Locating a Device
OwnerDavid Van Brinkinventor
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Abstract
Various embodiments relate to methods of locating a secondary device associated with a user terminal. In one or more embodiments, the method receives, at an interface of the user terminal, location information of one or more secondary devices associated with the user terminal. The location information defines the physical spatial location of the secondary device relative to a reference location at the user terminal. A software application is executed at the user terminal and has access to the reference location and is configured to process data pertaining to the secondary device. The location information is supplied to the software application and the software application processes the data using the location information.
Claims20
A method of locating a secondary device associated with a user terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving, at an interface of the user terminal, location information of one or more secondary devices associated with the user terminal, said location information defining a physical spatial location of the secondary device relative to a reference location at the user terminal;
- executing a software application at the user terminal, the application having access to the reference location and configured to process data pertaining to the secondary device;
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- supplying said location information to the software application, said software application configured to process said data using the location information.
A user terminal associated with a secondary device, the user terminal comprising:
- an interface configured to receive location information of one or more secondary devices associated with the user terminal, said location information defining the physical spatial location of the secondary device relative to a reference location at the user terminal;
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- a processor for executing a software application, the application having access to the reference location and configured to process data pertaining to the secondary device, wherein the interface supplies the location information to the software application, said software application configured to process said data using the location information.
A user terminal comprising:
- a primary display;
- a secondary display;
- a software application programming interface configured to receive location information of the secondary display, said location information defining the physical spatial location of the secondary display relative to a reference location at the user terminal;
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- a processor for executing a software application, the application having access to the reference location and configured to process image data generated to the secondary display, wherein the interface is configured to supply the location information to the software application, said software application configured to process said data using the location information,
- wherein the application programming interface is installed on an operating system at the user terminal, the application programming interface arranged to supply said location information to the software application in response to a query sent from the software application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.