US 12,238,605 B1
Systems, methods, and devices for anonymous geospatial popularity evaluation
Eric S Kinnear, San Jose, CA (US); Ozgur Ekici, Ottawa (CA); Adam M Driscoll, Atherton, CA (US); Elliot S Briggs, Carmel, CA (US); Sean M Meiners, San Jose, CA (US); Brandon J Van Ryswyk, Los Altos, CA (US); and Siraj T Abidi, Sunnyvale (CA)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/669,969.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the UE to:
monitor a geographic location of the UE relative to one or more bounding boxes, each bounding box of the one or more bounding boxes corresponding to a geographic area;
detect entry of the UE into a bounding box of the one or more bounding boxes;
generate, in response to the entry into the bounding box, an anonymous presence indicator without information identifying the UE and comprising information identifying the bounding box;
communicate the anonymous presence indicator to a bounding box server;
monitor a duration of time during which the UE refrains from sending another anonymous presence indicator; and
continue monitoring the geographic location of the UE relative to the one or more bounding boxes.