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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark Edward Davis, San Diego, CA (US);

Gabriel C. Cox, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/104 (2021.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/104 (2021.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques and systems are described for monitoring remote identifiers transmitted by aerial devices and for detecting whether an aerial device is engaging in suspicious activities. A described technique can include determining, based on information collected from one or mom network components associated with a cellular network, that an aerial device is communicating via the cellular network and is operating in a geographical area; determining whether the aerial device corresponds to a remote identifier which is transmitted within the geographical area or reported for the geographical area; and providing an alarm notification based on the aerial device lacking a correspondence to a remote identifier which is transmitted within the geographical area or reported for the geographical area.


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