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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Mayor, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Glenn Donald MacGougan, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G01S 19/17 (2010.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/17 (2013.01); H04L 65/1006 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02);
Abstract

System and method for submitting a location of a mobile device to a public service for providing emergency assistance are described. A mobile device can determine that a user is making an emergency call from the mobile device. The mobile device can then enable a location determination function of the mobile device and determine a location of the mobile device. The mobile device can determine the location in multiple attempts, including, in a first time window, attempting to determine a location with low uncertainty and, if the attempt fails, determining a location with high uncertainty in a second time window. The mobile device can then submit the location to a dispatcher through a mobile network operator.


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