Tracking group members' proximity
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorPrashanth Ramachandran
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for tracking group members' proximity include associating a plurality of sensors with an application installed on each of a plurality of user devices and assigning each of the sensors to a corresponding one of the user devices. Assignments received on one of the user devices are wirelessly communicated to at least one other of the user devices, and proximity of each of the sensors to the corresponding user device is monitored. Status information is communicated between two or more of the user devices, and the status information indicates proximity of sensors to the corresponding user device and/or sensor assignments.
Claims22
A method for tracking members of a group comprising:
- associating a plurality of sensors with an application installed on each of a plurality of user devices;
- assigning each of the sensors to a corresponding one of the user devices, wherein assignments received on one of the user devices are wirelessly communicated to at least one other of the user devices;
- monitoring proximity of each of the sensors to the corresponding user device;
- and
- communicating status information between two or more of the user devices, wherein the status information indicates at least one of proximity of sensors to the corresponding user device or sensor assignments.
A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- providing a display identifying a plurality of sensors adapted to be monitored on with an application installed on each of a plurality of user devices;
- receiving, through a user interface, an assignment of each of the sensors to a corresponding one of the user devices;
- communicating the assignments to at least one other of the user devices;
- receiving status information regarding a proximity of each of the sensors to the corresponding user device;
- and
- displaying an indication of proximity of at least one of the sensors and the corresponding user device.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors;
- a plurality of user devices adapted to communicate wirelessly with the plurality of sensors, wherein each user device includes software instructions adapted, when executed by processing apparatus on the user device, to:
- display an assignment of sensors to a corresponding user device of the plurality of user devices;
- monitor proximity of sensors to at least one user device;
- and
- communicate status information with at least one other of the user devices, wherein the status information includes a proximity of sensors to the corresponding user device and an identification of sensor assignments to the corresponding user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.