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Techniques to manage client location detection

  • US 9,674,653 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2015
  • Issued: 06/06/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • determining, by a server, that a network service of a plurality of network services is scheduled to receive a location update from a mobile device registered with the plurality of network services;

    determining, using a processor circuit on the server, a location accuracy requested by the network service, wherein the location accuracy specifies an allowable margin for error in a location;

    transmitting, by the server, a location request to the mobile device using a network interface component, the location request specifying the location accuracy requested by the network service;

    receiving, at the server, a response to the location request from the mobile device, the response comprising a location of the mobile device and the location accuracy of the location; and

    updating the network service and any of the plurality of network services, by the server, with the received location of the mobile device when a location accuracy requested by any of the plurality of network services is at or below the location accuracy received in the response.

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