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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Bradley Joel Jensen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glenn Donald MacGougan, San Jose, CA (US);
Kumar Gaurav Chhokra, San Jose, CA;
Robert Mayor, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Ronald K. Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen J. Rhee, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for location source control for paired devices are described. Location source control selects a location source for a mobile device. The mobile device can receive, from an application program, a request for determining a location of the mobile device. The mobile device can determine a first location estimate using a location subsystem of the mobile device. The mobile device can determine whether to provide the first location estimate as input to the application program, or to provide a second location estimate as input to the application program. The second location estimate can be an estimated location of the companion device and determined by the companion device.