Methods and apparatus for location determination and asserting and maintaining privacy
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1. A method of maintaining privacy of a subject of a recording, comprising:
- activating a privacy enablement device (PED) to enable a level of privacy of the subject, wherein the level of privacy is selected from a plurality of levels of privacy;
receiving, from the PED, a location of at least one subject from the PED, wherein at least one subject carries the PED;
providing the location of the subject to a database;
receiving a location of a recording device, from the recording device, when a recording is made;
providing the location of the recording device to the database;
comparing the location of at least one subject with the location of the recording device;
determining from the comparison whether at least one subject is in the recording; and
limiting use of the recording by applying the level of privacy of the subject if the recording includes said subject that uses the PED.
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Abstract
A method of and apparatus for maintaining the privacy of a subject of a recording are disclosed. The location of at least one subject is determined. The location of the subject is stored in a database. The location of a recording device when a recording is made is determined. The location of the recording device is provided to the database.
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41 Claims
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1. A method of maintaining privacy of a subject of a recording, comprising:
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activating a privacy enablement device (PED) to enable a level of privacy of the subject, wherein the level of privacy is selected from a plurality of levels of privacy; receiving, from the PED, a location of at least one subject from the PED, wherein at least one subject carries the PED; providing the location of the subject to a database; receiving a location of a recording device, from the recording device, when a recording is made; providing the location of the recording device to the database; comparing the location of at least one subject with the location of the recording device; determining from the comparison whether at least one subject is in the recording; and limiting use of the recording by applying the level of privacy of the subject if the recording includes said subject that uses the PED. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Apparatus for maintaining privacy of subjects of recordings, comprising:
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at least one device for use by a subject, arranged to enable a level of privacy of the subject and to provide a location of the subject to a database, wherein the level of privacy is selected from a plurality of levels of privacy; at least one recording device the location of which is provided to the database, from the recording device, when a recording is made; the database being arranged to compare the location of the subject with the location of at least one recording device, to determine from the comparison of the provided locations whether at least one subject is in the recording and to limit use of the recording by applying the level of privacy of the subject if the recording includes said subject that uses at least one device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of asserting privacy for a subject, comprising:
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registering a desire for privacy for the subject with a database, wherein registering a desire for privacy comprises registering a category of thing to which the subject belongs, and a property of that thing that it is desired to prevent publication of; activating a privacy enablement device (PED) to enable a level of the privacy of the subject, wherein the level of privacy is selected from a plurality of levels of privacy; receiving a location of the subject from the PED, wherein the subject carries the PED; recording the location of the subject with the database; and limiting use of the recording by applying the level of privacy of the subject if the recording includes said subject that uses the PED. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of protecting privacy, comprising:
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activating a privacy enablement device (PED) to enable a level of the privacy of the subject, wherein the level of privacy is selected from a plurality of levels of privacy; receiving, from the PED, and storing subject location data indicating a location of at least one subject at a specified time, wherein the subject location data is received from the PED; receiving recorder location data indicating a location of a recording device, from the recording device, when a recording is made; comparing the subject location data with the recorder location data; determining from the comparison whether at least one subject may be in the recorded data; and limiting use of the recording by applying the level of privacy of the subject if the recording includes said subject that uses the PED. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. Apparatus for protecting privacy, comprising:
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activating means for a privacy enablement device (PED) for enabling a level of the privacy of the subject, wherein the level of privacy is selected from a plurality of levels of privacy; storing means for storing subject location data indicating a location of at least one subject at a specified time, wherein the subject location data is received from the PED; receiving means for receiving recording location data indicating a location of a recording device, from the recording device, when data was recorded; comparing means for comparing the stored subject location data with the recording location data; determining means for determining from the comparison whether at least one subject may be in the recorded data; and means for limiting use of the recording including said subject that uses the PED by applying the level of privacy of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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