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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:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jahshan Bhatti, San Jose, CA (US);

David Benjamin Millman, Mountain View, CA (US);

Brian Stephen Smith, Campbell, CA (US);

Jasvinder Singh, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01C 21/206 (2013.01); G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method comprising: receiving a radio map of an indoor venue using survey data collected by a survey device positioned throughout the venue, the radio map including a boundary; receiving harvest data from a mobile device, wherein at least some of the harvest data are obtained by the mobile device while the mobile device is positioned at locations that are outside of the boundary; determining, based on the harvest data, a trajectory of the mobile device, wherein at least some of the trajectory resides outside of the boundary; identifying one or more locations on or proximate to the trajectory; and extending the radio map using the survey data and the one or more identified locations, wherein the extended radio map is defined at least in part by an extension of the boundary to encompass the one or more identified locations.


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