Methods and apparatus for reporting location privacy
US9277364B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 25, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Privacy evaluation in a mobile electronic device. Location data collected by one or more applications operating on the electronic device is evaluated to determine the precision with which a user's location and movements can be reconstructed based on the location data collected by one or more of the applications. Information relating to such precision may be presented to the user, suitably by a graphic display representing a circle or ellipse within which the user's movement cannot be determined or a set of streets within which the user's movement cannot be determined.
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