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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Michael M. George, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Dana C. Lopiccolo-giles, Seattle, WA (US);
Gustavo Eduardo Lopez, Seattle, WA (US);
Simoina D. Vasen, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Russell Turner, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael M. George, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Dana C. LoPiccolo-Giles, Seattle, WA (US);
Gustavo Eduardo Lopez, Seattle, WA (US);
Simoina D. Vasen, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Russell Turner, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing location information to a location server by a plurality of applications are described. The plurality of applications of a computing device determines location information associated with the computing device, such as by querying location hardware of the computing device. The applications cause transmission of the location information to a location service via a communication network. The location service utilizes the location information in various ways to target communications to users associated with the computing devices.