Method and system for privacy in public networks

Details Method and system for privacy in public networks Method and system for privacy in public networks

2007-02-27

2007-02-27

Peeso, Thomas R. (Department: 2132)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

System access control based on user identification by...

C713S155000, C713S161000

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10649832

ABSTRACT:
A method (and system) for providing location privacy, includes, for a mobile computing device, assigning a pool of addresses with which a user can access a network, and preventing a third party from correlating a user's location with the mobile computing device.

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