US Patent Application 18059325. Capturing Location Data For Waypoint simplified abstract

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Capturing Location Data For Waypoint

Organization Name

Apple Inc.


Inventor(s)

Jared K. Mcgann of San Jose CA (US)

Qing Tao of Santa Clara CA (US)

Capturing Location Data For Waypoint - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18059325 titled 'Capturing Location Data For Waypoint

Simplified Explanation

This patent application describes a system and methods for providing location services on an electronic device.

  • The system receives a request to display waypoint user interface objects on the device's user interface.
  • It sends a request to periodically gather information about these waypoints, such as their position or bearing.
  • The frequency of these information requests is determined based on the device's motion classification.
  • After a certain time period, the system decides whether to wake up the application processor or combine the information request with other processing tasks.
  • The system then receives the requested waypoint information and displays it on the device's user interface.


Original Abstract Submitted

Embodiments described herein provide for a system, a non-transitory machine-readable medium, and methods to provide location services. In an embodiment, a method provides receiving a request to display at least one waypoint user interface object on an electronic device user interface, sending a request to duty cycle waypoint information requests for the at least one waypoint user interface object, wherein the duty cycle has a first time period based on a motion classification, and where a waypoint information request comprises at least one of a positioning request or a bearing request, upon expiration of the first time period, performing at least one of determining not to wake an application processor based on receipt of waypoint information from another application during the time period, or coalescing the waypoint information request with other process requests, and receiving the waypoint information and displaying the received waypoint information on the electronic device user interface.

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