System and method for providing privacy and limited exposure services for location based services
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1. A system comprising:
- at least one computing device configured to;
receive a request by one or more users to obtain location information of a mobile user;
determine to send a fictitious route of travel information of the mobile user to selected users or a group of users or the requesting one or more 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, the fictitious route of travel information being a route chosen from a predefined location to a different location;
provide the fictitious route of travel information to selected users or a group of users or the requesting one or more users, based on a mobile user provided profile,wherein the computing device is further configured to;
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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Abstract
A system and method is provided for providing privacy and limited exposure services for location based services. The system includes at least one module configured to provide fictitious location or route information of a mobile user to selected users or group of users based on a mobile user provided profile.
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one computing device configured to; receive a request by one or more users to obtain location information of a mobile user; determine to send a fictitious route of travel information of the mobile user to selected users or a group of users or the requesting one or more 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, the fictitious route of travel information being a route chosen from a predefined location to a different location; provide the fictitious route of travel information to selected users or a group of users or the requesting one or more users, based on a mobile user provided profile, wherein the computing device is further configured to; 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure, comprising:
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receiving a request by one or more users to obtain location information of a mobile device; determining to send a fictitious route of travel information of the mobile device to the requesting one or more users; querying the mobile device for a start address and an end address of the fictitious route of travel information of the mobile device, at a same time, after the determining to send the fictitious route of travel information, wherein the fictitious route of travel information is a route chosen from a predefined location to a different location; and sending the fictitious route of travel information to the requesting one or more users based on a profile associated with the mobile device or a user of the mobile device, said method further comprising; determining whether the fictitious route of travel information is to be cloaked; when the fictitious route of travel information is to be cloaked, retrieving information of the fictitious route of travel information for a scheduled time; determining the fictitious route of travel information from the start address to the end address; querying at least one of traffic patterns from traffic services and weather from weather services; and altering the fictitious route of travel information with at least one of the queried traffic patterns and the queried weather patterns. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer usable storage memory having readable program code tangibly embodied in the storage memory, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
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store one or more users or groups of users in which to provide a fictitious route of travel information of a mobile user; determine to send the fictitious route of travel information of the mobile user to a requesting third party; query the mobile user for a start address and an end address of the fictitious route of travel information, at a same time, after the determining to send the fictitious route of travel information, wherein the fictitious route of travel information is a route chosen from a predefined location to a different location; store the fictitious route of travel information; provide the fictitious route of travel information during a mobile user selected time window to the requesting third party of the one or more users or groups of users; set the mobile user selected time window for the requesting third party 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. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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