Data protection for position-dependent services
First Claim
1. A method for requesting the agreement of a user of a mobile terminal of a mobile radio network to the transfer of their position data to a party requesting this position data, the method comprising:
- providing a central privacy location comprising a database server for storing privacy data regarding the mobile terminal, wherein said central privacy location constitutes a separate location from a Home Location Register for the mobile terminal;
defining the privacy data stored in the database server at the central privacy location to assign to the mobile terminal at least one verification rule as to whether an agreement must be obtained on the mobile terminal side to forward the mobile terminal position to the requester;
causing, by the switching center of the mobile radio network, in the case of the arrival of a request from a requester for the position of the mobile terminal in the switching center, the database server at the central privacy location to make a check on the basis of the privacy data stored there;
sending the result of the check performed at the central privacy location to the switching center;
sending, by the switching center, if the result at least indicates that an agreement must be obtained, a request for an agreement to the mobile terminal; and
transmitting the position of the mobile terminal to the requester when an agreement is received from the mobile terminal by the switching center, and not transmitting the position of the mobile terminal to the requester when no agreement is received from the mobile terminal by the switching center, whereby the user of the mobile terminal of the mobile radio network can selectively approve a transfer or position data of the mobile terminal to the party requesting said position data.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a privacy function check which is efficient in terms of network load, and is carried out by means of a method for requesting the agreement of a user of a mobile radio terminal of a mobile radio network, relating to the transmission of the position data of said terminal to a requester requesting said position data. In the event of an arrival of one such request in a switching center of the mobile radio network, said switching center prompts a database server to check, by means of consultation information stored in the server and relating to the mobile radio terminal, whether an agreement must be obtained from the mobile radio terminal in order to transmit the position of said terminal to the requester, the result of the check then being sent to the switching center. At least when the result indicates that an agreement must be obtained, a request for the agreement is sent from the switching center to the mobile radio terminal, and, if an agreement is obtained, the position of the terminal is transmitted to the requester.
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1. A method for requesting the agreement of a user of a mobile terminal of a mobile radio network to the transfer of their position data to a party requesting this position data, the method comprising:
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providing a central privacy location comprising a database server for storing privacy data regarding the mobile terminal, wherein said central privacy location constitutes a separate location from a Home Location Register for the mobile terminal; defining the privacy data stored in the database server at the central privacy location to assign to the mobile terminal at least one verification rule as to whether an agreement must be obtained on the mobile terminal side to forward the mobile terminal position to the requester; causing, by the switching center of the mobile radio network, in the case of the arrival of a request from a requester for the position of the mobile terminal in the switching center, the database server at the central privacy location to make a check on the basis of the privacy data stored there; sending the result of the check performed at the central privacy location to the switching center; sending, by the switching center, if the result at least indicates that an agreement must be obtained, a request for an agreement to the mobile terminal; and transmitting the position of the mobile terminal to the requester when an agreement is received from the mobile terminal by the switching center, and not transmitting the position of the mobile terminal to the requester when no agreement is received from the mobile terminal by the switching center, whereby the user of the mobile terminal of the mobile radio network can selectively approve a transfer or position data of the mobile terminal to the party requesting said position data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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