System and method for defining a subscriber location privacy profile
DCFirst Claim
1. A telecommunications system for allowing a mobile subscriber to selectively permit certain location applications to perform positioning of a mobile terminal associated with said mobile subscriber, each of said location applications having a separate identity associated therewith, said telecommunications system comprising:
- a node for responding to a positioning request for said mobile terminal, said positioning request being initiated by a requesting location application, said positioning request including said identity of said requesting location application; and
a Subscriber Location Privacy Profile (SLPP) within said node, said SLPP being defined by said mobile subscriber and containing a list of location application identities allowed to position said mobile terminal, said SLPP enabling authorization of said positioning request when said identity of said requesting location application is within said list of location application identities.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for allowing each mobile subscriber that has subscribed to location services to define a Subscriber Location Privacy Profile (SLPP) containing a list of preferred subscribers that have permission to position the mobile subscriber. The SLPP can also define the conditions under which each of the preferred subscribers can position the mobile subscriber. The SLPP is preferably connected to the mobile subscriber'"'"'s main subscription record in the Home Location Register and can be downloaded to the Mobile Switching Center/Visitor Location Register together the rest of the subscription information when the mobile subscriber is roaming.
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26 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system for allowing a mobile subscriber to selectively permit certain location applications to perform positioning of a mobile terminal associated with said mobile subscriber, each of said location applications having a separate identity associated therewith, said telecommunications system comprising:
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a node for responding to a positioning request for said mobile terminal, said positioning request being initiated by a requesting location application, said positioning request including said identity of said requesting location application; and
a Subscriber Location Privacy Profile (SLPP) within said node, said SLPP being defined by said mobile subscriber and containing a list of location application identities allowed to position said mobile terminal, said SLPP enabling authorization of said positioning request when said identity of said requesting location application is within said list of location application identities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for allowing a mobile subscriber to selectively permit certain location applications to perform positioning of a mobile terminal associated with said mobile subscriber, each of said location applications having a separate identity associated therewith, said method comprising the steps of:
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defining, by said mobile subscriber, a Subscriber Location Privacy Profile (SLPP), said SLPP containing a list of location application identities allowed to position said mobile terminal;
receiving a positioning request for said mobile terminal from a requesting location application, said positioning request including said identity of said requesting location application; and
enabling authorization of said positioning request, by said SLPP, when said identity of said requesting location application is within said list of location application identities. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
sending said SLPP from said home location register to said gateway mobile location center.
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19. The method of claim 17, wherein said step of enabling further includes the step of determining whether conditions associated with said identity of said requesting location application stored within said list of location application identities have been satisfied.
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20. The method of claim 19, wherein said step of determining further comprises the step of determining at least one of allowable times for said requesting location application to send said positioning request and restrictions on the number of previous positioning requests allowed to be sent by said requesting location application within said allowable times.
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21. The method of claim 17, wherein each said location application identity within said list of location application identities has a Positioning Allowed Indicator (PAI) associated therewith, said step of enabling further comprising the step of enabling authorization of said positioning request when said PAI associated with said requesting location application is active.
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22. The method of claim 17, wherein said SLPP has a Positioning Allowed Indicator (PAI) associated therewith, said step of enabling further comprising the step of enabling authorization of said positioning request when said PAI is active and said identity of said requesting location application is within said list of location application identities.
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23. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:
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sending said SLPP to said MSC/VLR;
forwarding said positioning request from said gateway mobile location center to a Mobile Switching Center/Visitor Location Register (MSC/VLR) in wireless communication with said mobile terminal; and
determining, by said MSC/VLR, whether said identity of said requesting location application is within said list of location application identities.
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24. The method of claim 17, wherein said requesting location application has a privacy override key associated therewith, said step of enabling further comprising the step of enabling authorization of said positioning request when said identity of said requesting location application is within said list of location application identities and said privacy override key is set to “
- not override.”
- not override.”
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25. The method of claim 17, further comprising the step of:
removing one or more identities of one or more respective ones of said location applications from said list of location application identities to prevent said respective location applications from positioning said mobile terminal without affecting the ability of remaining ones of said location applications remaining within said list of location application identities to position said mobile terminal.
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26. A telecommunications system for allowing a mobile subscriber to selectively permit certain location applications to perform positioning of a mobile terminal associated with said mobile subscriber, each of said location applications having a separate identity associated therewith, said telecommunications system comprising:
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means for defining, by said mobile subscriber, a Subscriber Location Privacy Profile (SLPP), said SLPP containing a list of location application identities allowed to position said mobile terminal;
means for receiving a positioning request for said mobile terminal from a requesting location application, said positioning request including said identity of said requesting location application; and
means for enabling authorization of said positioning request, by said SLPP, when said identity of said requesting location application is within said list of location application identities.
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