US 11,736,494 B2
Location service authorization and indication
Stephen J. Rhee, San Jose, CA (US); Adam M. Driscoll, Atherton, CA (US); Jeffrey Michael Bartunek, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ronald K. Huang, San Jose, CA (US); Erik Neuenschwander, San Mateo, CA (US); Patrick Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US); and Guy L. Tribble, Hillsborough, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/192,149.
Application 17/192,149 is a continuation of application No. 16/435,218, filed on Jun. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,965,687.
Application 16/435,218 is a continuation of application No. 16/270,898, filed on Feb. 8, 2019, granted, now 10,667,078, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 16/270,898 is a continuation of application No. 15/273,479, filed on Sep. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,244,344, issued on Mar. 26, 2019.
Application 15/273,479 is a continuation of application No. 14/503,215, filed on Sep. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,473,883, issued on Oct. 18, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/006,089, filed on May 31, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0194889 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04M 1/72403 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 63/107 (2013.01) [H04M 1/72403 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 12/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
presenting, by a processor, an authorization dialog on a display of a mobile device, the authorization dialog associated with a location service authorization type that determines one or more conditions for an application running on the mobile device that is allowed to receive location services;
receiving user input, through the authorization dialog, authorizing location service for the application according to the location service authorization type;
determining, by the processor, that the application is in use on the mobile device and requests location data of the mobile device from the location service according to the location service authorization type;
providing a location service for the application in accordance with the location service authorization type; and
displaying a status indicator having a visual appearance indicative of the location service authorization type of the provided location service.