Patent ID: 8479299
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for strategically reducing the accuracy of geotag information embedded in digital photographs, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring network traffic between at least one client and at least one server; identifying, by at least one computer, transmission of a file stream in the monitored network traffic, said identified file stream comprising a digital photograph; identifying, by the at least one computer, a geotag in the identified file stream; identifying, by the at least one computer, integrity verification information in the identified file stream; determining, by the at least one computer, that the identified geotag corresponds to a private location; modifying, by the at least one computer, the identified geotag and reducing accuracy of its content; wherein modifying, by the at least one computer, the identified geotag and reducing accuracy of its content further comprises: updating, by the at least one computer, the integrity verification information to account for the modified geotag.