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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Gregory T. Lydon, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Ronald Keryuan Huang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Lawrence G. Bolton, Fremont, CA (US);
Emily Clark Schubert, San Jose, CA (US);
Jesse Lee Dorogusker, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gregory T. Lydon, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Ronald Keryuan Huang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Lawrence G. Bolton, Fremont, CA (US);
Emily Clark Schubert, San Jose, CA (US);
Jesse Lee Dorogusker, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Location data is exchanged between a portable media device and an accessory. If the portable media player is equipped with location determining capability, the portable media device can communicate its location data to the accessory, and the accessory can use this location data to perform various tasks. If the accessory is equipped with location assistance capability, the accessory can communicate location data to the portable media device, and the portable media device can use this location data to perform various tasks.