Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reduced resolution location determination for improved anonymity of user location
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Application No.: US16147499Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US10743178B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Ronald K. Huang , Lukas M. Marti , Stephen J. Rhee , Robert Mayor , Tadaaki Shimada
- 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: G06F12/02
- IPC: G06F12/02 ; H04W12/02 ; G06F21/62 ; H04L29/12 ; G01S19/39 ; G01S19/42 ; H04W8/16 ; H04W64/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W12/00

Abstract:
Reduced resolution location determination for improved anonymity of a user location is disclosed. In some implementations, a first location of a computing device operating in a geographic area is determined. A population density of the geographic area is estimated. A grid overlay is generated, including a number of cells based on the estimated population density. Using the grid overlay, a second location is generated for the computing device that is less precise than the first location. The less precise second location can be used in a local search or other application to improve the anonymity of the user location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190274035A1 Reduced Resolution Location Determination For Improved Anonymity of User Location Public/Granted day:2019-09-05
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