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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:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anthony LaMarca, Seattle, WA (US);

Kirk Skeba, Fremont, CA (US);

Jaroslaw Sydir, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 4/60 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04M 1/72403 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04M 1/72403 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/30 (2018.02); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 4/60 (2018.02); H04M 2250/06 (2013.01); H04M 2250/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
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.


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