Verifying indicated device location using analysis of real-time display element interaction

A system for verifying a device location, which comprises:

• a computer system comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
• in response to receiving a request to verify a location of a primary device communicatively connected with a computer, receive an Indicated Primary Device Location “IPDL”;
• present within a Primary Device Display “PDD”, a virtual representation of a predetermined Astronomical Reference Object “ARO” having a known ARO location remote from the primary device, the virtual representation having a dynamic location within the PDD synchronized, at least in part, with a substantially real-time relative offset between a Display Reference Indicator “DRI” and the known ARO location;
• responsive to receiving an indication that the primary device is in a Primary Device Verification Position “PDVP” in which the DRI and the ARO virtual representation have a predetermined amount of overlap within the display, receive primary device orientation metadata from a set of orientation indicating sensors associated with the primary device, and generate a Measured Primary Device Orientation “MPDO” therefrom;
• calculate an Expected Device Orientation “EDO” for a reference device arranged in the PDVP while at the IPDL;
• generate a Location Verification Value “LVV” based, at least in part, on comparing the MPDO and the EDO;
• and
• responsive to determining the LVV exceeds a predetermined verification threshold, provide an indication that the indicated primary device location is verified.

A computer program product for verify a device location, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• in response to receiving a request to verify a location of a primary device communicatively connected with a computer, receive, using the computer, an Indicated Primary Device Location “IPDL”;
• present, using the computer, within a Primary Device Display “PDD”, a virtual representation of a predetermined Astronomical Reference Object “ARO” having a known ARO location remote from the primary device, the virtual representation having a dynamic location within the PDD synchronized, at least in part, with a substantially real-time relative offset between a Display Reference Indicator “DRI” and the known ARO location;
• responsive to receiving an indication that the primary device is in a Primary Device Verification Position “PDVP” in which the DRI and the ARO virtual representation have a predetermined amount of overlap within the display, receive, using the computer, primary device orientation metadata from a set of orientation indicating sensors associated with the primary device, and generate a Measured Primary Device Orientation “MPDO” therefrom;
• calculate, using the computer, an Expected Device Orientation “EDO” for a reference device arranged in the PDVP while at the IPDL;
• generate, using the computer, a Location Verification Value “LVV” based, at least in part, on comparing the MPDO and the EDO;
• and
• responsive to determining the LVV exceeds a predetermined verification threshold, provide, using the computer, an indication that the indicated primary device location is verified.