SOURCE SWITCHING FOR DEVICES SUPPORTING DYNAMIC DIRECTION INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for a device provisioned for pointing based services, comprising:
- receiving point of interest data from one or more pointing based services based on pointing information associated with at least one direction of the device via a first network;
losing connectivity to the first network;
identifying at least one other source of point of interest data to which the device can connect via a second network; and
automatically connecting to the second network to receive the point of interest information from the at least one other source.
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Abstract
With the addition of directional information in the environment, a variety of service(s) can be provided on top of user identification or interaction with specific object(s) of interest by pointing at the objects. Sometimes either the device user and/or the publishers of content cannot complete a content exchange due to connectivity to data or services becoming lost. A device provisioned for pointing or direction based services losing connectivity to a first network while engaging pointing based services. In response, one or more other sources for the pointing based services are identified on a second network or device to which the device can connect and the device automatically connects to the second network or device to receive the pointing based services, or data for use with the pointing based services (e.g., GPS information, point of interest data, direction data, etc.), from the one or more other sources.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for a device provisioned for pointing based services, comprising:
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receiving point of interest data from one or more pointing based services based on pointing information associated with at least one direction of the device via a first network; losing connectivity to the first network; identifying at least one other source of point of interest data to which the device can connect via a second network; and automatically connecting to the second network to receive the point of interest information from the at least one other source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a memory that stores at least information related to at least direction information representing information pertaining to orientation of the device, position information representing information pertaining to location of the device and point of interest information representing information pertaining to points of interest substantially within interactive range of the device; a positional component for receiving the position information as a function of a location of the portable electronic device; a directional component that measures the direction information as a function of an orientation of the portable electronic device; and a switching component that switches among at least two sources for the position information when at least one source of the at least two sources for the position information is not delivering position information to the device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for a pointing based services enabled device, comprising:
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determining direction information as a function of a direction for the device; determining position information as a function of a position for the device; receiving pointing based services based on the direction information and position information via a first network; losing connectivity by the device to the first network; identifying at least one other source for the pointing based services to which the device can connect on a second network; and automatically connecting to the second network to receive the pointing based services from the at least one other source. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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