Patent ID: 7751825

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a memory element; and a processor element operatively enabled to execute a set of instructions stored in the memory element, wherein the set of instructions if executed by the processor element operatively enable the processor element to: access location information identifying a measured geographic location of a target, the location information including at least one arc value associated with either a measured longitude or a measured latitude; convert the arc value into a corresponding linear value, the linear value being associated with a linear distance; determine an adjusted linear value based at least in part on a desired linear precision value and the linear value; convert the adjusted linear value into a corresponding adjusted arc value associated with either an adjusted longitude or an adjusted latitude; establish adjusted location information of the target based at least in part on the adjusted arc value, wherein the adjusted location information identifies a diluted geographic location of the target; and initiate transmission of at least a portion of the adjusted location information to a requesting entity unless the measured geographic location lies within a problematic territory, then refraining from initiating transmission of the adjusted location information to the requesting entity.