SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY AND LIMITED EXPOSURE SERVICES FOR LOCATION BASED SERVICES
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1. A system comprising:
- at least one computing device configured to;
query a mobile user for a start address and an end address of a fictitious route of travel information of the mobile user, at a same time, the fictitious route of travel information being a route chosen from a predefined location to a different location; and
provide the fictitious route of travel information to selected users or a group of users based on a mobile user provided profile.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for providing privacy and limited exposure services for location based services. The system includes at least one module configured to provide fictitious location or route information of a mobile user to selected users or group of users based on a mobile user provided profile.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
at least one computing device configured to; query a mobile user for a start address and an end address of a fictitious route of travel information of the mobile user, at a same time, the fictitious route of travel information being a route chosen from a predefined location to a different location; and provide the fictitious route of travel information to selected users or a group of users based on a mobile user provided profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure, comprising:
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receiving a request by one or more users to obtain location information of a mobile device; determining to send a fictitious route of travel information of the mobile device to the requesting one or more users; querying the mobile device for a start address and an end address of the fictitious route of travel information of the mobile device, at a same time;
after the determining to send the fictitious route of travel information, wherein the fictitious route of travel information is a route chosen from a predefined location to a different location; andsending the fictitious route of travel information to the requesting one or more users based on a profile associated with the mobile device or a user of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer usable storage memory having readable program code tangibly embodied in the storage memory, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
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store one or more users or groups of users in which to provide a fictitious route of travel information of a mobile user; determine to send the fictitious route of travel information of the mobile user to a requesting third party; query the mobile user for a start address and an end address of the fictitious route of travel information, at a same time, after the determining to send the fictitious route of travel information, wherein the fictitious route of travel information is a route chosen from a predefined location to a different location; store the fictitious route of travel information; provide the fictitious route of travel information during a mobile user selected time window to the requesting third party of the one or more users or groups of users; set the mobile user selected time window for the requesting third party to receive the fictitious route of travel information; and check a scheduler to determine if a service should be instituted for providing the fictitious route of travel information. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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