Using multiple applications to provide location information

摘要

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing location information to a location server by a plurality of applications are described. The plurality of applications of a computing device determines location information associated with the computing device, such as by querying location hardware of the computing device. The applications cause transmission of the location information to a location service via a communication network. The location service utilizes the location information in various ways to target communications to users associated with the computing devices.

主权项

1. A computing device, comprising:
memory; one or more processors; a transmission module stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to enable transmissions via a communication network; a database stored in the memory to include aggregated location information corresponding to the computing device; a first application stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to query location hardware of the computing device to determine first location information corresponding to the computing device, and to store the first location information in the database as part of the aggregated location information; a second application stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to query the location hardware of the computing device to determine second location information corresponding to the computing device, and to store the second location information in the database as part of the aggregated location information; and a location service application programming interface (API) stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to enable the first application and the second application to provide, via the transmission module, the aggregated location information, including the first location information and the second location information, respectively, to a location service.