Privacy control of location information

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9743276
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15231351

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One embodiment of the present is a method of implementing privacy control of location information. Such a method comprises defining a geographic zone for which pseudo-location information is to be reported as the current location of the user, wherein the pseudo-location information is not the current location of the user; receiving the current location of the user; determining that the current location is in the geographic zone; and reporting the pseudo-location information as the current location of the user when the current location is determined to be in the geographic zone. Other methods and systems are also provided.

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  • AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Frank, Scott Dunwoody, US 23 841
Ruckart, John Atlanta, US 76 2834
Starr, Robert Decatur, US 34 1574
Tischer, Steven Atlanta, US 102 3098
Zellner, Samuel Dunwoody, US 53 2715

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