MOBILE COMPUTING SERVICES BASED ON DEVICES WITH DYNAMIC DIRECTION INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for using a device provisioned for pointing based services, comprising:
- receiving direction information associated with at least one direction of the device;
dynamically defining at least one area of intersection within scope for the at least one direction including defining the at least one area of intersection as a function of a current state or parameter of a service or the device; and
identifying at least one point of interest that substantially intersects or lies within the at least one area of intersection.
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Abstract
Direction based pointing services are enabled for a portable electronic device 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 points of interest relative to the portable electronic device as a function of at least the positional information and the direction information. A set of scenarios with respect to non-movable endpoints of interest in the system emerge and these scenarios and other embodiments are described in more detail below.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for using a device provisioned for pointing based services, comprising:
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receiving direction information associated with at least one direction of the device; dynamically defining at least one area of intersection within scope for the at least one direction including defining the at least one area of intersection as a function of a current state or parameter of a service or the device; and identifying at least one point of interest that substantially intersects or lies within the at least one area of intersection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for using a device provisioned for pointing based services, comprising:
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receiving direction information associated with at least one pointed to direction of the device; identifying points of interest that are substantially within boundaries set by the at least one pointed to direction according to a boundary test; and filtering the points of interest to identify at least one point of interest of the points of interest as a function of a speed of the device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for using a device provisioned for pointing based services, comprising:
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receiving an indication of direction information pointed to by the device; identifying a real estate point of interest according to a line of sight algorithm implemented as a function of the direction information; and receiving dynamic information about the real estate point of interest on the device that is tailored to a set of characteristics of a user of the device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method for a pointing based service, comprising:
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collecting user path data when path of travel information and speed information indicate a given user of a set of users is travelling in a motor vehicle to form collective user path data; receiving a query from a user for path information to a specified destination; and transmitting the path information to the user based on an analysis the collective user path data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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