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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:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Glenn Donald Macgougan, San Jose, CA (US);

Isaac Thomas Miller, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Pejman Lotfali Kazemi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Richard B. Warren, Redwood City, CA (US);

William Joseph Bencze, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide for a system, a non-transitory machine-readable medium, and methods to provide location services. In an embodiment, a method provides receiving at least one indication that an electronic device is in transit to at least one defined location, establishing a first fence boundary for the at least one defined location, receiving an indication that the electronic device has crossed the first fence boundary and is in transit to a defined location, and establishing a second fence for the defined location, where the second fence provides a finer granularity fence for the defined location than the first fence.


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