公开(公告)号：US20220201429A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17603892

申请日：2020-04-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan R. Schoenberg ,  Adam M. Driscoll ,  E. Thomas Erdmann, IV ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Robert W. Mayor ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Munish K. Poonia ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Christina Selle ,  Langford M. Wasada ,  Swadesh Bhattacharya ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Brent M. Ledvina

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W52/02

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device comprising a wireless processor coupled with a wireless radio, memory to store instructions, and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The one or more processors, based on the instructions, are to scan for a beacon advertisement using the wireless processor, store the beacon and a timestamp in a beacon advertisement buffer in response to detection of the beacon via the wireless processor, correlate a beacon advertisement with stored location data to determine a location estimate for a device associated with the beacon advertisement, encrypt the location estimate for the beacon advertisement using a beacon identifier broadcast with the beacon identifier, and transmit a hash of the beacon identifier and an encrypted location estimate for the beacon advertisement to a device locator server. Embodiments also provide techniques to enable known device matching and horizontal accuracy adjustment during location data harvesting for wireless accessory devices.

公开(公告)号：US20180337967A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：US15721571

申请日：2017-09-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Grant Ritchie ,  Gokul Thirumalai ,  Philomena Lobo ,  Robert Y. Loh ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Mithilesh Kumar ,  Austin Marusco ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Aniket Zamwar ,  Alexandre Perematko ,  Daniel B. Pollack ,  Nicholas J. Circosta

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04W4/14 ,  G10L15/22

Abstract: A messaging system, in one embodiment, can establish messaging accounts for a plurality of organizations (e.g., businesses) to allow customers or users of the organizations to conduct two-way messaging sessions between a customer and an organization. The messaging system can use a registration portal to allow an organization to set up a business/organization messaging account by providing account information. The account information can then be used to update one or more searchable databases that allow a customer to have multiple entry points into a messaging session with each of the registered businesses in the messaging system. For example, a search through a web browser or a map application can provide search results that contain or otherwise provide access to a selectable messaging option that is presented on a customer's device.

公开(公告)号：US12075313B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17818859

申请日：2022-08-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Scott Lopatin ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Lawrence T. Lu ,  Robert W. Mayor ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Munish K. Poonia ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Sam Schaevitz ,  Yannick L. Sierra ,  Navin Bindiganavile Suparna ,  Langford Wasada

IPC: H04W4/20 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/63

CPC classification number: H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/63

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to crowdsource the location of wireless devices and accessories that lack a connection to a wide area network. One embodiment provides for a data processing system configured to perform operations comprising loading a user interface on an electronic device, the user interface to enable the determination of a location of a wireless accessory that is associated with the electronic device, generating a set of public keys included within a signal broadcast by the wireless accessory, the signal broadcast during a first period, sending the set of public keys to a server with a request to return data that corresponds with a public key in the set of public keys, decrypting the location data using a private key associated with the public key, and processing the location data to determine a probable location for the wireless accessory.

公开(公告)号：US11582579B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-14

申请号：US16586184

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Tommy Rochette

IPC: H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L9/08 ,  G01S5/02 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04W12/0471

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to enable the secure streaming of real-time location data between electronic devices. One embodiment provides for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to perform operations comprising creating record to specify a location streaming relationship between a first device registered with a first user account and a second device registered with a second online account, the record including a secret key. The record is stored to an online datastore and shared between the first user account and the second online account. The location data stream can be encrypted using the secret key stored in the record.

公开(公告)号：US20220200789A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17603562

申请日：2020-04-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Emmanuel Lalande ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Munish K. Poonia ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Yannick L. Sierra

IPC: H04L9/08 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W12/0431

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to cause one or more processor to perform operations to share a set of keys used to communicate with a wireless accessory device. By sharing the set of keys, functionality of the wireless accessory device can be delegated by an owner to other individuals.

公开(公告)号：US20170359681A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-14

申请号：US15273550

申请日：2016-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Scott Lopatin ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Navin Bindiganavile Suparna ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Sarish Jain ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Tommy Rochette

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/20

CPC classification number: H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W4/80

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.

公开(公告)号：US11870902B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17193838

申请日：2021-03-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mayur P. Mahajan ,  Gokul P. Thirumalai ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Robert Y. Loh ,  Yannick L. Sierra

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L51/046 ,  H04L9/08

CPC classification number: H04L9/3213 ,  H04L9/0822 ,  H04L9/3226 ,  H04L51/046

Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to the authentication of a first user in a communication session between the first user using a user device and a second user using a remote computer system. The computer system sends an authentication request in the session, and the user device receives the authentication request in the session via a messaging program. The user device then causes a different program to access an authentication token received from an authentication computer system. The user device sends an indication of the authentication token to the remote computer system which the remote computer system verifies to authenticate the first user within the session.

公开(公告)号：US11606669B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-14

申请号：US17813897

申请日：2022-07-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Scott Lopatin ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Lawrence T. Lu ,  Robert W. Mayor ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Munish K. Poonia ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Sam Schaevitz ,  Yannick L. Sierra ,  Navin Bindiganavile Suparna ,  Langford Wasada

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/63

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to crowdsource the location of wireless devices and accessories that lack a connection to a wide area network. One embodiment provides for a data processing system configured to perform operations comprising loading a user interface on an electronic device, the user interface to enable the determination of a location of a wireless accessory that is associated with the electronic device, generating a set of public keys included within a signal broadcast by the wireless accessory, the signal broadcast during a first period, sending the set of public keys to a server with a request to return data that corresponds with a public key in the set of public keys, decrypting the location data using a private key associated with the public key, and processing the location data to determine a probable location for the wireless accessory.

公开(公告)号：US20220141623A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17575888

申请日：2022-01-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Andreas E. Schobel ,  Swaminathan Jayaraman ,  Paul W. Salzman ,  Kevin M. Lynch ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Albert R. Howard ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Thomas Chathoth Abraham ,  Frank De Jong ,  Rachel F. Needle ,  David John Williams ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Swadesh Bhattacharya

IPC: H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/021 ,  G08B21/02

Abstract: In some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. A user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. During that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. If the first computing device unexpectedly leaves or fails to enter the expected location, the first computing device may transmit a notification to the second computing device. Similarly, if the first computing device loses connectivity with other devices, a server device may notify the second computing device that the location of the first computing device cannot be determined.

公开(公告)号：US10057197B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15721605

申请日：2017-09-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Grant Ritchie ,  Gokul Thirumalai ,  Philomena Lobo ,  Robert Y. Loh ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Mithilesh Kumar ,  Austin Marusco ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Aniket Zamwar ,  Alexandre Perematko ,  Daniel B. Pollack ,  Nicholas J. Circosta

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: G06Q30/016 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  G06F16/29 ,  H04L51/02 ,  H04L51/046 ,  H04L51/063 ,  H04L51/16 ,  H04L51/20 ,  H04L51/30 ,  H04L51/38 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04L67/141 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04M1/72552 ,  H04M1/72561 ,  H04W4/14

Abstract: A messaging system, in one embodiment, can establish messaging accounts for a plurality of organizations (e.g. businesses) to allow customers or users of the organizations to conduct two-way messaging sessions between a customer and an organization. The messaging system can use a registration portal to allow an organization to set up a business/organization messaging account by providing account information. The account information can then be used to update one or more searchable databases that allow a customer to have multiple entry points into a messaging session with each of the registered businesses in the messaging system. For example, a search through a web browser or a map application can provide search results that contain or otherwise provide access to a selectable messaging option that is presented on a customer's device.