公开(公告)号：US20220201429A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17603892

申请日：2020-04-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan R. Schoenberg ,  Adam M. Driscoll ,  E. Thomas Erdmann, IV ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Robert W. Mayor ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Munish K. Poonia ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Christina Selle ,  Langford M. Wasada ,  Swadesh Bhattacharya ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Brent M. Ledvina

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W52/02

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device comprising a wireless processor coupled with a wireless radio, memory to store instructions, and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The one or more processors, based on the instructions, are to scan for a beacon advertisement using the wireless processor, store the beacon and a timestamp in a beacon advertisement buffer in response to detection of the beacon via the wireless processor, correlate a beacon advertisement with stored location data to determine a location estimate for a device associated with the beacon advertisement, encrypt the location estimate for the beacon advertisement using a beacon identifier broadcast with the beacon identifier, and transmit a hash of the beacon identifier and an encrypted location estimate for the beacon advertisement to a device locator server. Embodiments also provide techniques to enable known device matching and horizontal accuracy adjustment during location data harvesting for wireless accessory devices.

公开(公告)号：US20240380575A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18646601

申请日：2024-04-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Sarish Jain ,  Stephen M. Polansky ,  Karthikeyan Pattabiraman ,  Swadesh Bhattacharya ,  Raghunandan K. Pai

IPC: H04L9/08 ,  G06F21/62

Abstract: Methods, non-transitory machine-readable mediums, and system to provide that a delegate server receives authentication credentials from a first sharee electronic device, determines at least one cryptographic key and metadata accessible to a first sharee corresponding to the received authentication credentials, the metadata defines a set of conditions for a share of location information for an accessory device, evaluates the metadata to determine if the set of conditions are satisfied, upon determination that the set of conditions are satisfied, sends the metadata and the at least one cryptographic key to the first sharee electronic device, receives an indication that a second sharee electronic device is joining the share of location information for the accessory device, and sends at least one update for the cryptographic key and the metadata.

公开(公告)号：US20250088825A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18797162

申请日：2024-08-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Katherine K. Ernst ,  Kerry Nguyen ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Alexander R. Hanuska

IPC: H04W4/029 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W60/00

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for enabling privacy-preserving techniques for discovering the precise location of a device by another device using short range positioning schemes.

公开(公告)号：US20240349042A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18637105

申请日：2024-04-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin A. Detwiler ,  Brent M. Ledvina ,  Chen Ganir ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Ernst T. Erdmann ,  Yannick L. Sierra

IPC: H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/121

CPC classification number: H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/121

Abstract: Portable electronic devices can be used to perform tracking functionality through the exchange of proximity messages. Based on the payload in these messages, a mobile device can detect whether a portable electronic device is likely performing unwanted tracking. The mobile device user may wish to identify an account that is associated with the portable device. In response to a request from the mobile device, the portable electronic device can provide a partial identifier that can be used to determine an associated account. The portable electronic device can also provide information that the mobile device can use to locate disablement instructions that can show how to stop the portable device from performing tracking functionality.

公开(公告)号：US11582579B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-14

申请号：US16586184

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Tommy Rochette

IPC: H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L9/08 ,  G01S5/02 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04W12/0471

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to enable the secure streaming of real-time location data between electronic devices. One embodiment provides for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to perform operations comprising creating record to specify a location streaming relationship between a first device registered with a first user account and a second device registered with a second online account, the record including a secret key. The record is stored to an online datastore and shared between the first user account and the second online account. The location data stream can be encrypted using the secret key stored in the record.

公开(公告)号：US20220200789A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17603562

申请日：2020-04-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Emmanuel Lalande ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Munish K. Poonia ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Yannick L. Sierra

IPC: H04L9/08 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W12/0431

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to cause one or more processor to perform operations to share a set of keys used to communicate with a wireless accessory device. By sharing the set of keys, functionality of the wireless accessory device can be delegated by an owner to other individuals.