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Synopsis: Early thirty-something American Jesse Wallace is in a Paris bookstore, the last stop on a tour to promote his best selling book, This Time. Although he is vague to reporters about the source material for the book, it is about his chance encounter nine years earlier on June 15-16, 1994 with a Parisienne named Celine, and the memorable and romantic day and evening they spent together in Vienna. At the end of their encounter at the Vienna train station, which is also how the book ends, they, not providing contact information to the other, vowed to meet each other again in exactly six months at that very spot. As the media scrum at the bookstore nears its conclusion, Jesse spots Celine in the crowd, she who only found out about the book when she earlier saw his photograph promoting this public appearance. Much like their previous encounter, Jesse and Celine, who is now an environmental activist, decide to spend time together until he is supposed to catch his flight back to New York, this t
Director(s): Richard Linklater
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès
Production: Warner Independent Pictures
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Do you consider the book
to be autobiographical?
Well, I mean...
...isn't everything autobiographical?
I mean, we all see the world
through our own tiny keyhole, right?
I mean, I always think
of Thomas Wolfe.
Have you ever seen that little
one-page "Note to Reader"...
...in the front
of Look Homeward, Angel?
Anyway, he says that we are the sum
of all the moments of our lives...
...and anybody who sits down to write
will use the clay of their own life...
...that you can't avoid that.
So when I look at my own life,
I have to admit, right, that I...
I've never been around a bunch of guns
or violence, you know, not really.
No political intrigue
or a helicopter crash, right?
But my life, from my own point of view,
has been full of drama, right?
And so I thought,
if I could write a book...
...that could capture what it's like
to really meet somebody...
One of the most exciting things
that's happened to me...
...is to meet somebody,
make that connection.
And if I could make that valuable,
you know, to capture that...
...that would be the attempt, or...
Did I answer your question?
I'll try to be more specific.
Was there ever a French young woman
on a train you met...
...and spent an evening with?
See, to me, that... I mean...
...that's not important, you know?
- So that's a yes?
All right, since I'm in France and this
is the last stop of my book tour, yes.
Mr. Wallace, the book ends
on an ambiguous note.
We don't know.
Do you think they get back together
in six months...
...like they promise each other?
Like they promised?
I think how you answer that,
you know, is...
It's a good test, right,
if you're a romantic or a cynic.
Right? I mean, you think
they get back together, right?
- You don't, for sure.
- No.
And you hope they do,
but you're not sure.
- That's why you're asking the question.
- Do you think they get back together?
I mean, did you in real life?
Did I in real...?
Look, in the words
of my grandfather, okay:
"To answer that would take
the piss out of the whole thing. "
We just have the time
for one last question.
What is your next book?
I don't know, man. I don't know.
I've been...
I've been thinking about this...
Well, I always kind of wanted
to write a book...
...that all took place
within the space of a pop song.
Like three or four minutes long,
the whole thing.
The story, the idea,
is that there's this guy, right...
...and he's totally depressed.
His great dream was to be a lover,
an adventurer, you know...
...riding motorcycles
through South America.
And instead he's sitting
at a marble table eating lobster.
He's got a good job and
a beautiful wife, right, but that...
Everything that he needs.
But that doesn't matter...
...because what he wants
is to fight for meaning.
You know? Happiness
is in the doing, right?
Not in the getting what you want.
So he's sitting there,
and just that second...
...his little 5-year-old daughter
hops up on the table.
And he knows that she should
get down, because she could get hurt.
But she's dancing to this pop song
in a summer dress.
And he looks down...
...and all of a sudden, he's 6.
And his high-school sweetheart
is dropping him off at home.
And they just lost their virginity,
and she loves him...
...and the same song is playing
on the car radio.
And she climbs up and starts dancing
on the roof of the car.
And now he's worried about her.
And she's beautiful, with a facial
expression just like his daughter's.
In fact, maybe that's why
he even likes her.
You see, he knows he's not
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Anonymous location service for wireless networks
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An anonymous location wireless network service for use in a wireless network that tracks the location and identity of network users, such as networks complying with enhanced 911 standards. The service provides content providers with the location of network users without revealing their identities. The service includes a wireless network having a proxy server, a network communication link to a plurality of web sites, and a wireless communication link to a plurality of handheld devices. The proxy server blocks identity by reading the location and identity information of network devices, generating dummy identifications, relating the dummy identifications to the identity information, storing the relationships in a memory storage, and forwarding the location information and dummy identifications to the global computer network. Upon receiving return messages from the global computer network, the proxy server reads the dummy identifications, looks up the related identity information in the memory storage, and forwards the data to the appropriate network devices.
ADAPTING PUSHED CONTENT DELIVERY BASED ON PREDICTIVENESS
Surveying wireless device users by location
ATT Intellectual Property I LP
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY AND LIMITED EXPOSURE SERVICES FOR LOCATION BASED SERVICES
NNG LLC
Dynamically modifying the display of a computing device to provide advertisements
Wayport Inc.
METHOD FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PARAMETERS FOR THE DELIVERY OF SPONTANEOUS CONTENTS, METHOD FOR THE DELIVERY OF SPONTANEOUS CONTENTS, METHOD FOR PROVIDING SPONTANEOUS CONTENTS, ASSOCIATED TERMINAL AND REMOTE SYSTEMS
Specific Method of Setting Transport-Specific Properties From Transport-Agnostic Clients
Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation
Multimedia information and information inquiry download service
Far Eastone Telecommunications Company Limited
Method and apparatus for geographic-based communications service
Providing information to a computing device based on known location and user information
Providing advertisements to a computing device based on a predetermined criterion of a wireless access point
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINALS USING APPLICATION-LEVEL LOCATION DATA
Verint Systems Limited
Identity blocking service from a wireless service provider
Location blocking service from a wireless service provider
Generating correlation codes for location information
Sprint Communications Company LP
System and method for automated content presentation objects
Billjco LLC
Jason M. Johnson, William J. Johnson
Receiving location based advertisements on a wireless communication device
Distributed network communication system to provide wireless access to a computing device at a reduced rate
System and method for location based exchanges of data facilitating distributed locational applications
William J. Johnson
System and method for location based exchanges of data facilitating distributed location applications
System and method for using location information to execute an action
Location-based security rules
CORRELATING LOCATION DATA
Thomas Varghese, Konstantin Othmer
System and method for location based exchange vicinity interest specification
System and method for remote control of appliances utilizing mobile location-based applications
Methods and systems of aggregating information of social networks based on geographical locations via a network
Snap Trends Inc.
System and method for automated content distribution objects
System and method for timely whereabouts determination by a mobile data processing system
Providing an advertisement based on a geographic location of a wireless access point
System and method for sudden proximal user interface
System and method for mobile device usability by locational conditions
System and method for presenting application data by data processing system(s) in a vicinity
System and method for targeting data processing system(s) with data
Location based exchange operating system
Providing promotion information to a device based on location
System and method for application context location based configuration suggestions
Server-less synchronized processing across a plurality of interoperating data processing systems
System and method for location based inventory management
System and method for application search results by locational conditions
Location based exchange permissions
System and method for service-free location based applications
System and method for determining mobile users of interest
System and method for confirming data processing system target(s)
System and method for service access via hopped wireless mobile device(s)
Location blocking service from a web advertiser
Methods and systems of aggregating information of geographic context regions of social networks based on geographical locations via a network
System and method for vector processing on behalf of image aperture aim
Methods and systems of advertising based on aggregated information of social networks within geographical locations via a network
System and method for permission to access mobile location information
System and method for situational proximity observation alerting privileged recipients
Michael J. Johnson, William J. Johnson
System and method for sound wave triggered content
System and method for vital signs alerting privileged recipients
System and method for location based exchanges of data facilitiating distributed locational applications
System and method for surveying wireless device users by location
Scalable IP-based notification architecture for unified messaging
Cisco Technology Incorporated
System and method for tracking movement of a wireless device
Method of personal communications service using wireline/wireless integration detecting a predetermined event during process of a call
Bell Atlantic Network Services Inc.
Opinion poll utilizing a wireless data transmission connection
Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited
Secure location-based services system and method
IDTP Holdings Incorporated
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Location security for a subscriber unit in a telecommunication system by denying a parties' location request
Method for delivering enhanced caller identification service in a telecommunications network
Lucent Technologies Inc.
Interactive roamer contact system for cellular mobile radiotelephone network
BellSouth Corporation
Network and method for providing an automatic recall telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition capability
CommWorks Solutions LLC
Distributed system for facilitating exchange of user information and opinion using automated collaborative filtering
Caller ID equipment which displays location of caller
Cequint Incorporated
Agere Systems Incorporated
Geographic-based communication service system with more precise determination of a user's known geographic location
Situation information system
LBS Innovations LLC
Dennis D. Hollenberg
Local number portability database for on-net IP call
ATT Inc.
Method for updating a local switch internal database in a system having different service providers within a common numbering plan area
Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH Company KG
Siemens Information And Communication Networks Inc.
Integrated radio satellite response system and method
Viatech Communications LLC
RADIO SATELLITE CORPORATION
Geographic based communications service
Customer controlled service mediation management
Method and apparatus for providing to a customer a promotional message between ringing signals or after a call waiting tone
Morris Reese
Wireless digital personal communications system having voice/data/image two-way calling and intercell hand off provided through distributed logic
SBC Properties L.P.
Method and apparatus for distributing location-based messages in a wireless communication network
System and method for routing a call to a called party's landline or wireless communication unit
RPX Corporation
Internet-based interactive radio system for use with broadcast radio stations
Chartoleaux KG LLC
Ecarmerce Incorporated
System and method for providing anonymous personalized browsing by a proxy system in a network
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
Method for routing emergency calls during busy interface channel conditions
Qwest Communications International Incorporated
U S WEST TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Telecommunication system, radio base station thereof, and portable telecommunication terminal thereof
Preventing misuse of a copied subscriber identity in a mobile communication system
Nokia Solutions Networks Oy
Nokia Telecommunications Oy
Network-based migrating user agent for personal communication services
Personal communication and positioning system
Silver State Intellectual Technologies Inc.
American Calcar Inc.
System, method, and apparatus for delivery of location information about caller
Cluster LLC
System and method for location-based marketing to mobile stations within a cellular network
Robert R. Alfano
Radio frequency identification system and method
Axcess International Inc.
Axcess Inc.
Wireless system, a method of selecting an application while receiving application specific messages and user location method using user location awareness
Philips Electronics North America Corporation
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Presenting information to mobile targets
System and method for providing caller identification in conjunction with calling card calls
Apparatus and method for delivery of advertisement information to mobile units
Aisin AW Corporation Limited
Method and system for integrating fixed terminals in a mobile telecommunication network
Mobile data device and method of locating mobile data device
MCI Incorporated
Method and system for a plurality of mobile units to locate one another
Trimble Navigation Limited
At Road Incorporated
Methods of and system for portable cellular phone voice communication and positional location data communication using the cellular phone network control channel
LoJack Corporation
LoJack Operating Company LP
Route planning system for mobile telecommunications
Sprint Spectrum LP
Method and apparatus for providing location-based information via a computer network
Snaptrack Incorporated
Location blocking service for wireless networks
Secure message forwarding system detecting user's preferences including security preferences
ZixCorp Systems Inc.
Zix Corporation
Method and apparatus for controlling environmental conditions using a personal area network
Method and apparatus in a communication network for facilitating a use of location-based applications
Location privacy feature for wireless mobile stations and method of operation
System for managing telecommunications services through use of customized profile management codes
Method for informing a user of a communication device where to obtain a product and communication system employing same
Providing promotional material based on repeated travel patterns
Kavin K. Stewart
System and method for profiling the location of mobile radio traffic in a wireless communications network
Authorized location reporting paging system
Enovsys LLC
Mundi Fomukong
Controlled transmission of wireless communications device identity
Optis Wireless Technology LLC
Location dependent user matching system
Weserve Synvest LLC
RovingRadar Inc.
System for controlled provisioning of telecommunications services
Semiconductor memory device and method for reading data
Method of operation of mobile wireless communication system with location information
Method and system for electronic organization of coupons
Jeffrey W. Mankoff
Interactive advertisement mechanism on a mobile device
iAnywhere Solutions Incorporated
AvantGo Inc.
Identity blocking service from a web advertiser
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TARGETED MESSAGES BASED ON WIRELESS MOBILE LOCATION
Leap Wireless International Incorporated
Method and telephone network for switching telephone connections
Method and system for analyzing advertisements delivered to a mobile unit
Telcontar
Targeted advertising for commuters with mobile IP terminals
System and method for secure and anonymous communications
Ponoi Corporation
System and method for use of feature codes in a wireless communication device
Calibration for wireless location system
Skyhook Holding Inc.
TruePosition Incorporated
Method and system for determining a position of a communication satellite utilizing two-way ranging
Hughes Electronics Corporation
Method and system for providing the name of the state of a calling party
ATT Knowledge Ventures L.P.
Method and system for delivery of a message to a display unit
Hanger Solutions LLC
System for distributing electronic information to a targeted group of users
Dialogic Corp.
System and method for obtaining and using location specific information
Xerox Corporation
System and method for authorization of location services
Method and apparatus for initiating wireless messages
Mobile location reporting apparatus and methods
Elite Logistics Services Inc.
Harold Pace II
Storage, transmission, communication and access to geographical positioning data linked with standard telephony numbering and encoded for use in telecommunications and related services
AG Communication Systems Corp.
Attention brokerage
MyPoints.com Inc.
Cybergold Inc.
Active system and method for remotely identifying RF broadcast stations
CONSYNTRIX INC.
David G. Worthy
Apparatus and method for finding a signal emission source
ADC Telecommunications Incorporated
Lockheed Sanders Inc.
GPS receiver and method for processing GPS signals
Precision Tracking Inc.
Apparatus and method for locating cellular telephones
Caller name and identification communication system with caller screening option
Intellectual Ventures I LLC
ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC.
Personal digital location assistant including a memory cartridge, a GPS smart antenna and a personal computing device
Aquaculture filtration system employing a rotating drum filter
James E. Bradley
James E. Bradley, Duane C. Leach
Apparatus and method of notifying a recipient of an unscheduled delivery
Shipping Transit LLC
Worldwide Notification Systems Inc.
Telephone system for connecting a customer to a supplier of goods
Murex Licensing Corporation
Applied Telematics Inc.
Navigation system and method
United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space Administration
31. A method for providing an anonymous location service for use in a wireless network that tracks the geographical location and identity of a wireless network user, the method comprising:
associating a fictitious identification with identity information of the wireless network user into a relationship;
storing the relationship in memory;
receiving geographical information of the wireless network user;
providing the fictitious identification in place of the identity of the wireless network user;
providing the geographical information and the fictitious identification of the wireless network user to a web site through the global computer network receiving a message from the web site through a global computer network, wherein the message includes the fictitious identification;
locating the fictitious identification in the memory;
using the relationship to determine the identity of the wireless network user; and
providing the message to the wireless network user.
View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
32. The method of claim 31, wherein the identity and the geographical information of the network user are received when the network user accesses the global computer network through the wireless network.
33. The method of claim 31, wherein the identity and the geographical location information of the network user are received when the network user places a wireless telephone call.
receiving geographical information relating to the wireless network user;
substituting a fictitious identification for the identity of the wireless network user; and
in response to a message received from a web site requesting communication with wireless users in a particular geographical location, forwarding the geographical information and the fictitious identification of wireless network users in the particular geographic location to the web site through a global computer network only if the geographical information bears a predetermined relation to the particular geographical location.
35. The method of claim 34, wherein the fictitious identification is the geographical information of the wireless network device.
36. The method of claim 34, wherein receiving the geographical information is initiated when the network user accesses the global computer network through the wireless network.
37. The method of claim 34, wherein receiving the geographical information is initiated when the network user initiates a wireless telephone call.
38. A method for providing an anonymous location service for use in a wireless network that tracks the geographical location and identity of wireless network users, the method comprising:
receiving geographical information and an identity of a network user operating in the wireless network;
providing the geographical information and the identity to a first web site, the first web site receiving content;
receiving a request for content from the first web site including the geographical information and the identity of the network user;
generating a fictitious identification and substituting the fictitious identification for the identity of the network user;
recording an association between the fictitious identification and the identity of the network user;
forwarding to a second web site a modified request for content including the geographical location and the fictitious identification of the network user;
receiving from the second web site content that references the fictitious identification of the network user;
determining the identity of the network user using the fictitious identification and the recorded association;
replacing the fictitious identification referenced in the content with the identity of the network user; and
forwarding the content including the geographical information and the identity of the network user.
39. The method of claim 38, wherein:
forwarding the content comprises forwarding the content to the first web site; and
further comprising;
receiving a web page from the first web site including the content; and
forwarding the web page to the network user.
40. A system for providing an anonymous location service for use in a wireless network that tracks geographical information and identities of wireless network users, the system comprising:
a proxy server having memory storage and an interface operative to access a plurality of web sites; and
wherein the proxy server receives the geographical information of the network users from a geographical location system in communication with the proxy server, receives the identities of the network users from a plurality of network users, translates the identities of the network users into fictitious identifications, and forwards the geographical information of the network users and the fictitious identifications to at least one of the plurality of web sites.
View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
41. The system of claim 40, wherein the memory storage is a database separate from the proxy server.
42. The system of claim 40, wherein the proxy server receives the geographical information of the users from a geographical location system comprising a wireless protocol geographical location service provisioned in the wireless network.
43. The system of claim 40, wherein the proxy server stores relationships between the identities and the fictitious identifications in the memory storage.
44. The system of claim 43, wherein the proxy server receives messages from the plurality of web sites, wherein the messages reference the fictitious identifications, wherein the proxy server consults the relationships in the memory storage and uses the fictitious identifications to locate corresponding identities of network users, and wherein the proxy server forwards the messages to the corresponding identities.
45. The system of claim 40, wherein the proxy server reads the geographical information of the network users and forwards the geographical information and the fictitious identifications to the plurality of web sites only if the geographical information bears a predetermined relation to a specific geographical location requested by at least one web site.
46. The system of claim 40, wherein the proxy server comprises:
a mobile gateway for communicating with at least one web site, and a privacy agent associated with the mobile gateway to determine if the network user wants to block its identity and, if so, to translate the identity of the network user into a fictitious identification;
the mobile gateway receives the geographical location of the network user from a geographical location system, receives the identity of the network user from the network users, and forwards the geographical location of the network user to a computer network; and
the privacy agent stores a relationship between the network user identity and the fictitious identity, and sends a response from the computer network to the network user related to the fictitious address.
47. The system of claim 46, further comprising a location agent that determines the geographical locations of the network devices and a geographical location monitor in communication with the location agent, and wherein the geographical location monitor determines whether the geographical locations of the network devices bear a predetermined relation to a specific geographical location requested by at least one computer network.
48. The system of claim 46, wherein the computer network comprises web sites, the geographical location monitor determines whether the geographical locations of the network devices bear a predetermined relation to a specific geographical location requested by at least one web site, and the mobile gateway receives a response message from the web site addressed to the fictitious address and sends that response to the wireless device related to the fictitious address.
49. A proxy server for providing an anonymous location service for use in a wireless network that tracks geographical locations and identities of plural wireless users over a wireless communication link, the proxy server comprising a memory storage and operating to:
receive as part of data messages, the geographical locations and the identities of the plurality of wireless users;
generate fictitious identifications and substitute the fictitious identifications for the identities;
record the fictitious identifications and their associated identities in the memory storage; and
forward the data messages with the geographical locations and fictitious identifications to at least one web site via the global computer network.
50. The proxy server of claim 49, wherein:
the proxy server receives return data messages from web sites;
the proxy server reads the fictitious identifications and consults the memory storage to determine identities of the wireless users that correspond to the fictitious identifications; and
the proxy server replaces the fictitious identifications with the identities of the wireless users and forwards the return data message to the corresponding wireless user.
The present invention relates to the field of wireless networks, and in particular, to wireless networks that track the location and identity of wireless network devices.
2. Background of the Invention
Enhanced wireless 911 (E911) services help ensure that wireless telephones provide 911 call centers, or Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), with vital information necessary to locate and identify a caller in an emergency. To comply with E911 standards promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), wireless network providers will soon be required to track the location and identity information of all wireless callers, with the purpose of providing such information to emergency personnel when a caller dials 911 from a wireless telephone. The FCC'"'"'s wireless E911 rules require certain Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) carriers to begin transmission of enhanced location and identity information in two phases. Phase I requires carriers to transmit a caller'"'"'s telephone number and general location to a PSAP. Phase I1 requires carriers to provide more precise location information to the PSAP.
Under the FCC rules, wireless networks and the corresponding wireless handheld devices, such as cellular telephones, will provide both the identity and location of the caller to a 911 dispatcher. To provide a caller'"'"'s identity, the wireless handheld device will furnish a device identification, e.g., a mobile identification number (MIN), indicating in most instances the telephone number of the device. The wireless network and wireless handheld devices will provide the location of callers using a network-based location system (e.g., triangulation), global positioning systems (GPSs) within the handheld devices, or a combination of the two systems.
In emergency situations, quickly communicating this location and identity information is an invaluable, life-saving tool. Indeed, although the location and identity information is generally perceived as private information, the public policy behind the E911 regulations favors disclosing such private information in hopes of administering the aid a caller needs in an emergency. However, outside of emergencies, most cellular device users view their location and identity information as intimately private, and express strong reservations against involuntary and automatic disclosures such information.
These reservations are not without merit, as wireless network providers have several ways to exploit the location and identity information of network users. For example, a network provider could furnish a retailer with the identities of network users near the retailer'"'"'s store, so that the retailer, in turn, could send an advertisement to the devices of the nearby network users, encouraging them to stop in and shop at the store. Knowing the identity of a network user, the retailer could also access profiling information on the user from data sources such as auxiliary marketing databases or historical databases chronicling previous business with the user. The profiling information would allow the retailer to provide targeted advertisements that are more likely to attract the user'"'"'s business. However, in providing the identity information necessary for these targeted advertisements, the wireless network provider risks offending the network users with a significant invasion of privacy.
The wireless network provider therefore faces a dilemma in satisfying two customers with opposing interests: 1) the network users who desire reasonable privacy, and 2) the content providers (e.g., businesses and advertisers) who aim to appeal to the network users by obtaining as much information about the network users as possible. Thus, to appease both customers, a wireless network provider must provide enough information to content providers to promote effective content delivery and advertising, but at the same time must limit such information to guard the network users'"'"' privacy.
The present invention is an anonymous location wireless network service for use in a wireless network that tracks the location and identity of network users, such as networks complying with the E911 standards. The anonymous location wireless network service provides content providers (e.g., businesses and advertisers) with the location information of network users without revealing the identity of those network users. The service enables content providers to deliver (or "push") advertisements that appeal to a certain class of network users based on location. For example, a class of network users could include users in locations convenient to the business'"'"'s store or to users who have similar interests and who assemble in a single location, e.g., fans attending a sporting event at a stadium. The service also enables network users to query content providers to obtain information about the local area from which they are transmitting (referred to herein as "pull messaging"). Most importantly though, with either push or pull messaging, the service prevents the content provider from learning the identity of a network user and maintains this vital information in strict privacy.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the anonymous location wireless network service includes a wireless network having a proxy server, a network communication link to a plurality of web sites, and a wireless communication link to a plurality of handheld devices. The proxy server includes a memory storage, as an integral or separate component, for storing the device identifications (e.g., MINs—mobile identification numbers) and dummy identifications of network users.
To provide location information, the overall system architecture of the present invention includes a location system. The location system provides the wireless network with position coordinates of a handheld device that indicate where a network user is located. The location system can be a part of the wireless network, can be contained in the handheld devices, or can be a combination of the two. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the location system is both a part of the wireless network and is also contained in the handheld devices. For example, a suitable method of determining location as a part of the wireless network is by a Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) location service, or perhaps by triangulation across cell sites or cell sectors. An example of a suitable location system in the handheld devices is a GPS.
In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the proxy server performs the identity blocking function. Preferably, the proxy server reads the location and identity information of network users, generates a dummy identification, relates the dummy identification to the identity information, stores the relationship in the memory storage, and forwards the location information and dummy identification to the content provider in the global computer network. Upon receiving return messages from the global computer network, the proxy server reads the dummy identification, looks up the related identity information in the memory storage, and forwards the data to the appropriate network user.
As an alternate preferred embodiment of the present invention, instead of using a different dummy identification for the device identification of each device, the dummy identification corresponds to the location of the device. Thus, the proxy server substitutes the location of a device for the identity information and stores the relationship between the device location and device identification in memory. The substituted location could be the same for multiple devices. In this manner, the content provider'"'"'s response would be a different content addressed to each location. In turn, the proxy server would look up in the memory storage the devices marked with the location to which the content provider addressed the content, would determine the corresponding device identification of each device marked with the location, and would return each different content to the corresponding devices.
In blocking identity, the proxy server acts as an intermediary between the plurality of handheld devices and the global computer network to provide security, administrative control, and caching service (e.g., caches material from popular web sites to reduce access times). Preferably, the proxy server is associated with or is part of a gateway server that separates the wireless network from the Internet. The proxy server could also be associated with a firewall server that separates the wireless network from the public network.
The proxy server communicates with the plurality of handheld devices through the wireless communication link. The proxy server provides routing selection (i.e., what transport bearer is to be used), access control, addressing, protocol conversion (i.e., WML text to WML binary), caching, and transport interface between wireless and wired networks (e.g., WAP stack to traditional IP stack, HTTP/TCP/IP). The proxy server runs one or more of the general operating systems, such as Windows 95™, Macintosh™, or UNIX™.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to block identity information on wireless networks that track location and identity information, such as wireless networks that comply with E911 standards.
Another object of the present invention is to provide content providers (e.g., businesses and advertisers) with the location information of wireless network users without revealing the identity of those network users.
Another object of the present invention is to protect the identity of wireless network users while still providing a content provider with enough information to promote effective targeted content delivery (e.g., advertising).
Another object of the present invention is to allow wireless network users to query content providers for information relating to a particular location without revealing their identities.
These and other objects of the present invention are described in greater detail in the detailed description of the invention, the appended drawings, and the attached claims.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture that provides the anonymous location service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2a is a schematic diagram of the system architecture illustrated in FIG. 1, showing the provision of an anonymous location service for pull messaging.
FIG. 2b is a flow chart corresponding to FIG. 2a, which traces the steps for providing anonymous location service for pull messaging.
FIG. 2c is a schematic diagram of a specific implementation of the preferred embodiment of the anonymous location service of FIG. 2a for pull messaging.
FIG. 3a is a schematic diagram of the system architecture illustrated in FIG. 1, showing the provision of an anonymous location service for push messaging.
FIG. 3b is a flow chart corresponding to FIG. 3a, which traces the steps for providing anonymous location service for push messaging.
FIG. 3c is a schematic diagram of a specific implementation of the preferred embodiment of the anonymous location service of FIG. 2a for push messaging.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an alternate embodiment of the system architecture illustrated in FIG. 1, in which the proxy server is used to control the delivery of web page banner advertisements.
The present invention is an anonymous location service for use in a wireless network that tracks the location and identity of network users. The anonymous location service blocks the identity of a network user and provides only location information to a content provider. The present invention contemplates future enhanced digital cellular networks, in which network users will use digital cellular handheld devices to access data from a global computer network, and in which digital cellular network providers will track the identity and location of each network user.
Referring to FIG. 1, the primary components of the present invention include a proxy server 100, memory storage 102, a network communication link 104 to a plurality of web sites, and a wireless communication link 106 to a plurality of handheld devices 112. Each of these components is a part of a wireless network 110.
The system architecture in which the present invention operates further includes a plurality of handheld devices 112 in communication with wireless communication link 106, a global computer network 114 in communication with network communication link 104, and a plurality of web sites 116 and a plurality of content providers 118 in communication with global computer network 114. To track the location of wireless handheld devices 112, the system architecture includes one or both of handheld location systems (e.g., GPS) 120 or a network-based location system 122. Handheld location systems 120 are provisioned in wireless handheld devices 112 while network-based location system 122 is a part of wireless network 110, in communication with proxy server 100.
Proxy server 100 is essential to the present invention. Specifically, proxy server 100 receives, in conjunction with data messages, the location and identity information of wireless handheld devices 112, generates dummy identifications and substitutes the dummy identifications for the device identifications of devices 112, records the dummy identifications and their associated device identifications in memory storage 102, and forwards the data messaging with the location information and dummy identification to web sites 116 and content providers 118 via global computer network 114. On the return path, proxy server 100 receives a return data message from web sites 116 and content providers 118, reads the dummy identifications, consults memory storage 102 to determine the device identification that corresponds to the dummy identification, replaces the dummy identification with the device identification, and forwards the return data message to the appropriate wireless handheld device.
In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, proxy server 100 is a server that is dedicated to providing wireless handheld devices 112 with access to global computer network 114, and ultimately with information content available from web sites 116 and content providers 118. More preferably, proxy server 100 is a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) server. WAP is an application environment and set of communication protocols for wireless devices designed to enable manufacturer-, vendor-, and technology-independent access to the Internet and advanced telephony services. WAP provides wireless Internet access through all digital cellular networks, giving network users a menu driven method for downloading information, such as flight schedules and bank balances, to cellular telephones from the Internet. WAP is described in WAP version 1.1, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Memory storage 102 is a database or other memory storage device that can record relationships between device identifications (e.g., MINs) and dummy identifications. Although shown as a separate component in FIG. 1, memory storage 102 could be contained in proxy server 100.
Wireless handheld devices 112 operate over wireless network 110 and provide means by which to exchange text data. Familiar examples include interactive pagers and cellular telephones with text messaging capabilities. Preferably, devices 112 are WAP-compatible thin clients having thin browsers adapted to communicate with proxy server 100 and to access global computer network 114. Global computer network 114 is preferably the Internet.
The plurality of web sites 116 and the plurality of content providers 118 are also preferably compatible with WAP. Web sites 116 and content providers 118 communicate with devices 112 through global computer network 114 and wireless network 110. As with traditional web sites, content providers 118 and web sites 116 can transmit data to devices 112 in response to a query, or on their own initiative as a push message.
Handheld location system 120 and network-based location system 122 provide proxy server 100 with the locations of wireless handheld devices 112. Depending on the desired degree of accuracy, one or both of the location systems can be used to determine a device'"'"'s location. The preferred embodiment of handheld location system 120 is individual GPSs provisioned in wireless handheld devices 112. The preferred embodiment of network-based location system 122 is a WAP location service.
With proxy server 100 providing the identity blocking function of the present invention, there are an unlimited number of applications for the anonymous location service. For clarity, set forth below are two examples of how the preferred embodiment of the present invention is implemented in different situations: 1) in response to a network user'"'"'s query for information related to her location (pull messaging), or 2) in response to a content provider'"'"'s desire to push messages to network users in a particular location (push messaging). In each example, proxy server 100 receives the location and identity information of wireless handheld devices 112 and forwards only the location information to web sites 116 and content providers 118 via global computer network 114. Proxy server 100 obtains the location and identity information of devices 112 by monitoring a user'"'"'s accessing of the network (e.g., browsing the Internet), by querying devices 112 on its own initiative, or by querying devices 112 at the request of web sites 116 and content providers 118.
Although these examples best illustrate the identification blocking feature of the present invention, one of ordinary skill in the art would appreciate that the anonymous location service is applicable to other wireless network messaging situations in which a caller on a network that tracks location and identity wishes to keep her identity private. In addition, while the system operation described herein and illustrated in the diagrams and flowcharts contains many specific details, these specific details should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention, but rather as examples of preferred embodiments thereof. As would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art, many other variations on the system operation are possible, including differently grouped and ordered method steps. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined not by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their equivalents.
In the case of a user query (pull messaging), as shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b, wireless handheld device 200 forwards a query 202 to proxy server 100 (step 250 in FIG. 2b). Query 202 contains the IP address of a web site 204 that the user wishes to access, the device identification of device 200, and, if device 200 includes handheld location system 120 (e.g., a GPS), the location of the device. Optionally, as shown in step 252, if the location system is a part of wireless network 110, proxy server 100, upon receipt of query 202, obtains the location of device 200 from network-based location system 122. Having the location and identity (e.g., MIN) of handheld wireless device 200, in step 254, proxy server 100 generates a dummy identification, replaces the device identification with the dummy identification, and relates the device identification to the dummy identification in memory storage 102. In step 256, proxy server 200 then forwards query 206 to the IP address of web site 204 through global computer network 114.
In step 258, the web server of web site 204 reads the location information associated with query 206 and formulates an answer based on the location of device 200. The web server of web site 204 then returns an answer message 208 to proxy server 100 through global computer network 114, in step 260. Then, in step 262, proxy server 100 reads the dummy identification in answer message 208, consults memory storage 102 for the related device identification, and substitutes the device identification for the dummy identification. Finally, in step 264, proxy server 100 returns answer message 210 to the user'"'"'s device 200. Thus, by removing and replacing the device identification, proxy server 100 blocks the identity of the network user from reaching the external web server of web site 204.
FIG. 2c illustrates a specific implementation of the anonymous location service for pull messaging. This specific implementation demonstrates one example of how a web server can be blocked from receiving a user'"'"'s identity, while still receiving and responding to the user'"'"'s location-dependent query. As an example of a typical query, the user could ask the web server, "Tell me which restaurants are within walking distance of my current location".
As shown in FIG. 2c, the system architecture for this specific implementation corresponds generally to the architecture of FIG. 2a. The dashed lines indicate generally which components of FIG. 2a relate to those of FIG. 2c. For example, mobile gateway 270 and privacy agent 272 perform the functions of proxy server 100 and memory storage 102.
FIG. 2c also shows arrows labeled in sequence, indicating the information flow and process steps of this specific implementation. In step 281, a user initiates a query from his wireless device 200 to the web server of web site 204. The query includes a location request, a device identification for wireless device 200, and a parameter for location preference. The location preference parameter indicates whether the user wants his identity forwarded or wants to remain anonymous. In this example, the user wants to block his identity. Therefore, in step 282, wireless device 200 marks the location preference anonymous. The user can execute this anonymous setting by, for example, configuring the default preference of wireless device 200, or by selecting a manual override (e.g., a menu selection or key sequence).
If wireless device 200 includes a location system, in step 283a, wireless device 200 requests location information from location system 120. In step 283b, location system 120 provides the location information, which wireless device 200 then incorporates into the query to web site 204. If wireless device 200 does not include a location system, then wireless device 200 incorporates a location request message in the query to web site 204. In step 284, wireless device 200 sends the query to mobile gateway 270.
If wireless device 200 does not have a location system and the query includes a location request message, then, in step 285a, mobile gateway 270 queries network-based location system 122 for the location of wireless device 200. The query to location system 122 references the device identification of wireless device 200. In response, network-based location system 122 provides mobile gateway 270 with the location information of wireless device 200, in step 285b.
In step 286a, as mobile gateway 270 forwards the query to web site 204, privacy agent 272 intercepts the message because it is marked anonymous. In step 286b, privacy agent 272 replaces the device identification of wireless device 200 with a dummy identification and forwards the query message to web site 204. At the same time, privacy agent 272 records the association between the device identification and the dummy identification.
In step 287, web server 204 receives the query message via global computer network 114 and sends a response back through network 114. Web site 204 formulates the response based on the location information, and addresses the response to the dummy identification.
In step 288, mobile gateway 270 recognizes that the response message includes a dummy identification and queries privacy agent 272 for the "real" device identification of wireless device 200. In step 289, privacy agent 272 finds the device identification associated with the dummy identification and sends the device identification to mobile gateway 270. Finally, in step 290, mobile gateway 270 sends the response message to wireless device 200, as identified by the device identification.
Referring to FIGS. 3a and 3b, for push messages, an external web server, from the plurality of web sites 116 or the plurality of content providers 118, delivers messages to network users in a particular location, without being prompted by user queries, For example, content provider 300 could be a typical Internet advertiser such as DoubleClick™. In such a case, as shown in step 350 in FIG. 3b, content provider 300 forwards a query 302 to proxy server 100 asking proxy server 100 to monitor for wireless handheld devices 112 that enter a particular location. In response, in step 352, proxy server 100 reads the location information of wireless handheld devices 112 that are powered on. Network-based location system 122, handheld location system 120, or a combination of both systems provides this location information.
As shown in step 354, proxy server 100 evaluates whether the location information it reads corresponds to the particular location noted in the query by content provider 300. When the location information matches the location corresponding to query 302, proxy server 100 substitutes a dummy identification for the device identification of the wireless handheld device 304 (step 356), as described above for the user query example. Proxy server 100 forwards a notification message 306 to content provider 300 including the dummy identification and location information, in step 358. Then, in step 360, content provider 300 prepares a content message 308 (e.g., an advertisement), which references the dummy identification, and pushes content message 308 back to proxy server 100. In step 362, proxy server 100 translates the dummy identification to its corresponding device identification by consulting memory storage 102. Finally, in step 364, proxy server 100 delivers content message 310 to wireless handheld device 304, which is associated with a network user in the desired location. Thus, proxy server 100 blocks the network user identification so that it never reaches content provider 300.
FIG. 3c illustrates a specific implementation of the anonymous location service for push messaging. This specific implementation demonstrates one example of how a web server can be blocked from receiving a user'"'"'s identity, while still receiving the user'"'"'s location information and forwarding location-dependent messages. As an example, the web server of content provider 304 could provide alerts or content (e.g., banner advertisements) to a wireless device when the device moves into a targeted area (e.g., a shopping mall).
As shown in FIG. 3c, the system architecture for this specific implementation corresponds generally to the architecture of FIG. 3a. The dashed lines indicate generally which components of FIG. 3a relate to those of FIG. 3c. For example, mobile gateway 370 and privacy agent 372 perform the functions of proxy server 100 and memory storage 102. In addition, as an alternative to the preferred embodiment described in FIGS. 3a and 3b, in which proxy server 100 evaluates whether location information matches a targeted area, this specific implementation monitors for a device in a targeted area using a handheld location monitor 374 in handheld location system 120 or a network location monitor 375 in network-based location system 122. To help illustrate specific processing functions, this specific implementation also includes handheld location agent 376 as a component of handheld location system 120 and network location agent 377 as a component of network-based location system 122.
FIG. 3c also shows arrows labeled in sequence, indicating the information flow and process steps of this specific implementation. The process begins under the assumption that wireless device 304 has chosen the anonymous identity option (i.e., the location preference parameter is equal to anonymous) and that content provider 304 has specified the targeted areas into which it wants to deliver messages to users. In step 381a, if wireless device 304 includes a handheld location system 120, handheld location agent 376 provides handheld location monitor 374 with the location of wireless device 304. If wireless device 304 does not include a handheld location system, network location agent 377 provides network location monitor 375 with the location of wireless device 304 in step 381b.
If wireless device 304 includes handheld location system 120, handheld location monitor 374 determines that wireless device 304 is within the targeted area and has chosen the anonymous option. If wireless device 304 does not include handheld location system 120, network location monitor 375 determines that wireless device 304 is within the targeted area and has chosen the anonymous option.
In step 382a, if wireless device 304 includes handheld location system 120, handheld location monitor 374 initiates an "in the area" message in wireless device 304 and forwards the message to content provider 300 (through mobile gateway 370). Alternately, if wireless device 304 does not include a handheld location system, in step 382b, network location monitor 374 sends an "in the area" message through global computer network 114 to content provider 300. In both steps 382a and 382b, the message also includes a device identification for wireless device 200, and a parameter for location preference. The location preference parameter indicates whether the user wants his identity forwarded or wants to remain anonymous. In this example, the location preference is marked anonymous.
In step 383a, before the message (from either wireless device 304 or network based location system 122) passes to global computer network 114, privacy agent 372 intercepts the message because it is marked anonymous. In step 383b, privacy agent 372 replaces the device identification of wireless device 200 with a dummy identification and forwards the message to content provider 300. At the same time, privacy agent 372 records the association between the device identification and the dummy identification.
In step 384, content provider 300 receives the "in the area" message via global computer network 114 and sends a response (e.g., an alert or content) back through network 114. Web site 204 formulates the response based on the location information, and addresses the response to the dummy identification.
FIG. 3c illustrates alternative preferred embodiments of communicating location information to an outside party, e.g., content provider 300. As shown, the communication could be between mobile gateway 370 and content provider 300 or could be between network-based location system 122 and content provider 300. As one of ordinary skill in the art would appreciate, many other solutions to providing this communication are possible, e.g., by direct communication between wireless device 304 and content provider 300.
In the push implementation, proxy server 100 monitors wireless handheld devices 112 that are powered on. In most instances, a network user simply turns on his wireless handheld device and leaves the network interface open to a web page. The initial accessing of the web page or the completion of any other wireless transmission (e.g., placing of a wireless telephone call) provides proxy server 100 with location and identity information. In addition, each time the web page automatically refreshes, or each time the network user enters a browse command, proxy server 100 receives updated location information. In this manner, proxy server 100 can continually monitor for devices that enter a location to which an content provider wants to push content messages.
With regard to both push and pull messages, in most cases, proxy server 100 preferably removes identity information from a user message before the message enters global computer network 114. Removing the identity information within wireless network 110 ensures the greatest privacy, yet still accommodates generic network access needs. For example, a web site would not need the identity of a network user to provide general data, such as stock prices, television guides, and flight schedules. The web site would simply respond to a request for this public information, without regard for the identity of the requesting party.
However, in some cases, web sites must know the identity of a network user to provide private customer-specific information. For example, instead of just stock prices, a network user may want to view the performance of his particular stock portfolio. The web site administering his portfolio would need to know his identity to access the correct portfolio data and to provide the data in a secured transaction. Presumably, the network user would authorize the web site to receive his identity information under the condition that his identity not be passed on to other web sites. However, conflicting with this conditional authorization, these same web sites often sell advertisements off of their web pages in the form of banner ads. Typically, when the network user opens a web page with a banner ad, the web site calls out to the advertiser to have an advertisement downloaded. In this exchange, the advertisers, seeking to maximize effectiveness, ask the web sites for as much information about the network user as possible, including location and identity. The danger is that the web site will relinquish this private identity information to the advertiser.
FIG. 4 illustrates an alternate preferred embodiment of the present invention that prevents this breach of privacy. Thus, when wireless handheld device 400 accesses web site 402 and opens a web page having a banner ad, web site 402 calls out to proxy server 100 along path 404, instead of directly to content provider 406 along path 408. When proxy server 100 receives the request to insert a banner ad, proxy server 100 substitutes a dummy identification for the device identification, as described above, and forwards the dummy identification and location information to content provider 406 along path 410. Using the location information, content provider 406 returns a targeted content to proxy server 100 along path 412. Proxy server 100 translates the dummy identification embedded in the content into the appropriate device identification, and forwards the content and device identification to web site 402 along path 414a, for display on wireless handheld device 400 along with other content provided by web site 402. Alternately, proxy server 100 could forward the content directly to wireless handheld device 400 along path 414b. Therefore, the private identification information never passes to an unauthorized third party.
In an alternate preferred embodiment of the present invention, the dummy identification that the proxy server associates with a device identification is the location of the device. Thus, instead of using a different dummy identification for the device identification of each device, the dummy identification corresponds to a device'"'"'s location, which could be the same for multiple devices. Thus, the proxy server substitutes the location of a device for the identity information and stores the relationship between the device location and device identification in memory. In this manner, the content provider'"'"'s response would be a different content addressed to each location. In turn, the proxy server would look up in the memory storage the devices marked with the location to which the content provider addressed the content, would determine the corresponding device identification of each device marked with the location, and would return each different content to the corresponding devices. For example, if devices A and B are in location X and device F is in location Y, the proxy server would substitute X for the device identifications of devices A and B, and would substitute Y for the device identification of device F. In memory, the proxy server would associate the identifications of devices A and B to X and the identification of F to Y. The content provider would forward content X'"'"' addressed to X and would forward content Y addressed to Y. Then, the proxy server would read the X and Y addresses, consult the memory for device identifications associated with the X and Y addresses (locations), and forward content X′ to devices A and B and content Y to device F.
Although discussed above in the context of ordinary web sites, one of ordinary skill in the art would appreciate that the present invention is applicable to communications beyond HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Wireless Markup Language (WML). Indeed, the present invention is applicable to such communications as voice calls and video calls. The true spirit and scope of the invention should not be limited to the web site embodiments described above, but instead should be defined by the claims appended hereto, and by their equivalents.
The foregoing disclosure of embodiments of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many variations and modifications of the embodiments described herein will be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art in light of the above disclosure. The scope of the invention is to be defined only by the claims appended hereto, and by their equivalents.
Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
Enzmann, Mark J., Moton, Robert T. Jr., Zellner, Samuel N.
GRANTED PATENT
H04L 63/0281 Proxies
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