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Title: News: Apple patents crowdsourced mapping of cellular dead spots Post by: HCK on November 12, 2014, 03:00:36 am News: Apple patents crowdsourced mapping of cellular dead spots
Apple was recently granted a patent on monitoring cellular network conditions to help identify network dead spots. U.S. Patent No. 8,886,178 describes a “Location-based profile” designed to help cellular carriers and device makers collect crowdsourced information on localized areas where network problems such as dropped calls occur. The patent describes using device-based location services to allow individual iOS devices to automatically… Source: News: Apple patents crowdsourced mapping of cellular dead spots (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-patents-crowdsourced-mapping-of-cellular-dead-spots) |