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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Sanjay K. Verma, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/24 (2006.01); G01S 3/04 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/24 (2013.01); G01S 3/046 (2013.01); G08B 13/1427 (2013.01); G08B 21/0225 (2013.01); G08B 21/0277 (2013.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08B 21/0213 (2013.01); G08B 21/0269 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods and computer-readable mediums are disclosed for wirelessly tethered device tracking. In some implementations, a method comprises: determining, by a first wireless device, an estimated distance between the first wireless device and a second wireless device, the second wireless device paired with the first wireless device; selecting, by the first wireless device, a first alarm to be generated by the first wireless device based on the estimated distance; and causing, by the first wireless device, the selected first alarm to be generated on the first wireless device.