Position privacy in an electronic device
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1. A system, comprising:
- a portable computer having a processor, an information detection part and a communication part, said portable computer acquiring at least a plurality of items of information that are sensed by said information detection part, and said communication part communicating information indicative of said plurality of items of information to a remote server, and said communication part obtaining current position information, indicative of a user'"'"'s current position, which position information is based on response from said remote server.
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Abstract
A privacy enhancement device for electronic device such as a cellular telephone. The privacy enhancement device may include a jammer which may produces false information, e.g. false information indicative of pseudo ranges. In addition, the navigation information used on the position detecting device may be locally stored versions of dynamically changing information. The navigation operation may be carried out using a Web service.
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1. A system, comprising:
a portable computer having a processor, an information detection part and a communication part, said portable computer acquiring at least a plurality of items of information that are sensed by said information detection part, and said communication part communicating information indicative of said plurality of items of information to a remote server, and said communication part obtaining current position information, indicative of a user'"'"'s current position, which position information is based on response from said remote server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method, comprising:
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acquiring information about a local area, from a client that is located in the local area; sending the information over a data channel from the client to a remote server; using the information at the remote server, to determine a position of the local area; and returning information indicative of the position of the local area, to the client in the local area. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method comprising:
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sensing information about a local area of a local processing element; transmitting said information to a remote processing element; in the remote processing element, calculating a position of the local processing element, based on said information, and sending said position to said local processing element; and in said local processing element, taking an action based on said position, without calculating said position in said local processing element. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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