Wireless communication device, wireless communication method, information processing device, information processing method, and program

• US 10,009,722 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2016
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Rekimoto, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Batista, Marcos
• Application Number:
  US15/377,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20170094462A1
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-4563, 370338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0407 wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for anonymous credentials or for identity based cryptographic systems H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A wireless communication device includes a transmission portion, an information acquisition portion, a storage portion, a selection portion, and a transmission control portion. The transmission portion transmits information. The information acquisition portion acquires location information for the wireless communication device that includes a received signal strength of a signal that is transmitted from a base station in the vicinity. The storage portion stores, in association with specific location information, regulating information that regulates the transmission from the transmission portion of the information that corresponds to the location of the wireless communication device. The selection portion selects from the storage portion the regulating information associated with the location information acquired by the information acquisition portion. The transmission control portion controls, based on the regulating information that was selected by the selection portion, the transmission from the transmission portion of the information that corresponds to the location of the wireless communication device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform an information processing method, the method comprising:

retrieving location information of an information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus;

setting a predetermined distance based on a user input;

comparing the predetermined distance and a distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus to obtain a comparison result; and

generating different display information based on the comparison result.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the generating different display information based on the comparison result comprises:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance, generating location display information; and

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, generating location alias display information.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the generating different display information based on the comparison result further comprises:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, prohibiting the generation of the location display information.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is a range within which the location information for the information processing device will be published to the another location information processing device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the generating different display information based on the comparison result comprises:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance, generating location display information indicating the location information of the information processing apparatus; and

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, generating location alias display information indicating a location alias of the information processing apparatus.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the generating different display information based on the comparison result comprises:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance, transmitting the location display information indicating the location information of the information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus; and

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, transmitting the location alias display information indicating a location alias of the information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus.

7. An information processing method, the method being executed via at least one processor having circuitry, and comprising:

retrieving location information of an information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus;

setting a predetermined distance based on a user input;

comparing the predetermined distance and a distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus to obtain a comparison result; and

generating different display information based on the comparison result.

8. The information processing method of claim 7, wherein the generating different display information based on the comparison result comprises:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance, generating location display information; and

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, generating location alias display information.

9. The information processing method of claim 8, wherein the generating different display information based on the comparison result further comprises:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, prohibiting the generation of the location display information.

10. The information processing method of claim 7, wherein the predetermined distance is a range within which the location information for the information processing device will be published to the another location information processing device.

11. The information processing method of claim 10, wherein the generating different display information based on the comparison result comprises:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance, generating location display information indicating the location information of the information processing apparatus; and

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, generating location alias display information indicating a location alias of the information processing apparatus.

12. The information processing method of claim 11, wherein the generating different display information based on the comparison result comprises:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance, transmitting the location display information indicating the location information of the information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus; and

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, transmitting the location alias display information indicating a location alias of the information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus.

13. A control server comprising:

circuitry configured to;

retrieve location information of an information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus;

set a predetermined distance based on a user input;

compare the predetermined distance and a distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus to obtain a comparison result; and

generate different display information based on the comparison result.

14. The control server of claim 13, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance, generate location display information; and

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, generate location alias display information.

15. The control server of claim 13, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, prohibit the generation of the location display information.

16. The control server of claim 13, wherein the predetermined distance is a range within which the location information for the information processing device will be published to the another location information processing device.

17. The control server of claim 16, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance, generate location display information indicating the location information of the information processing apparatus; and

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, generate location alias display information indicating a location alias of the information processing apparatus.

18. The control server of claim 17, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance, transmit the location display information indicating the location information of the information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus; and

when the comparison result indicates that the distance between the location information of the information processing apparatus and the location information of the another information processing apparatus is not within the predetermined distance, transmit the location alias display information indicating a location alias of the information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus.