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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Marion Patricia Daly, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lucas J. Russe, Aurora, IL (US);
Franco Travostino, San Jose, CA (US);
Joshua V. Graessley, San Jose, CA (US);
Brent A. Fulgham, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Twu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Maciej Stachowiak, San Francisco, CA (US);
James P. Wood, Gilroy, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for monitoring tracker activity for applications on an electronic device. A monitoring process running on an electronic device is configured to monitor network connections of at least a first application running on the electronic device to identify network connections that connect to a network endpoint associated with an activity tracker. Based on the monitoring, tracker monitoring information is generated for at least the first application. The tracker monitoring information identifies activity tracking initiated by the first application. Based on the tracker monitoring information, the monitoring process performs an action.