Broadcasting received identifying characteristic
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsRussell Speight VanBlon, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson
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Abstract
One embodiment provides method, including: receiving, from at least one sensor, an identifying characteristic associated with a user, wherein the identifying characteristic comprises at least one of a wireless identifier and a feature associated with the user; broadcasting the identifying characteristic to a network; thereafter receiving, from at least one device, an indication of receipt of the identifying characteristic; and performing, responsive to the indication, an action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, from at least one sensor in an area, an identifying characteristic associated with a user, wherein the identifying characteristic comprises at least one of a wireless identifier of a device associated with the user and a feature associated with the user;
- broadcasting the identifying characteristic to a network of devices, the network of devices comprising the at least one sensor and at least one other device of at least one other user outside the area of the at least one sensor;
- thereafter receiving, from at least one device within the network of devices and at the network, an indication of detection of the identifying characteristic at a location near the at least one device;
- and
- performing, responsive to the indication, an action.
An information handling device, comprising:
- a display device;
- a processor;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive, from at least one sensor in an area, an identifying characteristic associated with a user, wherein the identifying characteristic comprises at least one of a wireless identifier of a device associated with the user and a feature associated with the user;
- broadcast the identifying characteristic to a network of devices, the network of devices comprising the at least one sensor and at least one other device of at least one other user outside the area of the at least one sensor;
- thereafter receive, from at least one device within the network of devices and at the network, an indication of detection of the identifying characteristic at a location near the at least one device;
- and
- perform, responsive to the indication, an action.
A product comprising:
- a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by the processor and comprising:
- code that receives, from at least one sensor in an area, an identifying characteristic associated with a user, wherein the identifying characteristic comprises at least one of a wireless identifier of a device associated with the user and a feature associated with the user;
- code that broadcasts the identifying characteristic to a network of devices, the network of devices comprising the at least one sensor and at least one other device of at least one other user outside the area of the at least one sensor;
- code that thereafter receives, from at least one device within the network of devices and at the network, an indication of detection of the identifying characteristic at a location near the at least one device;
- and
- code that performs, responsive to the indication, an action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.