| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to a method and a system for protecting the user identifier of a service user from the service provider in a mobile communication network, which service to be provided/used is a content service utilizing the geographical information of the service user. The system comprises a terminal device of the service user (11) for sending the service request to the service provider; equipment of the service provider (12) for generating the service response and sending it to the service user; and a mobile communication network (10) for transmitting the service request and the service response. In accordance with the invention, the system comprises an encrypting device (13) for generating the service-request-specific anonymous identifier corresponding to the user identifier; an identification database (13) for storing the user identifier and corresponding anonymous identifier; a service gateway (14) for retrieving the user identifier and the anonymous identifier corresponding to one another and for substituting the identifiers in question with one another in the service requests and service responses directed to the service gateway in question; and a location register (15) for retrieving the user identifier corresponding to the anonymous identifier as well as for retrieving the geographical information of the service user based on the user identifier in question. |
