US 9,882,996 B2Granted

Determining data associated with proximate computing devices

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsAlexander Faaborg, Gabriel Aaron Cohen

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Abstract

A computing system is described that determines a location of a first computing device at a particular time. Responsive to determining that a second computing device is located within a threshold distance of the location of the first computing device at the particular time, the computing system identifies, based on contextual information associated with a user of the first computing device and contextual information associated with a user of the second computing device, at least one data file that the user of the first computing device is likely to access at the particular time. The computing system then outputs, for transmission to the first computing device, an indication of the at least one data file.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

determining, by a first computing device, a location of the first computing device;
determining, by the first computing device, whether a second computing device is located within a threshold distance of the location of the first computing device;
responsive to determining that the second computing device is located within the threshold distance of the location of the first computing device, identifying, by the first computing device, based on contextual information associated with a user of the first computing device and contextual information associated with a user of the second computing device, at least one data file that the user of the first computing device is likely to access at a particular time, wherein:
the contextual information associated with the user of the first computing device includes a calendar event on a first calendar and the contextual information associated with the user of the second computing device includes a calendar event on a second calendar;
the calendar event on the first calendar corresponds to the calendar event on the second calendar and are each associated with the particular time;
and
at least a portion of content of the at least one data file is related to at least one of the first calendar event or the second calendar event associated with the particular time;
and
outputting, by the first computing device, for display, a graphical indication of the at least one data file.

6 more elements

A first computing device, comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one module operable by the at least one processor to:
determine a location of the first computing device;
determine whether a second computing device is located within a threshold distance of the location of the first computing device;
responsive to determining that the second computing device is located within the threshold distance of the location of the first computing device, identify, based on contextual information associated with a user of the first computing device and contextual information associated with a user of the second computing device, at least one data file that the user of the first computing device is likely to access at a particular time, wherein:
the contextual information associated with the user of the first computing device includes a calendar event on a first calendar and the contextual information associated with the user of the second computing device includes a calendar event on a second calendar;
the calendar event on the first calendar corresponds to the calendar event on the second calendar and are each associated with the particular time;
and
at least a portion of content of the at least one data file is related to at least one of the first calendar event or the second calendar event associated with the particular time;
and
output, for display, a graphical indication of the at least one data file.

9 more elements

A method, comprising:

determining, by a computing system, a location of a first computing device;
determining, by the computing system, whether a second computing device is located within a threshold distance of the location of the first computing device;
responsive to determining that the second computing device is located within the threshold distance of the location of the first computing device, identifying, by the computing system, based on contextual information associated with a user of the first computing device and contextual information associated with a user of the second computing device, at least one data file that the user of the first computing device is likely to access at a particular time, wherein:
the contextual information associated with the user of the first computing device includes a calendar event on a first calendar and the contextual information associated with the user of the second computing device includes a calendar event on a second calendar;
the calendar event on the first calendar corresponds to the calendar event on the second calendar and are each associated with the particular time;
and
at least a portion of content of the at least one data file is related to at least one of the first calendar event or the second calendar event associated with the particular time;
and
outputting, by the computing system, for transmission to the first computing device, an indication of the at least one data file.

6 more elements

A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one module operable by the at least one processor to:
determine a location of a first computing device;
determine whether a second computing device is located within a threshold distance of the location of the first computing device;
responsive to determining that the second computing device is located within the threshold distance of the location of the first computing device time, identify, based on contextual information associated with a user of the first computing device and contextual information associated with a user of the second computing device, at least one data file that the user of the first computing device is likely to access at a particular time, wherein:
the contextual information associated with the user of the first computing device includes a calendar event on a first calendar and the contextual information associated with the user of the second computing device includes a calendar event on a second calendar;
the calendar event on the first calendar corresponds to the calendar event on the second calendar and each are associated with the particular time;
and
at least a portion a portion of content of the at least one data file is related to at least one of the first calendar event or the second calendar event associated with the particular time;
and
output, for transmission to the first computing device, an indication of the at least one data file.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/176,862Filed 10 Feb 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 23 Jan 2014
Published: US 2015/0207701 A123 Jul 2015
Granted: 30 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H04L 67/52
Network services: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
H04W 4/023
Services making use of location information: using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets…
H04L
Digital communication
H04W
Wireless communication networks

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Application61/930,779Us provisional application · filed 23 Jan 2014
US 2015/0207701 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Jul 2015
US 9,882,996 B2This patent

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