Contextual awareness using relative positions of mobile devices
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1. A contextual awareness method comprising:
- accessing, using a receiver coupled to an antenna, signal strength information of signals received by at least one user equipment from other user equipment within a same vicinity, wherein the at least one user equipment is a mobile device;
determining a location of the at least one user equipment relative to at least two other user equipment based on the signal strength information;
determining a user equipment pattern of the at least one user equipment and the at least two other user equipment based on the determined location of the at least one user equipment relative to the at least two other user equipment;
deriving a social context based on the determined user equipment pattern by comparing the determined user equipment pattern with predetermined patterns associated with different social contexts; and
initiating an action of the at least one user equipment in response to the derived social context.
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Abstract
A server based contextual awareness method of communicating in a wireless network includes detecting a signal strength of one or more user equipments (UEs) relative to other user equipment within a same vicinity. The method also includes detecting a pattern of the user equipment(s) and the other user equipment based on the detected signal strength of the user equipment(s) relative to the other user equipment. The method also includes deriving a social context based on the detected pattern. The method further includes initiating an action in response to the derived social context.
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1. A contextual awareness method comprising:
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accessing, using a receiver coupled to an antenna, signal strength information of signals received by at least one user equipment from other user equipment within a same vicinity, wherein the at least one user equipment is a mobile device; determining a location of the at least one user equipment relative to at least two other user equipment based on the signal strength information; determining a user equipment pattern of the at least one user equipment and the at least two other user equipment based on the determined location of the at least one user equipment relative to the at least two other user equipment; deriving a social context based on the determined user equipment pattern by comparing the determined user equipment pattern with predetermined patterns associated with different social contexts; and initiating an action of the at least one user equipment in response to the derived social context. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured; to access, using a receiver coupled to an antenna, signal strength information of signals received by at least one user equipment from other user equipment within a same vicinity, wherein the at least one user equipment is a mobile device, to determine a location of the at least one user equipment relative to at least two other user equipment based on the signal strength information, to determine a user equipment pattern of the at least one user equipment and the at least two other user equipment based on the determined location of the at least one user equipment relative to the at least two other user equipment, to derive a social context based on the determined user equipment pattern by comparing the determined user equipment pattern with predetermined patterns associated with different social contexts, and to initiate an activity of the at least one user equipment in response to the derived social context. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for wireless communications in a wireless network, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising; program code to access, using a receiver coupled to an antenna, signal strength information of signals received by at least one user equipment from other user equipment within a same vicinity, wherein the at least one user equipment is a mobile device, program code to determine a location of the at least one user equipment relative to at least two other user equipment based on the accessed signal strength information, program code to determine a user equipment pattern of the at least one user equipment and the at least two other user equipment based on the determined location of the at least one user equipment relative to the at least two other user equipment, program code to derive a social context based on the determined user equipment pattern by comparing the determined user equipment pattern with predetermined patterns associated with different social contexts, and program code to initiate an activity of the at least one user equipment in response to the derived social context. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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