Wireless egress control of user data sets based on geo-control tags in the user data sets
View Patent ↗In a wireless communication network, wireless communication devices receive user instructions indicating geographic control of associated user data sets. The wireless communication devices translate the user instructions into geo-control tags for the associated user data sets and include the geo-control tags in the associated user data sets. The wireless communication devices exchange wireless signals transporting the user data sets and their geo-control tags with wireless access points. The wireless access points individually control wireless egress of the user data sets based on their geo-control tags.
1. A wireless communication network comprising:
a plurality of wireless communication devices configured to display geographic control options, wherein the geographic control options comprise blocking or reporting a transmission of associated user data sets, and to receive user instructions for geographic control of the associated user data sets, translate the user instructions into geo-control tags for the associated user data sets, include the geo-control tags in the associated user data sets, and exchange wireless signals transporting the user data sets and their geo-control tags; and
a plurality of wireless access points configured to exchange the wireless signals with the wireless communication devices that include the user data sets and their geo-control tags, and to individually control wireless egress of the user data sets from the wireless access points based on their geo-control tags.
2. The wireless communication network of claim 1 wherein the wireless access points are configured to individually control wireless egress by processing the geo-control tags to block associated ones of the data sets from wireless egress of the wireless communication network.
3. The wireless communication network of claim 1 wherein the wireless access points are configured to individually control wireless egress by processing the geo-control tags to report associated ones of the data sets that wirelessly egress the wireless communication network.
4. The wireless communication network of claim 1 wherein the user data sets comprise media files and the geo-control tags comprise watermarks embedded in the media files.
5. The wireless communication network of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication devices are configured to display geographic maps and receive at least some of the user instructions indicating geographic areas responsive to the display of the geographic maps.
6. The wireless communication network of claim 1 wherein at least some of the user instructions are to block specified ones of the data sets from wireless egress into user-identified geographic areas.
7. The wireless communication network of claim 1 wherein at least some of the user instructions are to report specified ones of the data sets that wirelessly egress into user-identified geographic areas.
8. The wireless communication network of claim 1 further comprising network gateways configured to block network egress of the user data sets based on their geo-control tags.
9. The wireless communication network of claim 1 further comprising network gateways configured to report network egress of the user data sets based on their geo-control tags.
10. A method of operating a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
in a plurality of wireless communication devices, displaying geographic control options, wherein the geographic control options comprise blocking or reporting the transmission of associated user data sets, and receiving user instructions for geographic control of the associated user data sets, translating the user instructions into geo-control tags for the associated user data sets, including the geo-control tags in the associated user data sets, and exchanging wireless signals transporting the user data sets and their geo-control tags; and
in a plurality of wireless access points, exchanging the wireless signals with the wireless communication devices that include the user data sets and their geo-control tags, and individually controlling wireless egress of the user data sets from the wireless access points based on their geo-control tags.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein controlling the wireless egress of the user data sets comprises processing the geo-control tags to block associated ones of the data sets from wireless egress of the wireless communication network.
12. The method of claim 10 wherein controlling the wireless egress of the user data sets comprises processing the geo-control tags to report associated ones of the data sets that wirelessly egress the wireless communication network.
13. The method of claim 10 wherein the user data sets comprise media files, and wherein including the geo-control tags in the associated user data sets comprise embedding watermarks in media files.
14. The method of claim 10 wherein receiving the user instructions comprises displaying geographic maps and receiving at least some of the user instructions indicating geographic areas responsive to the display of the geographic maps.
15. The method of claim 10 wherein receiving the user instructions comprises receiving the user instructions to block specified ones of the data sets from wireless egress into user-identified geographic areas.
16. The method of claim 10 wherein receiving the user instructions comprises receiving the user instructions to report specified ones of the data sets that wirelessly egress into user-identified geographic areas.
17. The method of claim 10 further comprising, in a plurality of network gateways, blocking network egress of the user data sets based on their geo-control tags.
18. The method of claim 10 further comprising, in a plurality of network gateways, reporting network egress of the user data sets based on their geo-control tags.