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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2016
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Scott Frank, Dunwoody, GA (US);

Robert Starr, Decatur, GA (US);

John Ruckart, Atlanta, GA (US);

Steven Tischer, Atlanta, GA (US);

Samuel Zellner, Dunwoody, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/487 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/0407 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04M 3/42348 (2013.01); H04M 3/4878 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04M 2203/353 (2013.01); H04M 2242/10 (2013.01); H04M 2242/15 (2013.01); H04M 2250/10 (2013.01); H04W 8/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

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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