System and method for privacy-enabled mobile locator services with dynamic encounter horizon
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1. A method comprising:
- communicating, from a server to a first device, a notification that a second device is capable of detecting a location of the first device;
receiving, at the server, 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
communicating, from the server to the second device, location information of the first device consistent with the received visibility designation.
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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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communicating, from a server to a first device, a notification that a second device is capable of detecting a location of the first device; receiving, at the server, 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 communicating, from the server to the second device, location information of the first device consistent with the received visibility designation. - 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 communicate a notification that a second device is capable of detecting a location of a first device; wherein the processor is configured to receive 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 a transmitter operatively coupled to the processor and configured to provide location information of the first device to the second device consistent with the received visibility designation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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