Address retrieval systems and methods
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorGaviphat LEKUTAI
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Abstract
An address retrieval system that retrieves the physical address of a user based on a request from another user. The address retrieval system can be connected to a network, such as a cellphone network, to allow a user to submit a request containing personally identifiable information, such as a phone number, of another user and the address retrieval system can locate/retrieve the requested address information and return the information to the requesting user or a third party. The release of the address information can be managed by a user-configurable privacy policy that provides rules, permissions and/or other management regarding the release of the user's address information.
Claims20
An address retrieval system, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a request for a physical address of an addressee, the request including a piece of personally identifiable information associated with the addressee;
- in response to receiving the request for the physical address of the addressee, generate a request for a privacy policy related to the addressee;
- transmit the request for the privacy policy related to the addressee to an addressee information module, the addressee information module including a physical address-personally identifiable information correlation;
- in response to the request for the privacy policy related to the addressee, receive from the addressee information module the privacy policy related to the addressee, the privacy policy including an instruction to allow or limit disclosure of the physical address of the addressee;
- and
- apply the privacy policy related to the addressee to the request for the physical address of the addressee;
- an output configured to:
- output the physical address of the address with the applied privacy policy.
A method of address retrieval, comprising:
- receiving a request for a physical address of an addressee, the request including a piece of personally identifiable information associated with the addressee;
- in response to receiving the request for the physical address of the addressee, generating a request for a privacy policy related to the addressee;
- transmitting the request for the privacy policy related to the addressee to an addressee information module, the addressee information module including a physical address-personally identifiable information correlation;
- in response to the request for the privacy policy related to the addressee, receiving from the addressee information module the privacy policy related to the addressee, the privacy policy including an instruction to allow or limit disclosure of the physical address of the addressee;
- applying the privacy policy related to the addressee to the request for the physical address of the addressee;
- and
- outputting the physical address of the addressee with the applied privacy policy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.