US 2013/0160140 A1 · MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY PROTECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM, MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE MANAGEMENT ENTITY, AND RELATED DEVICE

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a machine-to-machine communications privacy protection method and system, a machine-to-machine communications service management entity, and a related device. The method includes: after receiving a location access message, determining, by a service management entity and according to locating information, an entity that performs privacy inspection; and triggering, by the service management entity, the entity that performs privacy inspection to perform privacy inspection. The M2M service management entity determines in advance the entity that performs privacy inspection and triggers the entity that performs privacy inspection to perform privacy inspection. Therefore, with the method provided in the present invention, message interaction on an mId interface is reduced, thereby reducing a message overhead. In this way, a network load is reduced, and especially for a wireless network with an air interface, benefit that reduction of a signaling overhead brings is greater.

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Dependent claims

A machine-to-machine (M2M) communications privacy protection method, comprising:

receiving, by an M2M service management entity in an M2M communications network, a location access message from a third party regarding location information of an M2M device in the M2M communications network;
if the location information is acquired by using a 3rd-Generation Partnership Project 3GPP location server, determining, by the M2M service management entity according to device locating information, whether a privacy inspection is to be performed by the M2M service management entity or the 3GPP location server, wherein the privacy inspection is for determining whether the third party has permission to access the location information of the M2M device;
performing the privacy inspection by the M2M service management entity if the M2M service management entity determines that it is to perform the privacy inspection;
and
triggering, by the M2M service management entity, the 3GPP location server to perform the privacy inspection if the M2M service management entity determines that the 3GPP location server is to perform the privacy inspection.

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Machine-to-machine communications privacy protection method and system, machine-to-machine communications service management entity, and related device

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Machine-to-machine communications privacy protection method and system, machine-to-machine communications service management entity, and related device

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