System and method for privacy-enabled mobile locator services with dynamic encounter horizon
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a first device, a notification that a second device is capable of detecting a location of the first device;
determining, at the first device, a visibility designation corresponding to the second device, wherein the visibility designation specifies a desired visibility of the first device by the second device, wherein the visibility designation is one of a plurality of visibility designations stored at the first device corresponding to a plurality of devices; and
providing the visibility designation to a server that is in communication with the first device and the second device.
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Abstract
A method and system for managing awareness information relating to a mobile device'"'"'s visibility with respect to other buddy devices, the system comprising; the mobile device, a mobile application listing one or more buddies, an application listener which tracks the one or more buddies zoom operations and radar zoom factors, and a server, the server comprising an encounter manager, an approach manager and a notification marshalling system.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a first device, a notification that a second device is capable of detecting a location of the first device; determining, at the first device, a visibility designation corresponding to the second device, wherein the visibility designation specifies a desired visibility of the first device by the second device, wherein the visibility designation is one of a plurality of visibility designations stored at the first device corresponding to a plurality of devices; and providing the visibility designation to a server that is in communication with the first device and the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; a receiver operatively coupled to the processor and configured to receive a notification that a device is capable of detecting a location of the apparatus; wherein the processor is configured to determine a visibility designation corresponding to the device, wherein the visibility designation specifies a desired visibility of the apparatus by the device, wherein the visibility designation is one of a plurality of visibility designations stored at the apparatus corresponding to a plurality of devices; and a transmitter operatively coupled to the processor and configured to provide the visibility designation to a server that is in communication with the apparatus and the device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for execution by a computing system, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to receive, at a first device, a notification that a second device is capable of detecting a location of the first device; instructions to determine, at the first device, a visibility designation corresponding to the second device, wherein the visibility designation specifies a desired visibility of the first device by the second device, wherein the visibility designation is one of a plurality of visibility designations stored at the first device corresponding to a plurality of devices; and instructions to provide the visibility designation to a server that is in communication with the first device and the second device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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