GENERATING A PERSONAL TOPOLOGY DURING INDUCTIVE CHARGING AND DATA TRANSFER

• US 20120246569A1
• Filed: 03/22/2011
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Chatterjee, Manjirnath, Liu, Eric, Grange, William
• Application Number:
  US13/053,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20120246569A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Illustrated is a system and method to detect an inductively received electrical charge, the electrical charge received from a form factor capable of inductively charging and exchanging data with a mobile computing device. The system and method also includes displaying a user interface (UI) on the mobile computing device, the UI to receive input to instantiate a node that represents the form factor. Additionally, the system and method includes associating the node with a map to be displayed on the mobile computing device.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

detecting an inductively received electrical charge, the electrical charge received from a form factor capable of inductively charging and exchanging data with a mobile computing device;

displaying a user interface (UI) on the mobile computing device, the UI to receive input to instantiate a node that represents the form factor; and

associating the node with a map to be displayed on the mobile computing device.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the form factor is at least one of a printer, or a monitor.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the node is part of a personal network topology.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising receiving instructions via the UI to retrieve additional data, the additional data to describe the node as the node is displayed on the mobile computing device.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the additional data includes at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS) data, general location data, name data, Internet Protocol (IP) address, Media Access Control (MAC) address, or a Globally Unique identifier (GUID) value.

6. A mobile computing device comprising:

a coil capable of receiving an electrical charge from a form factor, the form factor capable of inductively charging and exchanging data with the mobile computing device;

a touch-sensitive screen capable of receiving input to instantiate a node that represents the form factor, the node part of a personal network topology; and

a memory to store the personal network topology associated with a map.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the personal map includes a floor plan.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the touch-sensitive screen receives instructions to retrieve additional data, the additional data to describe the node as the node is displayed on the touch-sensitive screen.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein the additional data includes at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS) data, general location data, name data, Internet Protocol (IP) address, Media Access Control (MAC) address, or a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) value.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the map is retrieved from the form factor.

11. A computer system comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory including logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to;

detect an inductively received electrical charge, the electrical charge received from a form factor capable of inductively charging and exchanging data with a mobile computing device;

display a user interface (UI) on the mobile computing device, the UI to receive input to instantiate a node that represents the form factor; and

associate location information for the node with a map to be displayed on the mobile computing device.

12. The computer system of claim 11, further comprising the memory including logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to transmit the location information to the form factor.

13. The computer system of claim 11, further comprising the memory including logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to get the location information from a location system.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the location system uses triangulation and includes at least one of a Radio Frequency (RF) based location system, a cellular based location system, a WiFi based location system, or a WiMax based location system.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the computer system is a mobile computing device.