Location privacy manager for a wireless communication device and method thereof
First Claim
1. A method for providing wireless privacy management, the method comprising:
- defining a communication rule for use in managing communications between a wireless device and a service; and
managing communications between the service and the wireless device in accordance with the communication rule, wherein managing communications comprises;
communicating, in response to an approval of the service by the wireless device, location information to the service;
further in response to the approval, and while communicating the location information to the service, actively prohibiting communication to the service of identity information associated with the wireless device, including masking the identity information; and
prohibiting, in response to a disapproval of the service by the wireless device, communication of the location information to the service.
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Abstract
Rules of communication are established between a wireless communication device (102) and a remote source (108). Communications between the wireless communication device (102) and the remote source (108) are managed to prohibit at least one of an identity and a location of the wireless communication device (102) from being known to the remote source (108) responsive to the established rules of communication. The steps of establishing and managing may be implemented in a wireless communication device (102), a wireless communication network (104), and/or a location privacy manager (106). The rules of communication preferably include a password generated by the remote source (108), an identity of the remote source (108), an identity of a location privacy manager (106), and/or masking of the identity of the wireless communication device (102). The wireless communication device (102) is preferably a cellular telephone device. The remote source (108) is preferably a location-enabled service, such as, for example, a map service, a people finder service, or a remote party.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for providing wireless privacy management, the method comprising:
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defining a communication rule for use in managing communications between a wireless device and a service; and managing communications between the service and the wireless device in accordance with the communication rule, wherein managing communications comprises; communicating, in response to an approval of the service by the wireless device, location information to the service; further in response to the approval, and while communicating the location information to the service, actively prohibiting communication to the service of identity information associated with the wireless device, including masking the identity information; and prohibiting, in response to a disapproval of the service by the wireless device, communication of the location information to the service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wireless device comprising:
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a communication module comprising; a receiver configured to receive information from a service; and a transmitter configured to communicate information to the service; a memory configured to; store a communication rule for use in managing communications between the wireless device and the service; and store an identity and a location of the wireless device; a controller operatively coupled to the memory and the communication module, the controller being configured to manage communications between the wireless device and the service utilizing the communication rule to; in response to an approval of the service, communicate to the service the location of the wireless device; further in response to the approval, and while communicating the location of the wireless device to the service, actively prohibiting communication of the identity information to the service, including masking the identity information; and in response to a disapproval of the service, prohibit the location of the wireless device from being communicated to the service; and a user interface operatively coupled to the controller and configured to communicate user interface signals between a user of the wireless device and the controller. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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