Apple inc. (20250016524). Generating Unexpected Location Notifications

Generating Unexpected Location Notifications

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Andreas E. Schobel of San Francisco CA (US)

Swaminathan Jayaraman of Cupertino CA (US)

Paul W. Salzman of Palo Alto CA (US)

Kevin M. Lynch of Woodside CA (US)

Tommy Rochette of San Jose CA (US)

Albert R. Howard of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Siva Ganesh Movva of Cupertino CA (US)

Thomas Chathoth Abraham of San Francisco CA (US)

Frank De Jong of San Francisco CA (US)

Rachel F. Needle of Oakland CA (US)

David John Williams of San Francisco CA (US)

Raghunandan K. Pai of Saratoga CA (US)

Swadesh Bhattacharya of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Generating Unexpected Location Notifications

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250016524 titled 'Generating Unexpected Location Notifications

Original Abstract Submitted

in some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. a user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. during that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. if the first computing device unexpectedly leaves or fails to enter the expected location, the first computing device may transmit a notification to the second computing device. similarly, if the first computing device loses connectivity with other devices, a server device may notify the second computing device that the location of the first computing device cannot be determined.