Invention Grant
US09307363B2 Determining if a target device is collocated with other devices in a users contacts list
有权
确定目标设备是否与用户联系人列表中的其他设备并置
- Patent Title: Determining if a target device is collocated with other devices in a users contacts list
- Patent Title (中): 确定目标设备是否与用户联系人列表中的其他设备并置
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Application No.: US14311846Application Date: 2014-06-23
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Publication No.: US09307363B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Ian P. Kitchen
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Patricia B. Feighan; Prentiss Johnson
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W8/00

Abstract:
A method to determine whether a target device is collocated with at least one other device within a plurality of devices associated with a user's contact list is provided. The method may include determining location information for each of the plurality of mobile devices associated with the user's contact list. The method may also include selecting a target device within the plurality of devices. The method may further include determining, based on the location information, whether the selected target device is collocated with the at least one other device within the plurality of devices. Additionally, the method may include displaying the at least one other collocated device to the user. The method may also include determining if the at least one other collocated device is selected by the user. The method may include connecting the target device and the selected at least one other collocated device to the user's device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150373490A1 DETERMINING IF A TARGET DEVICE IS COLLOCATED WITH OTHER DEVICES IN A USERS CONTACTS LIST Public/Granted day:2015-12-24
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