Applications start based on target distances

An apparatus, comprising:

• a communication device to establish a wireless two-way communication path to a main computer;
• a computer readable storage medium to store a selection of a mobile application that is identified as a companion application to an application of a main computer;
• and
• a processor in communication with the communication device and the computer readable storage medium, wherein the processor starts the companion application associated with the application being executed on the main computer when a signal strength of the wireless two-way communication path is less than a target distance that is established based on a particular signal strength of a wireless signal that is transmitted over the wireless two-way communication path.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a mobile endpoint device, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:

• instructions to monitor a distance between the mobile endpoint device and a main computer, wherein the distance is based on a wireless communication signal between the mobile endpoint device and the main computer;
• instructions to detect that the distance between the mobile endpoint device and the main computer is less than a target distance;
• instructions to receive a communication from the main computer indicating an application that is being executed on the main computer;
• and
• instructions to start a companion application on the mobile endpoint device that is associated with the application.