Method and apparatus for enforcing tiered geographical anonymity in a mobile device
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating, by a mobile device, a first resolution geographic descriptor that identifies a first size geographic grid area comprising a specific location identified by mobile device location data;
adjusting, by the mobile device as requested by a server, the first resolution geographic descriptor to a second resolution geographic descriptor, by increasing or decreasing the resolution to correspondingly decrease or increase, respectively, the corresponding geographic grid area to a second size geographic grid area comprising the specific location;
measuring a network performance metric at the mobile device, the network performance metric including a data quality metric or a voice quality metric;
geotagging the network performance metric using the second resolution geographic descriptor; and
sending, to the server, an information update comprising the network performance metric and the second resolution geographic descriptor without providing the mobile device location data in order to perform data analysis to identify, by the server, a source of a network performance problem associated with the network performance metric.
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Abstract
A disclosed method of operation includes generating a first resolution geographic descriptor that identifies a first size geographic grid area. The first size geographic grid area includes a specific location identified by mobile device location data but does not identify the specific location. The method proceeds with adjusting the first resolution geographic descriptor to a second resolution geographic descriptor, by increasing or decreasing the resolution to correspondingly decrease or increase, respectively, the corresponding geographic grid area to a second size geographic grid area that includes the specific location. An information update is then sent to a server. The information update includes the second resolution geographic descriptor but does not provide the mobile device location data, in order to preserve the mobile device user'"'"'s anonymity.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating, by a mobile device, a first resolution geographic descriptor that identifies a first size geographic grid area comprising a specific location identified by mobile device location data; adjusting, by the mobile device as requested by a server, the first resolution geographic descriptor to a second resolution geographic descriptor, by increasing or decreasing the resolution to correspondingly decrease or increase, respectively, the corresponding geographic grid area to a second size geographic grid area comprising the specific location; measuring a network performance metric at the mobile device, the network performance metric including a data quality metric or a voice quality metric; geotagging the network performance metric using the second resolution geographic descriptor; and sending, to the server, an information update comprising the network performance metric and the second resolution geographic descriptor without providing the mobile device location data in order to perform data analysis to identify, by the server, a source of a network performance problem associated with the network performance metric. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile device, comprising:
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at least one wireless network transceiver; location detection logic; memory; and at least one processor, operatively coupled to the memory, to the location detection logic, and to the at least one wireless network transceiver, the at least one processor operative to; obtain mobile device location data from the location detection logic; generate a first resolution geographic descriptor that identifies a first size geographic grid area comprising a specific location identified by the mobile device location data; adjust the first resolution geographic descriptor to a second resolution geographic descriptor, by increasing or decreasing the resolution to correspondingly decrease or increase, respectively, the corresponding geographic grid area to a second size geographic grid area comprising the specific location; measure a network performance metric, the network performance metric including a data quality metric or a voice quality metric; geotag the network performance metric using the second resolution geographic descriptor; and send, to a server, an information update comprising the network performance metric and the second resolution geographic descriptor without providing the mobile device location data in order to perform data analysis to identify, by the server, a source of a network performance problem associated with the network performance metric. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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