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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Location Labs, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Daniel Hodges, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tasos Roumeliotis, Orinda, CA (US);
Scott Hotes, Berkeley, CA (US);
Location Labs, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of enabling device use is provided. The method includes receiving from a first user an indication of at least one geographic area. Location information of a second user corresponding to a mobile device is received. The location information of the second user and the at least one geographic area are compared, and at least one of an application on the mobile device and a functional component of the mobile device are enabled based on the comparison of the location information of the second user and the at least one geographic area. A computing system for enabling device use is also provided.