US 12,376,005 B2
Electronic device, method, and non-transitory storage medium for mitigating location tracking
Woojin Park, Suwon-si (KR); Donguk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Choonghoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jungil Cho, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/576,227.
Application 17/576,227 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/000664, filed on Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0005406 (KR), filed on Jan. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225213 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04W 48/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/08 (2013.01) [H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04W 48/04 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
communication circuitry;
memory; and
at least one processor electrically connected to the communication circuitry and the memory,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
identify an application type of at least one executed application,
select a random number of information elements for the application type from among designated random numbers,
randomly select at least one information element to be included in a frame for wireless communication for the at least one executed application,
based on the selected random number of information elements, set a frame body field including the at least one selected information element,
generate at least one frame including the frame body field, and
control the communication circuitry to transmit the at least one generated frame through the wireless communication,
wherein the frame body field consists of a combination of at least one information element, the combination of the at least one information element including the at least one selected information element, and
wherein a frame body field of an application is changed according to an application type of the application.