LOCATION-BASED WIRELESS DEVICE PRESENTATION AND CONNECTION

摘要

Apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for a proximity-based connection facilitation device (“PBC”) may be described which may facilitate discovery and connection to computing devices. The PBC may present visual elements representing devices based on their locations, such as their proximity to the PBC. The PBC may present visual elements for a limited set of devices. The PBC may present computing devices in a visual manner that may depict their proximity to the PBC. The PBC may also provide for facilitated connection to devices that are not as proximate to the PBC. The PBC may facilitate identification of devices that are proximate to an identified device. By facilitating a user in selecting a first device and then visualizing devices proximate to the first device, the PBC may facilitate a user in chaining from a first device to devices that are less easily identified. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more computer processors; a wireless communicator, coupled to the one or more computer processors, to send and receive wireless communications from a plurality of computing devices; a device location determiner to operate on the one or more computer processors to determine location information for the plurality of computing devices based at least in part on the wireless communications received; and a device location presenter to operate on the one or more computing processors to present visual elements representing the plurality of computing devices that are within a proximity threshold to the apparatus or to selected one or ones of the plurality of computing devices for selection for connection, based at least in part on determined location information of the plurality of computing devices.