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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew E. Shepherd, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ronald K. Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen J. Rhee, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel T. Kurtz, Cupertino, CA (US);
Erik Neuenschwander, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An application manager of a mobile device can provide a user with the ability to control whether an application can use location information provided by a location subsystem of the mobile device. The application can request a current location of the mobile device and the location subsystem can provide the location of the mobile device in accordance with a location services authorization type that is assigned to the application.