PathSense
Enhanced location-tech provider offering precise geofencing, efficient activity recognition, and improved GPS accuracy.
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2014Enhanced location-tech provider offering precise geofencing, efficient activity recognition, and improved GPS accuracy.
Mobile apps continue to depend on background location for geofencing, trip tracking, and activity classification, yet power restrictions on iOS and Android keep accuracy and battery life in tension. PathSense positions its sensor fusion SDK as the production answer, claiming GPS comparable accuracy with about 90 percent less battery drain for apps operating at tens of millions of users.
Demand for licensable location technology persists among large consumer apps and enterprises that will not accept a small vendor binary SDK for mission critical location, which is why PathSense also sells source code libraries and full app builds. Its licensee roster, including Life360, Samsung, Comcast, and Vivint, signals durable enterprise appetite for an independent location engine.
Source: pathsense.com
PathSense is an independent, operating location technology company selling SDKs and source code libraries to app developers and large enterprises. Its public position is that the 2018 Life360 arrangement was a standard technology license plus team hiring, with no acquisition, acqui-hire, or corporate transaction of any kind.
Contemporaneous press coverage used acquisition and acqui-hire language, which PathSense later had corrected at TechCrunch and Crunchbase. The company says it continues to operate from Cardiff by the Sea, California, serving existing licensees and signing new customers.
Source: pathsense.com
PathSense offers a battery efficient location software developer kit for iOS and Android apps, covering geofencing, background location, trip tracking, road snapping, and activity classification. Its positioning engine uses sensor fusion and inertial navigation to reach accuracy comparable to GPS with about 90 percent less battery drain, and it is also delivered as source code libraries for large customers.
The company says its technology powers apps used by tens of millions of people every day, and names licensees including Life360, Samsung, Comcast, and Vivint. Life360 licensed PathSense technology for its Driver Protect crash detection feature under a standard non exclusive license.
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