发明名称 Determining if a target device is collocated with other devices in a users contacts list
摘要 A method to determine whether a target device is collocated with at least one other device within a plurality of devices associated with a user's contact list is provided. The method may include determining location information for each of the plurality of mobile devices associated with the user's contact list. The method may also include selecting a target device within the plurality of devices. The method may further include determining, based on the location information, whether the selected target device is collocated with the at least one other device within the plurality of devices. Additionally, the method may include displaying the at least one other collocated device to the user. The method may also include determining if the at least one other collocated device is selected by the user. The method may include connecting the target device and the selected at least one other collocated device to the user's device.
申请公布号 US9307363(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.04.05
申请号 US201414311846 申请日期 2014.06.23
申请人 International Business Machines Corporation 发明人 Kitchen Ian P.
分类号 H04W24/00;H04W4/02;H04W76/02;H04W8/00 主分类号 H04W24/00
代理机构 代理人 Feighan Patricia B.;Johnson Prentiss
主权项 1. A method to determine whether a target device is collocated with at least one other device within a plurality of mobile devices associated with a user's contact list stored on a user's device, the method comprising: determining location information for each of the plurality of mobile devices associated with the user's contact list; selecting, by a user, a target device within the plurality of mobile devices associated with the user's contact list; determining, based on the location information, whether the selected target device is collocated with the at least one other device within the plurality of mobile devices associated with the user's contact list; displaying the at least one other collocated device to the user, wherein the displaying comprises displaying the collocated information on the screen of the user's device adjacent to each number listed in the contact list stored on a user's device; determining if the at least one other collocated device is selected by the user; connecting the target device and the selected at least one other collocated device to the user's device based on the determining indicating that the at least one other collocated device is selected: and updating the displayed collocated information on the screen of the user's device during the connection of the target device and the selected at least one other collocated device to the user's device based on determining that the collocated plurality of mobile devices associated with a user's contact list has changed during the connection.
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