Contextual awareness using relative positions of mobile devices
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAnthony T. BLOW, Daniel S. Baker, Roman Tivyan
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Abstract
A server based contextual awareness method of communicating in a wireless network includes detecting a signal strength of one or more user equipments (UEs) relative to other user equipment within a same vicinity. The method also includes detecting a pattern of the user equipment(s) and the other user equipment based on the detected signal strength of the user equipment(s) relative to the other user equipment. The method also includes deriving a social context based on the detected pattern. The method further includes initiating an action in response to the derived social context.
Claims20
A contextual awareness method comprising:
- accessing information indicative of a signal strength of at least one user equipment relative to other user equipment within a same vicinity;
- detecting a pattern of the at least one user equipment and the other user equipment based on the signal strength information of the at least one user equipment relative to the other user equipment;
- deriving a social context based on the detected user equipment pattern;
- and
- initiating an action in response to the derived social context.
An apparatus for communicating in a wireless network comprising:
- means for accessing a signal strength of at least one user equipment relative to other user equipment within a same vicinity;
- means for determining a pattern of the at least one user equipment and the other user equipment based on the accessed signal strength of the at least one user equipment relative to the other user equipment;
- means for deriving a social context based on the determined user equipment pattern;
- and
- means for initiating an action in response to the derived social context.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured:
- to access information indicative of a signal strength of at least one user equipment relative to other user equipment within a same vicinity,
- to detect a pattern of the at least one user equipment and the other user equipment based on the information indicative of signal strength,
- to derive a social context based on the detected user equipment pattern, and
- to initiate an activity in response to the derived social context.
A computer program product for wireless communications in a wireless network, comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:
- program code to store signal strength information for at least one user equipment relative to other user equipment within a same vicinity,
- program code to determine a pattern of the at least one user equipment and the other user equipment based on the stored signal strength information,
- program code to derive a social context based on the detected user equipment pattern, and
- program code to initiate an activity in response to the derived social context.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.