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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alex Jacobson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nicholas Sabatino, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sudhi Herle, Mountain View, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that implement an application programming interface (API). When invoked by a software entity executing on a computing device, the API is configured to receive, from the application, an indication of a geographic location (); obtain, from an operating system of the computing device, an indication of a general geographic area associated with a home location of a user, wherein the operating system prevents the software entity from accessing the indication of the general geographic area (); and provide, to the software entity, an indication of whether the geographic location is within the general geographic area ().