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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
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.
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公开(公告)号:US12127074B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US17575888
申请日:2022-01-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Andreas E. Schobel , Swaminathan Jayaraman , Paul W. Salzman , Kevin M. Lynch , Tommy Rochette , Albert R. Howard , Siva Ganesh Movva , Thomas Chathoth Abraham , Frank De Jong , Rachel F. Needle , David John Williams , Raghunandan K. Pai , Swadesh Bhattacharya
CPC classification number: H04W4/029 , G08B21/0255 , G08B21/028 , H04W4/021 , G06F21/6245 , G08B21/0294 , H04W12/02 , H04W12/03
Abstract: In some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. A user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. During that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. If the first computing device unexpectedly leaves or fails to enter the expected location, the first computing device may transmit a notification to the second computing device. Similarly, if the first computing device loses connectivity with other devices, a server device may notify the second computing device that the location of the first computing device cannot be determined.
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公开(公告)号:US20220141623A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-05
申请号:US17575888
申请日:2022-01-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Andreas E. Schobel , Swaminathan Jayaraman , Paul W. Salzman , Kevin M. Lynch , Tommy Rochette , Albert R. Howard , Siva Ganesh Movva , Thomas Chathoth Abraham , Frank De Jong , Rachel F. Needle , David John Williams , Raghunandan K. Pai , Swadesh Bhattacharya
Abstract: In some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. A user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. During that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. If the first computing device unexpectedly leaves or fails to enter the expected location, the first computing device may transmit a notification to the second computing device. Similarly, if the first computing device loses connectivity with other devices, a server device may notify the second computing device that the location of the first computing device cannot be determined.
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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.
Inventor: Siva Ganesh Movva , Raghunandan K. Pai , Scott Lopatin , Swadesh Bhattacharya , Sarish Jain , Aashish Patil
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.
Inventor: Alexander R. Hanuska , Siva Ganesh Movva , Andrew I. Williams , Sarish Jain , Raghunandan K. Pai , Swadesh Bhattacharya
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20250016524A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-09
申请号:US18890609
申请日:2024-09-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Andreas E. Schobel , Swaminathan Jayaraman , Paul W. Salzman , Kevin M. Lynch , Tommy Rochette , Albert R. Howard , Siva Ganesh Movva , Thomas Chathoth Abraham , Frank De Jong , Rachel F. Needle , David John Williams , Raghunandan K. Pai , Swadesh Bhattacharya
Abstract: In some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. A user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. During that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. If the first computing device unexpectedly leaves or fails to enter the expected location, the first computing device may transmit a notification to the second computing device. Similarly, if the first computing device loses connectivity with other devices, a server device may notify the second computing device that the location of the first computing device cannot be determined.
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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
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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公开(公告)号:US11228864B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-18
申请号:US16845297
申请日:2020-04-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Andreas E. Schobel , Swaminathan Jayaraman , Paul W. Salzman , Kevin M. Lynch , Tommy Rochette , Albert R. Howard , Siva Ganesh Movva , Thomas Chathoth Abraham , Frank De Jong , Rachel F. Needle , David John Williams , Raghunandan K. Pai , Swadesh Bhattacharya
Abstract: In some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. A user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. During that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. If the first computing device unexpectedly leaves or fails to enter the expected location, the first computing device may transmit a notification to the second computing device. Similarly, if the first computing device loses connectivity with other devices, a server device may notify the second computing device that the location of the first computing device cannot be determined.
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