US 11,812,333 B2
Power efficient operation at significant locations
Srirang A. Lovlekar, Fremont, CA (US); Murtaza A. Shikari, Mountain View, CA (US); Zheng Lu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Pankaj Subhash Vasandani, San Jose, CA (US); Srinivasan Nimmala, San Jose, CA (US); Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Ramon, CA (US); Viswanath Nagarajan, San Jose, CA (US); Lakshmi N. Kavuri, San Jose, CA (US); Sridhar Prakasam, Fremont, CA (US); Robert K. Kitchens, San Jose, CA (US); Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US); Muthukumaran Dhanapal, San Diego, CA (US); and Xiangpeng Jing, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,118.
Application 17/663,118 is a division of application No. 16/380,102, filed on Apr. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,343,640.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337970 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 8/30 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/023 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0456 (2013.01); H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/30 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a user equipment (UE) configured to establish a connection with a network:
identifying at least one predetermined condition comprising a first predetermined condition indicating whether the UE is located at a location relative to a camped cell of the network for a predetermined amount of time;
generating a profile for the location based on identifying the first predetermined condition, wherein generating the profile comprises tagging the location with a unique identifier;
storing the profile in a local database;
collecting, when at the location tagged with the unique identifier, information corresponding to at least one of characteristics of the network or behavior of the UE; and
updating the profile based on the information.