Method and/or apparatus for location privacy via uniform resource identifier provisioning
The subject matter disclosed herein relates in one particular implementation to a method, apparatus, and/or system for transmitting, by a location server, a location identifier to a mobile device. The location identifier may be transmitted from the mobile device to one or more trusted entities. Access to a location estimate of the mobile device may be selectively authorized at least partially in response to a request received at the mobile device from the location server including the location identifier.
1. A method, at a location server, comprising:
transmitting a location identifier for a mobile station to the mobile station;
receiving a request for a location estimate of the mobile station from an external entity, the request comprising the location identifier; and
selectively authorizing the request for the location estimate based at least in part on the location identifier.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selectively inhibiting the request for the location estimate at least partially in response to the request containing an incorrect location identifier that is different from the location identifier transmitted from the location server to the mobile station.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a request for a location estimate to the mobile station, wherein the request comprises the location identifier;
obtaining the location of the mobile station from measurements or a location estimate received from the mobile station; and
transmitting the location of the mobile station from the location server to the external entity.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the external entity comprises a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) agent.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the external entity comprises a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location server comprises a SUPL Location Platform (SLP).
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location identifier comprises a location Universal Resource Identifier (URI).
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising provisioning the location identifier at the location server.
9. A location server, comprising:
a transmitter capable of transmitting one or more messages comprising a location identifier for a mobile station to the mobile station;
a receiver capable of receiving one or more messages from an external entity comprising a request for a location estimate of the mobile station, the request comprising the location identifier; and
a computing platform capable of selectively authorizing the request for the location estimate based at least in part on the location identifier.
10. The location server of claim 9 , wherein the computing platform is further capable of selectively inhibiting the request for the location estimate at least partially in response to the request containing an incorrect location identifier that is different from the location identifier transmitted from the location server to the mobile station.
11. The location server of claim 9 , wherein the transmitter is further capable of:
transmitting a request for a location estimate to the mobile station, wherein the request comprises the location identifier; and
the transmitter is further capable of transmitting the messages comprising the location of the mobile station to the external entity.
12. The location server of claim 11 , wherein the external entity comprises a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) agent.
13. The location server of claim 11 , wherein the external entity comprises a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).
14. The location server of claim 9 , wherein the location server comprises a SUPL Location Platform (SLP).
15. The location server of claim 9 , wherein the location identifier comprises a location Universal Resource Identifier (URI).
16. The location server of claim 9 , wherein the computing platform is capable of provisioning the location identifier at the location server.
17. The location server of claim 9 , wherein the receiver is further capable of receiving messages from the mobile station comprising measurements or a location estimate.
18. The location server of claim 7 , wherein the computing platform is further capable of obtaining the location of the mobile station from the measurements or location estimate.
19. A location server, comprising:
means for transmitting one or more messages comprising a location identifier for a mobile station to the mobile station;
means for receiving one or more messages from an external entity comprising a request for a location estimate of the mobile station, the request comprising the location identifier; and
means for selectively authorizing the request for the location estimate based at least in part on the location identifier.
20. The location server of claim 19 , further comprising means for selectively inhibiting the request for the location estimate at least partially in response to the request containing an incorrect location identifier that is different from the location identifier transmitted from the location server to the mobile station.
21. The location server of claim 19 , wherein the means for transmitting is further capable of:
transmitting a request for a location estimate to the mobile station, wherein the request comprises the location identifier; and
transmitting the one or more messages comprising the location of the mobile station to the external entity.
22. The location server of claim 21 , wherein the trusted entity comprises a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) agent.
23. The location server of claim 21 , wherein the trusted entity comprises a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).
24. The location server of claim 19 , wherein the location server comprises a SUPL Location Platform (SLP).
25. The location server of claim 19 , wherein the location identifier comprises a location Universal Resource Identifier (URI).
26. The location server of claim 19 , further comprising means for provisioning the location identifier at the location server.
27. The location server of claim 19 , wherein the means for receiving is further capable of receiving messages from the mobile station comprising measurements or a location estimate.
28. The location server of claim 19 , wherein the means for selectively authorizing is further capable of obtaining the location of the mobile station from the measurements or location estimate.
29. An article comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium having machine-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by a special purpose computing apparatus to:
initiate transmission of a location identifier for a mobile station from a location server to the mobile station;
process a request for a location estimate of the mobile station received from the location server, the request comprising the location identifier; and
selectively authorize the request for the location estimate based at least in part on the location identifier.
30. The article of claim 29 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the special purpose computing apparatus to selectively inhibit the request for the location estimate at least partially in response to the request containing an incorrect location identifier that is different from the location identifier transmitted from the location server to the mobile station.
31. The article of claim 29 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the special purpose computing apparatus to initiate transmission of the location of the mobile station from the location server to a trusted entity.
32. The article of claim 29 , wherein the location server comprises a SUPL Location Platform (SLP).
33. The article of claim 29 , wherein the location identifier comprises a location Universal Resource Identifier (URI).
34. The article of claim 29 , further comprising provisioning the location identifier at the location server.