System and method for user selectable privacy protections on portable communication devices

• US 20110265187A1
• Filed: 04/25/2011
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: De Xiong Li
• Original Assignee: De Xiong Li
• Inventors: Li, De Xiong
• Application Number:
  US13/066,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20110265187A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6263 during internet communication, e.g. revealing personal data from cookies
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0407 wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for anonymous credentials or for identity based cryptographic systems H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]

Abstract

This invention discloses an apparatus for running an application in a network-based communication system. The apparatus comprising a processing element comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processing element further provides a user interface to execute a privacy protection application permits the user to enter a plurality of privacy data to selectively disclose the privacy data for running another application executable from the apparatus.

Claims

1. An apparatus for use in managing information content in a network-based communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a processing element comprising a processor coupled to a memory;

the processing element further provides a user interface to execute a privacy protection application permitting the user to enter a plurality of privacy data to selectively disclose the privacy data for running another application executable from the apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the privacy protection application constituting a second application called by the another application executable from the apparatus as a first application to retrieve and utilize the privacy data selected by the user to run the another application.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the privacy protection application constituting a second application called by the another application executable from the apparatus as a first application and to automatically detect a minimum amount of the privacy data to retrieve and utilize the minimum amount of privacy data selected by the user to run the another application.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the privacy protection application permitting the user to enter a range to selectively disclose the privacy data including ranges of latitude and longitude of a user'"'"'s geographic location for running another application executable from the apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the privacy protection application permitting the user to enter a range to selectively disclose the privacy data including a distance from a user'"'"'s geographic location for running another application executable from the apparatus.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the privacy protection application permitting the user to enter a relative distance option to selectively disclose the privacy data including a relative distance between a user'"'"'s geographic location and another device for running another application executable from the apparatus.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the privacy protection application permitting the user to enter a range to selectively disclose the privacy data including a user'"'"'s age for running another application executable from the apparatus.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the privacy protection application permitting the user to enter a yes-or-no option to selectively disclose the privacy data including a yes-or-no answer for running another application executable from the apparatus.

9. A mobile communication device operated with an operating system (OS) to control and manage a plurality of application processes, further comprising:

a privacy protection application process, called by at least one of the application processes to allow a user of the mobile communication device to selectively enter privacy data to execute at least one of the plurality of application processes from the mobile communication device.

10. The mobile communication device of claim 9 wherein:

the privacy protection application process is called by at least one of the application processes by an inter-application communication scheme to allow a user of the mobile communication device to enter the privacy data to carry out the application calls the privacy protection application.