MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES, ARCHITECTURE AND USER INTERFACES BASED ON DYNAMIC DIRECTION INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a positional component for receiving positional information as a function of a location of the portable electronic device;
a directional component that outputs direction information as a function of an orientation of the portable electronic device; and
a location based engine that processes the positional information and the direction information to determine a subset of points of interest relative to the portable electronic device as a function of at least the positional information and the direction information.
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Abstract
Mobile endpoints are provided that enable direction based pointing services including a positional component for receiving positional information as a function of a location of the portable electronic device, a directional component that outputs direction information as a function of an orientation of the portable electronic device and a location based engine that processes the positional information and the direction information to determine a subset of points of interest relative to the portable electronic device as a function of at least the positional information and the direction information. Devices can include compass(es), e.g., magnetic or gyroscopic, to determine a direction and GPS systems for determining location. A component for determining acceleration can also optionally be included.
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22 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a positional component for receiving positional information as a function of a location of the portable electronic device; a directional component that outputs direction information as a function of an orientation of the portable electronic device; and a location based engine that processes the positional information and the direction information to determine a subset of points of interest relative to the portable electronic device as a function of at least the positional information and the direction information. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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2. The portable electronic device, wherein the positional component is a positional global positioning satellite (GPS) component for receiving GPS data as the positional information.
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14. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a processor for processing positional information measured by the device as a function of a location of the portable electronic device and direction information as a function of a direction measured for the portable electronic device to form vector information; and an interface for displaying a set of candidate points of interest based on the vector information and determined along the direction from location of the device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for interacting with a portable electronic device, comprising:
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pointing the device in a direction defining a pointing line generally towards a superset of points of interest; determining a set of candidate points of interest as a subset of points of interest that substantially intersect with the pointing line; selecting one of the candidate points of interest; and displaying static and dynamically updateable information associated with the selected point of interest.
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21. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
transmitting information representing the device location and the pointing line to a network service; and
wherein the determining includes receiving the set of candidate points from the network service.- View Dependent Claims (22)
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