Location determination using device coordination
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJohn M. Wagner, Fatemeh Jalali, Mahtab Mirmomeni, Shaila Pervin
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Abstract
At a first device, a location highlighting request is received. Responsive to the location highlighting request, a location highlight indicator is activated at the first device. It is determined that the location highlighting request includes a relay instruction. The location highlighting request is transmitted, responsive to the determining, from the first device to a cooperating device comprising a location highlight indicator and a location highlight cooperation capability.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a first device, a location highlighting request;
- activating, responsive to the location highlighting request, a location highlight indicator at the first device;
- determining that the location highlighting request includes a relay instruction;
- and
- transmitting, responsive to the determining from the first device to a cooperating device comprising a location highlight indicator and a location highlight cooperation capability, the location highlighting request.
A computer usable program product comprising one or more computer-readable storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the stored program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to receive, at a first device, a location highlighting request;
- program instructions to activate, responsive to the location highlighting request, a location highlight indicator at the first device;
- program instructions to determine that the location highlighting request includes a relay instruction;
- and
- program instructions to transmit, responsive to the determining from the first device to a cooperating device comprising a location highlight indicator and a location highlight cooperation capability, the location highlighting request.
A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, and one or more computer-readable storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the stored program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to receive, at a first device, a location highlighting request;
- program instructions to activate, responsive to the location highlighting request, a location highlight indicator at the first device;
- program instructions to determine that the location highlighting request includes a relay instruction;
- and
- program instructions to transmit, responsive to the determining from the first device to a cooperating device comprising a location highlight indicator and a location highlight cooperation capability, the location highlighting request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.