Position-based context awareness for mobile terminal device

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following:

• cause, at least in part, on the apparatus, storage of context information associated with a predefined environment that is associated with the apparatus, wherein said apparatus handles said context information, and said context information is centrally administrated by a central server,
• determine a position of a mobile terminal device when said mobile terminal device is located within a coverage area of said apparatus;
• select said context information in accordance with said determined position and said predefined environment associated with the apparatus;
• cause, at least in part, a transmission of said selected context information to said mobile terminal for being processed thereon;
• and
• provide a plurality of objects wherein each object is associated with said context information, wherein each object has a position, which is defined with reference to said defined environment, wherein each of said terminal to object distances comprises one out of a group of distance quantities including:
• (a) a distance between said position of said mobile terminal and each position of said plurality of objects;
• and
• (b) a distance between said position of said mobile terminal and said position of said apparatus;
• wherein several predefined environments form a gaming area in a gaming scenario.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configure to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
• a) cause, at least in part, a storage of context information, which is associated with a defined environment of said apparatus, wherein several predefined environments form a gaming area in a gaming scenario, wherein said context information is centrally administered by a central server;
• b) handle said context information;
• c) determine a position of a mobile terminal device when said mobile terminal is located within a coverage area of said apparatus;
• d) select said context information in accordance with said position and said defined environment
• e) causing, at least in part, a transmission of said selected context information to said mobile terminal for being processed thereon;
• f) provide a plurality of objects, each of which is associated with said context information and each of which has a position, which is defined with reference to said defined environment;
• g) determine terminal to object distances on the basis of positions of said mobile terminal and said plurality of objects;
• h) select said context information in accordance with said terminal to object distances;
• i) determine said terminal to object distances between said position of said mobile terminal and each position of said plurality of objects;
• and/or determine said terminal to object distances between said position of said mobile terminal and said position of said apparatus.

A system comprising;

• a plurality of apparatuses;
• and
• at least one mobile terminal,
• wherein each apparatus is adapted for serving context information of an individually defined environment of each individual apparatus, wherein several predefined environments form a gaming area in a gaming scenario, wherein said context information is administrated by a central server;
• said mobile terminal comprising:
• a wireless data interface adapted for data communication with said apparatuses;
• wherein each apparatus is adapted for serving context information to a mobile terminal device when located within a coverage area of said respective apparatus, each of said apparatuses are configured to:
• store context information, which is associated with its defined environment;
• handle said context information;
• determine at least a position of said mobile terminal;
• select said context information in accordance with said position and said defined environment;
• cause, at least in part, a transmission of said selected context information to said mobile terminal for being processed thereon;
• determine terminal to object distances on the basis of positions of said mobile terminal and said plurality of objects;
• and/or determine said terminal to object distances between said position of said mobile terminal and said position of said apparatus;
• and
• select said context information in accordance with said terminal to object distances.