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US 2003/0114104 A1Published application
Method and system for identifying when a first device is within a physical range of a second device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRoy Want, James Kardach, Graham D. Kirby
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for identifying which one of a plurality of first devices, within a wireless communication range of a second device, the second device is to establish substantive communications with. The method includes sensing which particular first device is within a physical range of the second device, and establishing substantive communications with the particular first device.
Claims34
An electronic system, which includes:
- a first device which includes a first wireless communication interface;
- and
- a second device which includes a second wireless communication interface to communicate with the first wireless communication interface when the first and second devices are within a wireless communication range, and a range sensor to sense when the first device is within a predetermined physical range of the second device.
A computer access device which includes:
- a second wireless communication interface to communicate with at least one portable electronic device having a first wireless communication interface when the portable electronic device is within a wireless communication range of the computer access device;
- and
- a range sensor to sense when the portable electronic device is within a physical range of the computer access device.
A portable electronic device, which includes:
- a first wireless communication interface to communicate with a second wireless communication interface of a computer access device when the portable electronic device is within a wireless communication range of the computer access device;
- and
- a range sensing component which interacts with a range sensor of the computer access device when the portable electronic device is within a predetermined physical range of the computer access device.
A method which includes
- identifying which one of a plurality of first devices a second device is to establish substantive communications with by
- sensing when a particular first device within a wireless communication range of the second device is within a physical range of the second device;
- and
- establishing substantive communications with the first device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.