Apparatus, methods and computer programs for establishing wireless connections

    公开(公告)号:GB2524532A

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-30

    申请号:GB201405370

    申请日:2014-03-26

    Abstract: A method of causing a service to be provided from a server 3 using a first user device 5 and an accessory device 15 wherein the accessory device is connected to the first user device via a wireless connection 17, which may be short-range radio. When status information provided by the first user device determines that a trigger event has occurred, a second user device 13 is enabled to establish a wireless connection to the accessory device 15 wherein the second user device is registered to the same user account as the first user device. Possible triggers can be wireless signal deterioration or detection that a user has moved to an alternate device. The accessory may be a headset, loudspeaker, head mounted display, earphone, television, stereo, watch, mouse or keyboard, among other things.

    An apparatus, method and computer program for providing an output

    公开(公告)号:GB2524538A

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-30

    申请号:GB201405389

    申请日:2014-03-26

    Abstract: An apparatus comprises: processing circuitry; and memory circuitry including computer program code; the memory circuitry and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least to perform: obtaining 41 an indication of an angular position of a user device relative to an output device; and enabling an output to be provided 43 by the output device wherein the output is directed towards the detected angular direction of the user device. The output might be an information display, or an acoustic signal provided by a loudspeaker system, and might provide advertising information. Output relevant to the user device may be determined, facilitating personalised output. A plurality of different outputs may be provided towards the detected angular directions of a plurality of user devices. The relative position of the user device may be determined using signals transmitted by a positioning beacon (Figures 3 and 5), and it may also be determined whether the user is facing the output device.

    Service Data Provision
    3.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:GB2522022A

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-15

    申请号:GB201400314

    申请日:2014-01-09

    Abstract: A technique for providing service data is provided, operating in a user apparatus, a first wireless communication portion for short-range wireless communication and a second wireless communication portion for wireless communication, providing, in response to receiving a list of allowable device identifiers from a remote server apparatus via the second wireless communication portion, said list of allowable device identifiers to the first wireless communication portion, and issuing, in response to the first wireless control portion receiving an advertising message comprising a device identifier included in said list of allowable device identifiers, an advertising report including at least one of the received device identifier and a service identifier associated with the received device identifier. The first wireless communication portion may be the Bluetooth Low Energy, BLE, protocol while the second may be a wireless local area network, WLAN, protocol or a cellular wireless communication protocol. The remote server apparatus comprises means for providing a list of allowable device identifiers to the user apparatus in response to an indication regarding the user apparatus having entered an area of interest, wherein the list comprises mapping between a predetermined set of device identifiers and corresponding possible user preferences associated with a user apparatus.

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