Patent ID: 7349377
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing location privacy for a terminal node in communication with a communication partner node in a communication network system comprising at least a first communication network, at least one server entity, and a plurality of agent entities; identifying a respective node communicating via said communication network system by its permanent network address and addressing the respective node by a temporary network address; maintaining by each of said at least one server entities a record of said plurality of agent entities and their respective location within the network system; requesting, by said terminal node, said at least one server entity for location privacy; selecting, at said at least one server entity, a specific one of said plurality of agent entities, based on data maintained in said record of said server entity and said temporary network address of said requesting terminal node; and communicating messages between said terminal node and said communication partner node via said selected one of said agent entities.