Geographic location consensus determination
US11699140B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/104
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed relating to determining whether geographic locations of a user computing device satisfy a location consensus threshold. A computer system receives results of a plurality of location determination operations, each of which specifies a geographic location of a computing device initiating an action. The computer system then makes a determination whether the received results satisfy a consensus threshold as to geographic location of the computing device. In some embodiments, the determination is usable to select, from a plurality of sets of rules for different geographic regions, a particular set of rules for processing the action. In some cases, the particular set of rules is usable to determine whether to process the action. Such techniques may advantageously allow a processing system to understand how to process actions initiated by a computing device associated with different geographic locations.
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