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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Joseph Ding-jiu Huang, Kingston, CA;
David Benjamin Millman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Ding-Jiu Huang, Kingston, CA;
David Benjamin Millman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of generating a user?s location using a mobile device. The method comprises, determining a signal snapshot on the mobile device, the signal snapshot describing characteristics of unregulated radio frequency (RF) transmissions detectable by the mobile device. Generating the user?s location on the mobile device using the signal snapshot and at least one additional input from the mobile device. The generating and determining are iteratively repeated. The unregulated RF transmission can comprise WiFi signals.