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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is an apparatus comprising a location-awareness determination circuit configured to determine a location of the apparatus; at least one processor configured to determine at least one contextual factor of the apparatus including a type identifier of the determined location; an app-management facilitator configured to activate at least one mobile application ('app') that is associated with the determined location of the apparatus based, at least in part, upon the determined at least one contextual factor; and deactivate at least one of the selected apps on the apparatus when the apparatus exits the location, based on the determined at least one contextual factor of the apparatus.