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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Scott Lopatin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Emmanuel Lalande, San Francisco, CA (US);
Navin Bindiganavile Suparna, Cupertino, CA (US);
Raghunandan K. Pai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sarish Jain, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Siva Ganesh Movva, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tommy Rochette, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, devices and computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for managing location sharing requests. In various implementations, a requesting device or a server computer in communication with the requesting device, receives a location sharing request associated with a user and, in response, sends a notification to a companion device associated with the user. A location of the companion device is received from the companion device together with a list of one or more devices associated with the user that are paired with the companion device and a connection status for at least one of the one or more paired devices. The connection status indicates if there is a direct communication link established between the paired device and the companion device. A notification is sent to each disconnected paired device based on the connection status. Each disconnected device that is worn or carried by the user responds with their location.