information to the authorized requestor only if the present parameter falls within the range of authorized requestor parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method in a vehicle for securely transmitting vehicle specific information, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving an association request from a requestor; determining whether the requestor is an authorized facility by determining whether a present parameter falls within a range of authorized facility parameters; and transmitting the vehicle specific information to the authorized facility only if the present parameter falls within the range of authorized facility parameters. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle comprising:
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transceiver circuitry including receiver circuitry and transmitter circuitry; a memory for storing predetermined authorized facility information; a controller coupled to the receiver circuitry for receiving information transmitted by an association requestor, the controller further coupled to the memory and determining whether the association requestor is an authorized facility by determining whether a present parameter measured by the controller falls within a range of authorized facility parameters in response to the predetermined authorized facility information, wherein the controller provides vehicle specific information to the transmitter circuitry for forwarding to the authorized facility only if the controller has determined that the present parameter falls within the range of authorized facility parameters. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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