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Identifying and locating users on mobile network

A technology for users and mobile devices, applied in the field of telecommunication, which can solve problems such as shortening the battery life of mobile devices

Pending Publication Date: 2019-04-02
APPLE INC
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This repeated use of GPS devices drastically reduces the battery life of mobile devices

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[0022] Various embodiments of the present disclosure are discussed in detail below. When specific embodiments are discussed, it should be understood that this is done for illustration purposes only. A person skilled in the art will recognize that other components and configurations may be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

[0023] The present disclosure addresses the need in the art for a mechanism to transmit location information of a user's mobile device and locate friends and family members through their respective mobile devices. Disclosed herein is a system, method and non-transitory computer readable medium for locating a mobile device by sending commands to the device to determine its current location and returning a report to the requester. figure 1 A brief introductory description of a basic general-purpose system or computing device in may be used to implement the concepts disclosed herein. A more detailed description of th...

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The invention relates to a system and a method of locating "friends" having mobile devices connected to a network and associated with a user account. The method includes sending a request to a mobiledevice, the mobile device determining its present geographic location and responding to the 5 requestor with this information. This information may be in the form of a coordinate location such as a GPS location or it may be in the form of a name that the mobile device owner assigned to a particular area (e.g., "home"). Having this location information, a user is able to view the location of the friend that is associated with the mobile device.

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[0001] This application is a divisional application of an invention patent application with an application date of May 23, 2012, an application number of 201210288784.3, and an invention title of "identifying and locating users in a mobile network". technical field [0002] The present disclosure relates to remotely communicating with a mobile device, such as a mobile phone or media player, and more particularly to causing the mobile device to perform functions by sending one or more remote commands. Background technique [0003] Mobile devices have been adapted for a variety of applications, including computing, communication, and entertainment. With recent improvements, mobile devices can now also determine their geographic location by using a built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna, or by inferring their location from signals received through a network of fixed-position cellular antennas. Thus, a user can determine his or her location using the mobile device. ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04W4/02G01S5/00H04W64/00
CPCH04W64/00G01S5/0072H04W4/023Y02D30/70H04W4/02G01S5/0027G01S5/0263H04W64/006H04L69/28
Inventor R·派T·S·赫里P·O·高提尔K·纳瑞亚南M·帕沙萨拉斯M·沃伦
Owner APPLE INC
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