METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT ENHANCED WIRELESS DISCOVERY

• US 20100169817A1
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Lyons, Kenton, Rosario, Barbara, Pering, Trevor, Want, Roy, Sud, Shivani A.
• Application Number:
  US12/347,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169817A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34

Abstract

A system, apparatus, method and article for context enhanced wireless discovery are described. The apparatus may include a discovery module to receive status information for one or more target devices, the status information comprising physical characteristics of the one or more target devices. The apparatus may also include a composition manager to generate a graphical user interface including icons representing the one or more target devices, the icons including graphical representations of the status information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a discovery module to receive status information for one or more target devices, the status information comprising physical characteristics of the one or more target devices; and

a composition manager to generate a graphical user interface including augmented graphical icons, graphs, or text, organized to represent the status information.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the icons, graphs or text dynamically change within the graphical user interface in response to changes in the physical characteristics of the one or more target devices;

and

wherein the status information is received and dynamically updated during a discovery process.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the physical characteristic comprises movement information associated with a target device, and an icon representing the target device or the graphical representations of the status information for the target device dynamically changes within the graphical user interface in response to the movement information.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the movement information is measured by an accelerometer associated with the target device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the physical characteristic comprises position information associated with a target device, and an icon representing the target device or the graphical representations of the status information for the target device dynamically changes position within the graphical user interface in response to changes in position of a source device or the target device.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the position information is measured by a compass associated with the target device or the source device.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the physical characteristic comprises an amount of light detected by a light sensor associated with a target device, and an icon representing the target device or the graphical representations of the status information for the target device dynamically changes in responses to changes in the amount of light detected by the light sensor.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a connection module to establish a wireless connection between a source device and one or more of the target devices, wherein the connection is established based on a selection signal received from the composition manager, the selection signal generated based on a user interaction with the graphical user interface.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the physical characteristic of the target device comprises one or more of movement information, position information, an amount of light detected by a light sensor, radio frequency received signal strength indication (RF RSSI) information, time-of-flight (TOF) information, barometric pressure information, temperature information, audio information, chemical information, gas information, bio information or radiation information.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving status information for one or more target devices, the status information comprising physical characteristics of the one or more target devices;

generating a graphical user interface including augmented graphical icons, graphs, or text, organized to represent the status information;

displaying the graphical user interface on a display of a source device; and

dynamically changing the icons or the graphical user interface in response to changes in the physical characteristics of the one or more target devices.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

initiating a discovery process to identify target devices; and

establishing a wireless connection between the source device and one or more of the target devices based on a selection of an icon, graph or text representing one or more target device or based on the received status information for one or more target device or status information for source device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the physical characteristic comprises movement information measured by an accelerometer associated with a target device, and an icon representing the target device or the graphical representations of the status information for the target device dynamically changes within the graphical user interface in response to the movement information.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the physical characteristic comprises position information measured by a compass associated with a target device, and an icon representing the target device or the graphical representations of the status information for the target device dynamically changes position within the graphical user interface in response to changes in position of the source device or the target device.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the physical characteristic comprises an amount of light detected by a light sensor associated with a target device, and an icon representing the target device or the graphical representations of the status information for the target device dynamically changes in responses to changes in the amount of light detected by the light sensor.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the physical characteristic of the target device comprises one or more of movement information, position information, an amount of light detected by a light sensor, radio frequency received signal strength indication (RF RSSI) information, time-of-flight (TOF) information, barometric pressure information, temperature information, audio information, chemical information, gas information, bio information or radiation information.