Depersonalizing location traces

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8463289
APP PUB NO 20120322458A1
SERIAL NO

13163396

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Abstract

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Positional information is provided while minimizing the possibility that personally identifiable information can be derived therefrom. Positional information is received in the form of trails that can be aggregated. Individual cells of a grid reflect a quantity of aggregated trails through those cells, an average intensity and direction of movement through those cells, or a more detailed distribution thereof. Alternatively, individual trails are aggregated to an aggregated trail in the form of a line. Further obfuscation of personally identifiable information occurs by resampling aggregated positional information, by introducing false positional information, or by falsely modifying existing positional information, in a manner that does not impact the overall aggregations, and by pruning, or deleting, positional information, especially around sensitive locations, such as a user's home, place of business, or other location that users typically would seek to keep private. Provision of positional information is delayed until a sufficient amount is received.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCREDMOND, WA32034

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Beckman, Brian New Castle, US 34 276
Cartier, Kenn Daniel Redmond, US 1 21
Herzog, Shai Bellevue, US 27 680
Johnston, Bernard Lawrence Lafayette, US 1 21
Kimchi, Gur Bellevue, US 140 3065
Ofek, Eyal Redmond, US 148 2461
Shklarski, Gil Redmond, US 7 42

Cited Art Landscape

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED (1)
2009/0197,582 PLATFORM FOR MOBILE ADVERTISING AND MICROTARGETING OF PROMOTIONS 38 2009
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (1)
7603317 Using a privacy agreement framework to improve handling of personally identifiable information 26 2001
 
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (1)
* 2010/0064,373 CLOAKING WITH FOOTPRINTS TO PROVIDE LOCATION PRIVACY PROTECTION IN LOCATION-BASED SERVICES 21 2009
 
EXCALIBUR IP, LLC (1)
2010/0199,098 PROTECTING PRIVACY OF SHARED PERSONAL INFORMATION 28 2009
 
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC (1)
2009/0326,791 LOCAL DECISION POLICIES ABOUT THE SHARING OF SENSED DATA THAT ENHANCE PRIVACY AND LOWER COMMUNICATION COSTS FOR SERVICES THAT AGGREGATE DATA FROM PERSONAL DEVICES 13 2008
 
GOOGLE LLC (1)
7894801 Identity blocking service from a wireless service provider 24 2009
 
SERGEANT LABORATORIES, INC. (1)
2005/0183,143 Methods and systems for monitoring user, application or device activity 633 2004
 
PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (1)
2002/0073,138 De-identification and linkage of data records 83 2001
 
CRIA, INC. (1)
7630986 Secure data interchange 743 2000
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Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
APPLE INC. (10)
9886794 Problem reporting in maps 0 2012
* 8983778 Generation of intersection information by a mapping service 40 2012
* 2013/0325,339 GENERATION OF INTERSECTION INFORMATION BY A MAPPING SERVICE 21 2012
9317813 Mobile device with predictive routing engine 0 2013
9891068 Mapping application search function 0 2013
9857193 Mapping application with turn-by-turn navigation mode for output to vehicle display 0 2013
9631930 Warning for frequently traveled trips based on traffic 0 2013
9303997 Prediction engine 12 2013
* 9880019 Generation of intersection information by a mapping service 0 2015
9903732 Providing navigation instructions while device is in locked mode 0 2016
 
OATH INC. (2)
* 9087455 Method and system for providing map interactivity for a visually-impaired user 3 2011
* 2013/0042,180 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MAP INTERACTIVITY FOR A VISUALLY-IMPAIRED USER 2 2011
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