US 12,432,523 B2
Proactive provision of positioning information based on user context
Glenn Donald MacGougan, San Jose, CA (US); Isaac Thomas Miller, Half Moon Bay, CA (US); Pejman Lotfali Kazemi, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard B. Warren, Redwood City, CA (US); and William Joseph Bencze, Half Moon Bay, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,723.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/339,898, filed on May 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0362582 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving at least one indication that an electronic device is in transit to at least one defined location;
in response to receiving the at least one indication that the electronic device is in transit to the at least one defined location, selecting a first processor of a plurality of processors for determining positioning information for the electronic device, the first processor selected based at least in part on a location criterion or a power criterion;
establishing a first fence boundary for the at least one defined location;
receiving an indication that the electronic device has crossed the first fence boundary and is in transit to a defined location;
in response to receiving the indication that the electronic device crosses the first fence boundary, selecting a second processor of the plurality of processors for determining positioning information for the electronic device, the second processor selected based at least in part on the location criterion or the power criterion; and
establishing a second fence for the defined location, wherein the second fence provides a finer granularity fence for the defined location than the first fence.