Securely managed location-and-tracking service access
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsNed M. Smith, Adi Shaliv
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Abstract
Systems and techniques for securely managed location-and-tracking service (LTS) access are described herein. A trusted execution environment (TEE) may establish a connection to an LTS. The TEE may provide verification to the LTS that the connection origination from the TEE. The TEE may request an LTS location for the mobile device from the LTS using the connection. The TEE may provide the LTS location to applications of the mobile device.
Claims25
A mobile device for securely managed location-and-tracking service (LTS) access, the mobile device comprising:
- a communications hub arranged to send and receive wireless communications signals;
- and
- a trusted execution environment (TEE) arranged to:
- establish, via the communications hub, a connection to a LTS, wherein the TEE is arranged to establish the connection in response to at least one of a determination that the mobile device has physically moved relative to a coverage area of the LTS or a determination that a specified time period from a last update has elapsed;
- providing, by the TEE, verification to the LTS that the connection originated from the TEE;
- requesting, using the connection, an LTS location for the mobile device from the LTS;
- and
- making the LTS location available to applications of the mobile device.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations for securely managed location-and-tracking service (LTS) access, the operations comprising:
- establishing, by a trusted execution environment (TEE) on the mobile device, a connection to a LTS, wherein establishing the connection is in response to at least one of determining that the mobile device has physically moved relative to a coverage area of the LTS or determining that a specified time period from a last update has elapsed;
- providing, by the TEE, verification to the LTS that the connection originated from the TEE;
- requesting, using the connection, an LTS location for the mobile device from the LTS;
- and
- making the LTS location available to applications of the mobile device.
A method performed by hardware elements of a mobile device for securely managed location-and-tracking service (LTS) access, the method comprising:
- establishing, by a trusted execution environment (TEE) on the mobile device, a connection to a LTS, wherein establishing the connection is in response to at least one of determining that the mobile device has physically moved relative to a coverage area of the LTS or determining that a specified time period from a last update has elapsed;
- providing, by the TEE, verification to the LTS that the connection originated from the TEE;
- requesting, using the connection, an LTS location for the mobile device from the LTS;
- and
- making the LTS location available to applications of the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.