SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY AND LIMITED EXPOSURE SERVICES FOR LOCATION BASED SERVICES
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1. A system comprising at least one module configured to provide fictitious location or route information of a mobile user to selected users or group of users based on a mobile user provided profile.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for providing privacy and limited exposure services for location based services. The system includes at least one module configured to provide fictitious location or route information of a mobile user to selected users or group of users based on a mobile user provided profile.
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- 1. A system comprising at least one module configured to provide fictitious location or route information of a mobile user to selected users or group of users based on a mobile user provided profile.
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14. A method provided on software, hardware or a combination of software and hardware, comprising:
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receiving a request by one or more users to obtain location information of a mobile device; and sending fictitious location information or route information to the requesting one or more users based on a profile associated with the mobile device or user of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
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store one or more users or groups of users in which to provide fictitious location or route information; store the fictitious location or route information; and provide the fictitious location or route information during a time window to a requesting third party. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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- 23. A method for deploying a location based service, comprising providing a computer infrastructure being operable to at least provide fictitious location or route information of a mobile user to selected users or group of users based on a mobile user provided profile.
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