Content identification and retrieval based on device component proximity
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGregory R. Hintermeister, Timothy J. O'Keefe
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Abstract
The invention provides proximity based content retrieval. A proximity element is provided for each of a plurality of components associated with a primary device. Identification information of each proximity element for an associated particular proximity space is communicated to a mobile wireless device. Upon the mobile wireless device being located within the associated particular proximity space of a particular proximity element, the mobile device receives associated identification information of the particular proximity element. The mobile device retrieves video content based on the associated identification information.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a primary device including a plurality of replaceable electronic components positioned next to one another within the primary device, each of the replaceable electronic components of the plurality of replaceable electronic components having a separate proximity element and associated separate proximity space, wherein the primary device comprises a device that operates using the plurality of replaceable electronic components;
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- a mobile device that receives identification information from a particular electronic component among the plurality of electronic components and retrieves content related to the particular electronic component based on the received identification information while the mobile device is positioned within the associated proximity space of the particular electronic component,
- wherein the plurality of replaceable electronic components are positioned front-to-back.
A method comprising:
- providing a separate proximity element for each of a plurality of replaceable electronic components positioned next to one another within an associated primary device, wherein each electronic component is associated with a separate proximity space, wherein the primary device comprises an electronic device that operates using the plurality of replaceable electronic components;
- communicating identification information of each proximity element for an associated particular proximity space;
- upon a mobile wireless device being located within the associated particular proximity space of a particular proximity element:
- receiving associated identification information of the particular proximity element;
- retrieving content based on the associated identification information;
- and providing content on the mobile wireless device based on proximity to a particular electronic component within the primary device,
- wherein the plurality of replaceable electronic components are positioned front-to-back.
A computer program product for proximity based video content retrieval, said computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code executable by a processor to:
- receive identification information from a plurality of proximity elements positioned next to one another within a primary device component based on a particular associated proximity space associated with each proximity element, wherein each of the plurality of proximity elements is associated with a separate electronic component of a plurality of electronic components of the primary device, wherein the plurality of electronic components are positioned front-to-back within the primary device, and the primary device comprises an electronic device that operates using the plurality of electronic components;
- upon a mobile wireless device being located within the associated particular proximity space of a particular proximity element:
- receive associated identification information from the particular proximity element;
- retrieve content based on the associated identification information;
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- provide the content on the wireless mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.