Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for enabling control of privacy for crowdsourcing
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Application No.: US14822745Application Date: 2015-08-10
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Publication No.: US10341853B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Stephen William Edge
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Thien T. Nguyen
- Main IPC: H04W12/02
- IPC: H04W12/02 ; H04W4/02 ; G01S5/02 ; H04M3/42 ; H04W64/00 ; H04W12/08

Abstract:
Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for enabling control of privacy for crowdsourcing, such as for use in or with a mobile communication device within an indoor or like environment. In certain embodiments, control of privacy may be enabled by designating by a server certain sources of crowdsourcing such as WiFi or Bluetooth® APs as being tentative. A mobile device that encounters a source designated as tentative may query a server for information concerning permitted and/or not permitted types of crowdsourcing for the source. The server may return an indication of the permitted level of crowdsourcing for the source which the mobile device may then use to perform, or refrain from performing, crowdsourcing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160044504A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING CONTROL OF PRIVACY FOR CROWDSOURCING Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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