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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Adam M. Driscoll, Atherton, CA (US);
Siraj T. Abidi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jessica Aranda, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matthew B. Ball, Pacifica, CA (US);
Krishna M. Behara, Cupertino, CA (US);
Patrick L. Coffman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Charles D. Deets, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher C. Foster, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald K. Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Erik C. Neuenschwander, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen J. Rhee, San Jose, CA (US);
Maria Ryen, San Jose, CA (US);
Brandon J. Van Ryswyk, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christian Schroeder, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shuli Zhou, Fremont, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A location control subsystem is provided that allows a user of an electronic device to define the granularity used to provide location coarseness. A user can define a coarse location granularity for an application. When a coarse device location is reported to an application, the location can be provided with at least a minimum degree of variable specificity based on the selected location coarseness. When an application is granted a coarse location, the application is to interpret the provided location indicating that the user may be anywhere within a geographic region of variable specificity, as opposed to being close to a center point with a horizontal accuracy based on the precision of the location fix, as when a fine granularity location is provided. In addition to reducing the spatial resolution of the location that is reported to the application, the temporal resolution may also be reduced.