{
  "patent_number": "US 10002199",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Smartphones Suggest Apps Based on Where You Are",
  "original_title": "Mobile device with localized app recommendations",
  "summary": "Apple's patent for a system that automatically highlights or suggests mobile apps based on your current location or a location you are planning to visit.",
  "what_it_does": "This technology allows a mobile device to scan its surroundings or look at your calendar to suggest apps that might be useful in that specific spot. When you are near a location of interest, the device queries a database to find apps relevant to that area, such as a coffee shop app when you are near a cafe. It then visually distinguishes these apps on your screen—perhaps by changing their size or color—to make them stand out from your other apps. This works for apps you already have installed or for new apps you might want to download.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover general location-based advertising that is not tied to app-specific recommendations.",
    "Does not cover systems that suggest physical products or services rather than software applications.",
    "Does not cover background location tracking that does not result in a specific user interface change for app icons."
  ],
  "filed": "2015-10-30",
  "granted": "2018-06-19",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Apple Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/apple-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Leonardo A. Soto Matamala",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/leonardo-a-soto-matamala"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ronald K. Huang",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/ronald-k-huang"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tad Shimada",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/tad-shimada"
    },
    {
      "name": "Scott M. Herz",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/scott-m-herz"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 16,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "ai_ml"
  ],
  "abstract": "Mobile devices can provide app recommendations that are relevant to a location of interest. A localized app recommendation can be triggered (e.g., by a mobile device coming within a threshold distance of an application hotspot or some other user action). A location of interest can be determined. The location of interest can be the current location of the mobile device or another location (e.g., the destination in a mapping app). Using the location of interest, a localized application ranking database with app hotspot data can be queried with location data representing the location of interest. App recommendations can be received and displayed on the mobile device. Icons for apps that are relevant to the location of interest can be visually distinguished from other apps.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10002199/uber-driver-incentives",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10002199/uber-driver-incentives/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10002199",
  "relatedPatents": []
}