Policy based location protection service

a technology of policy and location protection, applied in the field of computing systems, can solve problems such as raising serious privacy concerns

Active Publication Date: 2020-04-16
CITRIX SYST INC
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The patent describes a system and method for protecting the privacy of location data on electronic devices. This is done by determining a level of privacy protection based on certain information related to the device's context, such as the device's owner or the type of software application being used. The system then blocks access to the location data and modifies it to create a new, remapped location data set. This new data is then provided to the software application so that it can operate without using the original location data. The system can also allow limited access to the location data based on a threshold level of privacy protection. Overall, this technology ensures that the location data of electronic devices is always protected and can be used by software applications in a safe and efficient manner.

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The growing popularity of location-based systems, allowing unknown / untrusted servers to easily collect huge amounts of information regarding users' locations, has recently started raising serious privacy concerns, such as where a person has been and / or is predicted to go.

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[0018]It will be readily understood that the components of the embodiments as generally described herein and illustrated in the appended figures could be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following more detailed description of various embodiments, as represented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure, but is merely representative of various embodiments. While the various aspects of the embodiments are presented in drawings, the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale unless specifically indicated.

[0019]The present solution may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present solution is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by this detailed description. All changes which come within the meaning and ra...

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Systems and methods for providing privacy protection with regard to location data of an electronic device. The methods comprise: receiving a request to access the location data of the electronic device; determining a privacy protection level associated with the electronic device based on condition related information of the electronic device; blocking access to the location data of the electronic device by the software application based on the privacy protection level; modifying the location data to generate remapped location data of the electronic device based on the privacy protection level associated with the electronic device; and providing the remapped location data to the software application so as to operate the software application without using the location data of electronic device.

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BACKGROUNDStatement of the Technical Field[0001]The present disclosure relates generally to computing systems. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to implementing systems and methods for providing a policy based location protection service.Description of the Related Art[0002]The growing popularity of location-based systems, allowing unknown / untrusted servers to easily collect huge amounts of information regarding users' locations, has recently started raising serious privacy concerns, such as where a person has been and / or is predicted to go. In most cases, especially for a mobile device, once a software application has been granted access to the device's location, the person's privacy becomes transparent to that software application. For example, once a business application is granted access to the device's location, this business application knows where the device is at all times including business hours and non-business hours.SUMMARY[0003]The present disclosure conc...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04W8/16H04W12/02H04W4/02
CPCH04W12/02H04W4/02H04W8/16H04W12/64
InventorCHU, XIAOLULI, DAI
OwnerCITRIX SYST INC