US 10,455,351 B1Granted

Sharing geo-located information

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsKenneth Liam Kiemele, Donna Katherine Long, Bryant Daniel Hawthorne, Anthony Ernst, Kendall Clark York, Jeffrey Sipko, Janet Lynn Schneider, Christian Michael Sadak, Stephen G. Latta

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Abstract

Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.

Claims20

Dependent claims

At a computing device, a method for sharing geo-located information in a physical environment between different devices, the method comprising:

receiving the geo-located information from a first user device in the physical environment, the geo-located information having a first data type that is compatible with a first output component of the first user device;
receiving first sensor data from a sensor of the first user device in the physical environment;
using at least the first sensor data, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in the physical environment;
determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment;
determining that the second user device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type;
based on determining that the second user device does not comprise an output component compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information from the first data type into a second data type that is compatible with a second output component of the second user device;
using data from a sensor of the second user device, determining that the second user device is located proximate to the location of the geo-located information in the physical environment;
and
based on determining that the second user device is located proximate to the location of the geo-located information, sending the geo-located information in the second data type to the second user device for output by the second output component.

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A computing device for sharing geo-located information in a physical environment between different devices, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory holding instructions executable by the processor to,
receive the geo-located information from a first user device in the physical environment, the geo-located information having a first data type that is compatible with a first output component of the first user device;
receive first sensor data from a sensor of the first user device in the physical environment;
using at least the first sensor data, determine a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in the physical environment;
determine that a second user device is located in the physical environment;
determine that the second user device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type;
based on determining that the second user device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transform the geo-located information from the first data type into a second data type that is compatible with a second output component of the second user device;
using data from a sensor of the second user device, determine that the second user device is located proximate to the location of the geo-located information in the physical environment;
and
based on determining that the second user device is located proximate to the location of the geo-located information, send the geo-located information in the second data type to the second user device for output by the second output component.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/972,062Filed 4 May 2018
Published: US 2019/0342696 A17 Nov 2019
Granted: 22 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G06F 3/011
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: arrangements for interaction with the…
H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
G02B 27/017
Head-up displays: head mounted
G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

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