Validation Service Portal for Wireless Location Consent
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users are concerned about sharing their wireless device's geographic location with third parties due to reliability issues with self-reported locations and concerns over privacy, and existing methods like GPS or triangulation may not adequately protect user consent.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that validate the identity and authority of a user to consent to sharing their wireless device's geographic location with third-party applications through a validation service portal, ensuring only authorized users can provide location data for location-based services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If GPS or triangulation is used to determine geographic location, then location reliability is improved, but user privacy concerns increase due to sharing location with third parties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service provider as an intermediary between the user and third-party applications. The service provider receives location information from GPS/triangulation sources and selectively provides it to third parties based on user consent, thereby maintaining location reliability while addressing privacy concerns through controlled information flow.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary user consent validation before sharing location data with third-party applications. The service provider obtains and verifies user authorization in advance, ensuring that location information is only shared when the user has explicitly consented, thus resolving the privacy concern while maintaining reliable location services.
2Ease of operation
If user self-reported location is used, then user control over location sharing is improved, but location accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The service provider acts as an intermediary that receives accurate location data from GPS/triangulation sources and presents it to third-party applications only after user consent. This allows the system to maintain high location accuracy while preserving user control through the consent mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables users to self-manage their location sharing preferences through the consent mechanism. Users can independently control which third-party applications receive their location information, maintaining ease of operation and user control without sacrificing accuracy.
3Adaptability or versatility
If third-party applications directly access location data, then service functionality is improved, but security risks increase due to unauthorized access
Solution Approach 1:
The service provider serves as a security intermediary that validates user consent before transmitting location data to third-party applications. This maintains service functionality by enabling location-based services while preventing unauthorized access through the consent validation barrier.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the service provider continuously monitors and validates user consent status before allowing third-party applications to access location data. This feedback loop ensures that access is granted only when authorized, preventing security risks while maintaining service versatility.
Data Source
AI summary
A method, system, and medium are provided for validating the identity or authority of a user of a wireless device to consent to providing geographic locations of their respective wireless device to a third-party application. Upon receiving a request to validate the authority of a user to consent to providing of geographic locations, the user is automatically redirected to a validation service portal. The validation service portal verifies the identity or authority of the user to consent by requiring the user to provide identification information. The identification information is compared to identification information in one or more databases to determine if the user has the authority to consent. An indication is provided by the validation service portal to the third-party application of whether the user has the authority to consent. The third-party application then initiates location-based services based on the indication.