News: Apple patents crowdsourced mapping of cellular dead spotsApple 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…
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News: Apple patents crowdsourced mapping of cellular dead spots
