Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Privacy friendly location based services
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Application No.: US14943144Application Date: 2015-11-17
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Publication No.: US10171249B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Jan L. Camenisch , Diego A. Ortiz-Yepes , Franz-Stefan Preiss
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Daniel Morris
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L9/30 ; G06F21/33 ; H04W12/02 ; H04W12/10

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a cryptographic method for enabling access by a user device to services provided by a server in a set of reference areas. The method comprises at the user device: obtaining a set of reference credentials of the server certifying data indicating the reference areas; obtaining a location credential certifying location data indicating the current location of the user device; generating an authentication token comprising a cryptographic proof for proving that the current location of the user device certified by the location credential matches at least one reference area certified by the set of reference credentials; sending the authentication token to the server for accessing the services by the user device in the at least one reference area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170141925A1 PRIVACY FRIENDLY LOCATION BASED SERVICES Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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