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Controlling an amount of information disclosed by a position-determining system

  • US 9,681,298 B1
  • Filed: 02/08/2013
  • Issued: 06/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of determining whether to allow a position-determining system to respond to a request to receive location information that describes a location of a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a network location-request filter, a request to send location information, wherein the request is received from a location-based-service provider at an instant in time;

    comparing the instant m time to a network-approved time frame to determine that the request is allowable, wherein the request is denied when the instant in time is not included within any network-approved time frame;

    determining approximate-location information, which describes geographical boundaries in which the mobile device is located;

    comparing the approximate-location information to a list of unapproved mobile-device locations; and

    communicating the request to the position-determining system when the approximate-location information is not included among the list of unapproved mobile-device locations to allow the position-determining system to provide the location information to the location-based-service provider, wherein the network-approved time frame is established by a network entity, and wherein the list of unapproved mobile-device locations are established by a user of the mobile device, such that the network location-request filter references settings established by both the network entity and the user.

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