	US 12,108,244 B1
	System and method for masking user application usage
Gregory Schumacher, Holliston, MA (US); Marouane Balmakhtar, Fairfax, VA (US); and Serge Manning, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,232.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01)

CPC H04W 12/02 (2013.01) [H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/35 (2021.01)]

17 Claims

1. A method of managing a wireless communication session, the method comprising:

receiving a privacy enable request from an application associated with a wireless communication device;

masking an application identifier corresponding to the application, thereby to generate a masked application identifier, the masking including:

requesting an application attribute data from an application registry associated with the wireless communication device, the application attribute data including the application identifier,

replacing the application identifier in the application attribute data with an anonymized value or with a blank value, thereby to generate a masked application attribute data, and

including the masked application attribute data in an application attribute request response;

receiving an application attribute request from a route selection manager, the application attribute request including a request for the application identifier; and

in response to the privacy enable request and the application attribute request, returning the application attribute request response to the route selection manager, the application attribute request including the masked application identifier.