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Area-based location privacy management

  • US 9,807,604 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2013
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile computing device for location privacy management, the mobile computing device comprising:

  • a policy-setting application to store a location access policy, wherein the location access policy comprises one or more predefined policy rules that identify whether an application is authorized to obtain the location of the mobile computing device, and wherein the predefined policy rules include a preset condition defined by a user;

    a location management module to (i) determine, in response to storage of the location access policy, whether the application executed by the mobile computing device is authorized to obtain the location of the mobile computing device based on the application, a determined location, and the location access policy stored on the mobile computing device, and (ii) block the application from obtaining the location of the mobile computing device in response to a determination that the application is not authorized to obtain the location.

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