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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (US);
Universita Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, CH;
Craig Gotsman, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Kai Hormann, Pregassona, CH;
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (US);
Universita Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, CH;
Abstract
Described in detail herein is a method for encrypting or encoding time-stamped location data associated with a computing device. The method converts time and location information associated with the computing device into a vector format. The method generates a code vector based on the converted time and location vector. The method sorts entries in the code vector based at least in part on a predetermined ordering scheme. The method executes a random modification to each of the sorted entries. The method compares the code vector to at least one other code vector associated with another computing device. The method identifies other code vectors within a specified distance of the given code vector. The method concludes that the computing device and the at least one other computing device were in proximity to each other during a time period corresponding to the time information.