End-to-end encryption for location sharing

    公开(公告)号:US12301550B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-13

    申请号:US17742357

    申请日:2022-05-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A device implementing end-to-end encryption for location sharing may include at least one processor configured to generate a public-private keypair. The at least one processor may be further configured to encrypt, using a first key of the public-private keypair, location data corresponding to a location of the electronic device. The at least one processor may be further configured to transmit, to a server, the encrypted location data for storage. The at least one processor may be further configured to transmit, via a secure communication channel, a second key of the public-private keypair to another electronic device for subsequent retrieval of the encrypted location data by the other electronic device.

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    公开(公告)号:US20240276177A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18439609

    申请日:2024-02-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W4/029 H04L9/0816 H04L63/08

    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory machine-readable mediums, and system to provide location services are described. In an embodiment, a method provides receiving, at a delegate server, authentication credentials from a sub-delegate of a delegate entity, determining at least one locator service for a wireless accessory device accessible to the sub-delegate with the received authentication credentials, receiving a request for the at least one locator service from the sub-delegate, evaluating a set of inputs to determine if a set of conditions corresponding to the at least one locator service and the sub-delegate are satisfied, upon determination that the set of conditions are satisfied, sending the request for the at least one locator service to a device locator server, and decrypting a response to the request received from the device locator server using encryption keys stored for the delegate entity.

    Server-Mediated Management of Accessory Device Sharing

    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.

    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.

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