	US 12,445,841 B2
	Method and device for obtaining, managing, and verifying user consent for external provision of user data analysis information
Dongjoo Kim, Seoul (KR); and Hyunsook Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/026,728
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/012093 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 16, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/059987, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0120734 (KR), filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0345244 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/062 (2021.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01)

CPC H04W 12/062 (2021.01) [H04W 12/106 (2021.01)]

14 Claims

1. A method comprising;

for a data request collection for a specific user requested by an application node, receiving, from a network data analytics node, a first request message about whether consent has been received from the specific user, wherein the first request message includes an identifier (ID) of the specific user;

determining subscription information of the specific user based on the ID of the specific user;

in response to the first request message, transmitting, to the network data analytics node, a first response message including a user consent parameter stored in the subscription information of the specific user, wherein the user consent parameter informs that the specific user does not have consent;

receiving, from the application node, a second request message including the ID of the specific user, the consent obtained from the specific user, and a HASH;

checking integrity of the consent obtained from the specific user by verifying the HASH;

updating the user consent parameter stored in the subscription information of the specific user based on the consent obtained from the specific user; and

in response to the second request message, transmitting, to the application node, a second response message informing that the subscription information of the specific user has been updated.