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US 10,568,065 B2Granted
System and method for small cell based augmented reality
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsChristopher Baldwin, Michael Towster
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Abstract
Information such as navigation information is delivered to a mobile device user in a cellular communications network via a device other than the mobile device. A small cell telecommunications base station receives from the mobile device an identification of the mobile device, and determines a location of the user within the small cell. Based on the identification of the mobile device and the location of the user of the mobile device, the information is delivered to the user via a device other than the mobile device.
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A method, comprising:
- by a first small cell telecommunications base station in a cellular telecommunications network, receiving from a first mobile device an identification of the first mobile device via a first low-range cellular communications transceiver;
- the first small cell telecommunications base station being in communication with a guidance information delivery device, the guidance information delivery device being visible to a user of the first mobile device without the user being required to view the first mobile device;
- by a second small cell telecommunications base station in the cellular telecommunications network, receiving from a second mobile device an identification of the second mobile device via a second low-range cellular communications transceiver;
- computing a location of a meeting point using a location of the first small cell telecommunications base station and a location of the second small cell telecommunications base station;
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- delivering guidance information to the user of the first mobile device to guide the user of the first mobile device to the meeting point, the guidance information being delivered via the guidance information delivery device without transmitting the guidance information through the first mobile device and without requiring the user of the first mobile device to view the first mobile device.
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A cellular telecommunications network, comprising:
- a processor;
- a first small cell telecommunications base station in communication with the processor and in communication with a first mobile device via a first low-range cellular communications transceiver;
- a guidance information delivery device in communication with the first small cell telecommunications base station, the guidance information delivery device being visible to a user of the first mobile device without the user being required to view the first mobile device;
- a second small cell telecommunications base station in communication with the processor and in communication with a second mobile device via a second low-range cellular communications transceiver;
- a memory device having stored thereon computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:
- receiving from the first small cell telecommunications base station an identification of the first mobile device;
- receiving from the second small cell telecommunications base station an identification of the second mobile device;
- computing a location of a meeting point using a location of the first small cell telecommunications base station and a location of the second small cell telecommunications base station;
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- delivering guidance information to the user of the first mobile device to guide the user of the first mobile device to the meeting point, the guidance information being delivered via the guidance information delivery device without transmitting the guidance information through the first mobile device and without requiring the user of the first mobile device to view the first mobile device.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer readable instructions for guiding a mobile device user to a meeting point, wherein execution of the computer readable instructions by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving from a first mobile device an identification of the first mobile device via a first low-range cellular communications transceiver;
- receiving from a second mobile device an identification of the second mobile device via a second low-range cellular communications transceiver;
- computing a location of the meeting point using a location of the first small cell telecommunications base station and a location of the second small cell telecommunications base station;
- connecting to a guidance information delivery device, the guidance information delivery device being visible to a user of the first mobile device without the user being required to view the first mobile device;
- and
- delivering guidance information to the user of the first mobile device to guide the user of the first mobile device to the meeting point, the guidance information being delivered to the user of the first mobile device via the guidance information delivery device without transmitting the guidance information through the first mobile device and without requiring the user of the first mobile device to view the first mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.