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US 2014/0213286 A1Published application
Direction coupling discrimination of networked exchanges
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTrudy Leigh Hewitt, Francesco Carmine Schembari, Christina Lynn Wetli
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Abstract
A method for activating mobile device activity is disclosed. A mobile device may receive an action association to a stance, wherein the stance comprises a sector of the mobile device relative to a base, wherein a user specifies an action associated to the stance. The mobile device can receive a signal that the mobile device is present in the sector. Further, the mobile device, responsive to receiving the signal, may perform the action.
Claims13
A method for activating mobile device activity, the method comprising:
- receiving an action association to at least one stance, wherein the stance comprises a sector of the mobile device relative to a base, wherein a user specifies an action associated to the stance;
- receiving a signal that the mobile device is present in the sector;
- and
- responsive to receiving the signal, performing the action.
1 more element
A method for indicating stance comprising:
- determining a mobile device within a field of view of at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor can make the determining as far as 10 meters from the base;
- and
- reporting to the mobile device position relative to the at least one sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.