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- Patent Title: Ranging between mobile devices
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Application No.: US16586281Application Date: 2019-09-27
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Publication No.: US11019195B2Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Brent M. Ledvina , Marc J. Krochmal , Robert W. Brumley , Sriram Hariharan
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; H04W12/06 ; H04M1/72457 ; G06F3/0481 ; H04L9/30 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W4/12 ; H04W8/18 ; H04M1/72436 ; H04W12/033

Abstract:
A mobile device can include ranging circuitry to determine distance to another mobile device. A first wireless protocol can establish an initial communication session to perform authentication and/or exchange ranging settings. A second protocol can perform ranging, and other wireless protocols can transmit content. In one example, the distance information can be used to display a relative position of another device on a user interface of a sending device. The user interface can allow a user to quickly and accurately select the recipient device for sending the data item. As other example, the distance information obtained from ranging can be used to trigger a notification (e.g., a reminder) to be output from a first mobile device or used to display a visual indicator on a receiving device. Proximity of a device (e.g., as determined by a distance) can be used to suggest recipient for a new communication.
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