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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
John Carl Mese, Cary, NC (US);
Philip John Jakes, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/107 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); H04B 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, an apparatus includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to use an ultra-wideband (UWB) transceiver to determine a current location of a device and to, based on the current location as determined using the UWB transceiver, restrict how the device can be used while the device is located at the current location.