Location-based selection of wireless peripheral devices
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJaroslaw J. Sydir, Anthony G. LaMarca
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Abstract
Based upon the present location and historical usage at that location, the technologies disclosed herein select a wireless peripheral device (e.g., a printer, monitor, keyboard) for wireless connection with a portable device (e.g., a laptop computer or tablet). This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
Claims34
A portable device comprising:
- a wireless-peripheral manager configured to detecting usage of a particular wireless peripheral device by a portable device;
- a location estimator configured to estimate a location of the portable device;
- a database manager configured to:
- associate the particular wireless peripheral device with the estimated location;
- and
- store the association between the particular wireless peripheral device and the estimated location into a location-peripheral database.
A portable device comprising:
- a location estimator configured to estimate a present location about a portable device;
- a database manager configured to:
- match the estimated present location with a location stored in a location-peripheral database;
- and
- obtain, from the location-peripheral database, an association between one or more wireless peripheral devices and the matching location;
- a wireless-peripheral manager configured to wirelessly connect the portable device to the one or more wireless peripheral devices of the obtained association.
One or more computer-readable media with processor-executable instructions stored thereon which when executed by one or more processors cause performance of operations comprising:
- detecting usage of a particular wireless peripheral device by a portable device;
- determining a signal fingerprint about the portable device;
- associating the particular wireless peripheral device with the determined signal fingerprint;
- storing the association between the particular wireless peripheral device and the determined signal fingerprint into the fingerprint-peripheral database.
One or more computer-readable media with processor-executable instructions stored thereon which when executed by one or more processors cause performance of operations comprising:
- determining one or more present signal fingerprints about a portable device;
- matching the one or more present signal fingerprints with one or more fingerprints that stored in a fingerprint-peripheral database;
- obtaining an association between one or more wireless peripheral devices with the one or more matching signal fingerprints in the fingerprint-peripheral database;
- wirelessly connecting the portable device to the one or more wireless peripheral devices of the obtained association.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.