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Method and communication device for protecting a user's privacy

US8756703B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

NEC EUROPE LTD. · DE

Inventors

Ernoe Kovacs · Stuttgart, DE
Miguel Martin Lopez · Ludwigshafen, DE
Martin Bauer · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2008
Grant date	Jun 17, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0407
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for protecting a user's privacy, wherein the user operates a communication device capable of processing context and wherein the user provides context information—real context—related to one or more reference context variables to a third party, is characterized in the steps of faking at least one of the one or more reference context variables, on the basis of the faked reference context variable, gathering real context information—decoy context—related to reference context variables other than the faked reference context variable, publishing the thus generated decoy context instead of the user's real context. In addition, a corresponding communication device is disclosed.

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