Positioning
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsKimmo Kalliola, Hannu Pekka Kauppinen, Marion Hermersdorf, Antti Paavo Tapani Kainulainen
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Abstract
A system, including: an electrical network fitted to a building, for distributing electrical power within the building to make the building operational, the network comprising a plurality of nodes for outputting the electrical power each node comprising a receptacle for receiving a lighting element; and a plurality of radio devices, retrofitted to the operational building, wherein each of the radio devices is operable, when powered via a respective node of the network, to transmit data relating to positioning.
Claims20
1-27. (canceled)
An apparatus, comprising:
- an input power connector configured to receive electrical power from an output power connector of a power supply;
- an output power connector configured to provide received electrical power to a further apparatus;
- and
- a radio device configured to determine whether an electronic device is in the vicinity of the apparatus, and configured, in response to determining that an electronic device is in the vicinity of the apparatus, to enable the output power connector to provide received electrical power to the further apparatus.
A method, comprising:
- determining whether an electronic device is in the vicinity of an apparatus;
- and enabling, in response to determining that an electronic device is in the vicinity of the apparatus, an output power connector of the apparatus to provide received electrical power to a further apparatus.
A tangible computer readable medium comprising computer program instructions that, when run by a processor, enable:
- determining whether an electronic device is in the vicinity of an apparatus;
- and providing, in response to determining that an electronic device is in the vicinity of the apparatus, received electrical power to a further apparatus.
An apparatus, comprising:
- input power means for receiving electrical power from power output means of a power supply;
- output power means for providing received electrical power to a further apparatus;
- and
- radio means for determining whether an electronic device is in the vicinity of the apparatus, and for enabling, in response to determining that an electronic device is in the vicinity of the apparatus, the output power means to provide received electrical power to the further apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.