Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Location source control
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Application No.: US15275236Application Date: 2016-09-23
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Publication No.: US10939486B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Bradley Joel Jensen , Glenn Donald MacGougan , Kumar Gaurav Chhokra , Robert Mayor , Ronald K. Huang , Stephen J. Rhee
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Jaffery Watson Mendonsa & Hamilton LLP
- Main IPC: H04W76/14
- IPC: H04W76/14 ; H04W4/029 ; H04W4/80

Abstract:
Techniques for location source control for paired devices are described. Location source control selects a location source for a mobile device. The mobile device can receive, from an application program, a request for determining a location of the mobile device. The mobile device can determine a first location estimate using a location subsystem of the mobile device. The mobile device can determine whether to provide the first location estimate as input to the application program, or to provide a second location estimate as input to the application program. The second location estimate can be an estimated location of the companion device and determined by the companion device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170359694A1 LOCATION SOURCE CONTROL Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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