Abstract:
According to an example embodiment, a method is provided, the method comprising receiving, in a user device, over a first wireless link from a wearable device, a beaconing message that includes emergency information concerning a user wearing the wearable device, initiating, in the user device, in response to said beaconing message, an emergency call to a destination that hosts an emergency service entity, and relaying, by the user device, the emergency information received in the beaconing message from the wearable device to the emergency service entity via a second wireless link.
Abstract:
An approach is provided for performing multiple and hybrid forms of communication in the same communication session. A communication manager receives a to establish a communication session using a first form of communication, wherein the communication session supports multiple and simultaneous forms of communication. Next, the communication manager selects a second form of communication to conduct the communication session. Then, the communication manager transcodes the second form of communication to the first form of communication. The different forms can be converted to facilitate and enrich the communication capability, according to an embodiment of the invention.
Abstract:
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments enable a wireless docking center device to manage one or more wireless and/or wired peripheral devices on behalf of a wireless dockee device. Example embodiments of the invention include wireless docking management of peripheral devices, power management in wireless docking, intelligent and automatic connection activation in wireless docking, notification based on user proximity to a peripheral device in wireless docking, and redirect data transmission between peripheral devices in wireless docking. Wireless docking is mentioned as example herein, but similar solutions may also be applied to other connected device environments.