METHOD FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY FOR SEARCH SERVICES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

摘要

The invention relates to a method for protecting privacy for such services in wireless networks (401), wherein the method has the following steps. In accordance with the method, a first anonymized service identifier that identifies a service is generated (202) from a first service identifier of a first device (500) by means of a first generation function. The first anonymized service identifier is sent (203) to a second device (600). A second anonymized service identifier is generated (204) from a second service identifier of the second device (600) by means of the first generation function. The first anonymized service identifier and the second anonymized service identifier are compared (205) by the second device (600). The service is provided or accepted (206) if the comparison involves the first anonymized service identifier and the second anonymized service identifier matching.