Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Range-free proximity determination
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Application No.: US15891453Application Date: 2018-02-08
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Publication No.: US10080103B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Pejman Lotfali Kazemi , Lukas M. Marti , Robert Mayor , Shannon M. Ma , Ronald K. Huang
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W4/021 ; G01S5/02 ; H04W64/00

Abstract:
Techniques of range free proximity determination are described. A mobile device can determine an entry into or exit from a proximity fence upon determining that the mobile device is sufficiently close to a signal source. The proximity fence can be a virtual fence defined by the signal source and associated with a service. The mobile device can detect signals from multiple signal sources. The mobile device can determine that, among the signal sources, one or more signal sources are located closest to the mobile device based on a ranking of the signal sources using signal strength. The mobile device can determine a probability indicating a confident level of the ranking. The mobile device can determine that the mobile device entered or exited a proximity fence associated with a highest ranked signal source satisfying a confidence threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180167771A1 Range-Free Proximity Determination Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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