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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJames Thomas Edward McDonnell, Andrew Thomas, Michael P. Spratt, John Deryk Waters, Simon E. Crouch
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Location data about a mobile entity (20) is provided in encrypted form by a location server (79) to a recipient that is one of the mobile entity (20) or a service system (40) usable by the mobile entity. The location data (P) is encrypted such that it can only to be decrypted using a secret available to a decryption entity (80) that is not under the control of the recipient. This permits location data (P) to be provided in a confidential manner to service systems (40) and also protects billing relationships between participants. A mechanism is also described for limiting the accuracy of decrypted location data (L) made available to a service system (40).
A method of providing location data about a mobile entity, wherein the location data is provided in encrypted form by a location server to a recipient that is one of the mobile entity or a service system usable by the mobile entity, the location data being encrypted such that it can only to be decrypted using a secret available to a decryption entity that is not under the control of the recipient, whereby involvement of the decryption entity is necessary to decrypt the location data.
A method of providing location data about a mobile entity from a location server to a service system, wherein:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.