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System and method for providing privacy and limited exposure services for location based services

  • US 8,332,535 B2
  • Filed: 07/09/2008
  • Issued: 12/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for deploying a location based service, comprising:

  • providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

    determine to send a fictitious route of travel information of a mobile user to selected users or a group of users;

    query the mobile user for a start address and an end address, of the fictitious route of travel information of the mobile user, at a same time after the determining to send the fictitious route of travel information;

    at least provide the fictitious route of travel information of the mobile user to the selected users or the group of users based on a mobile user provided profile, the fictitious route of travel information being a route chosen from a current location of the mobile user or a predefined location to a different location;

    set a mobile user selected time window for the selected users or the group of users to receive the fictitious route of travel information;

    check a scheduler to determine if a service should be instituted for providing the fictitious route of travel information;

    determine whether the fictitious route of travel information is to be cloaked;

    when the fictitious route of travel information is to be cloaked, retrieve information of the fictitious route of travel information for a scheduled time;

    determine the fictitious route of travel information from the start address to the end address;

    query at least one of traffic patterns from traffic services and weather from weather services; and

    alter the fictitious route of travel information with at least one of the queried traffic patterns and the queried weather patterns.

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