Method and apparatus for filtering devices within a security social network
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
- receiving by an electronic device, a request to provide an image, wherein the request is made to devices within a first geographic region;
determining a location for a device;
determining that the device lies within a area of exclusion within the first geographic region;
providing the image when the device lies outside the area of exclusion; and
failing to provide the image based on the fact that the device determines that the device lies inside both the first geographic area and inside the area of exclusion.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for choosing mobile telephones within a security social network is provided herein. Choosing mobile telephones may take place on a server side or a mobile telephone side. Even though mobile telephones lie within a particular area of interest, no image will be obtained/provided from the mobile telephone when a predetermined condition is met. This will greatly reduce an amount of images provided by mobile telephones along with reducing the possibility of an unwanted image being obtained.
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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receiving by an electronic device, a request to provide an image, wherein the request is made to devices within a first geographic region; determining a location for a device; determining that the device lies within a area of exclusion within the first geographic region; providing the image when the device lies outside the area of exclusion; and failing to provide the image based on the fact that the device determines that the device lies inside both the first geographic area and inside the area of exclusion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising the steps of:
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receiving by mobile telephone, a request to provide an image, wherein the request is made to mobile telephones within a first geographic region surrounding an event; determining a location for a mobile telephone; determining that the mobile telephone lies within an area of exclusion contained within the first geographic region; providing the image based on the fact that the mobile telephone lies outside the area of exclusion; and failing to provide the image based on the fact that the mobile telephone determines that the mobile telephone lies inside the area of exclusion within the first geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver receiving a request to provide an image, wherein the request is made to devices within a first geographic region; circuitry determining a location for a device; a processor determining that the device lies within a area of exclusion within the first geographic region; a transmitter providing the image based on the fact that the device lies outside the area of exclusion otherwise failing to provide the image based on the fact that the device determines that the device lies inside the area of exclusion and inside the first geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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