CONTEXT-DRIVEN LOCAL NETWORK SERVICES
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a processor circuit;
an interface communicatively coupled to the processor circuit, and structured to couple the apparatus to a network; and
a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processor circuit, causes the processor circuit to;
operate the interface to receive a signal conveying context data;
retrieve an aspect of a current context of the apparatus;
compare the aspect to the context data;
determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to engage in interactions with one or more other computing devices through a network based on the comparison, the interactions comprising providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices; and
operate the interface to engage in the interactions with one or more computing devices through the network when the appropriate context to engage in the interactions exists.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are generally directed to cooperation among networked devices to obtain and use a multiple-frame screenshot. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor circuit executing a sequence causing the processor circuit to receive a signal conveying a context data; retrieve an aspect of a current context of the apparatus; compare the aspect to the context data; determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to engage in interactions with one or more other computing devices through a network based on the comparison, the interactions comprising providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices; and engage in the interactions with one or more computing devices through the network when the appropriate context to engage in the interactions exists. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor circuit; an interface communicatively coupled to the processor circuit, and structured to couple the apparatus to a network; and a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processor circuit, causes the processor circuit to; operate the interface to receive a signal conveying context data; retrieve an aspect of a current context of the apparatus; compare the aspect to the context data; determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to engage in interactions with one or more other computing devices through a network based on the comparison, the interactions comprising providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices; and operate the interface to engage in the interactions with one or more computing devices through the network when the appropriate context to engage in the interactions exists. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing device, a signal conveying context data; retrieving an aspect of a current context of the computing device; comparing the aspect to the context data; determining whether a context defined as appropriate exists to engage in interactions with one or more other computing devices through a network based on the comparison, the interactions comprising sharing a resource of the computing device through the network with the one or more other computing devices; and engaging in the interactions with one or more computing devices through the network when the appropriate context to engage in the interactions exists. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. At least one machine-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to:
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receive a signal conveying context data; retrieve an aspect of a current context of the computing device; compare the aspect to the context data; determine whether a context defined as appropriate exists to engage in interactions with one or more other computing devices through a network based on the comparison, the interactions comprising providing a network service to the one or more other computing devices; and engage in the interactions with one or more computing devices through the network when the appropriate context to engage in the interactions exists. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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transmitting a signal to a first computing device conveying a first association data and a first context data, the first association data comprising an identifier of a second computing device to enable the first computing device to recognize the second computing device as an accepted computing device, the first context data comprising an indication of an event to be attended by a first person associated with the first computing device and a second person associated with the second computing device to define an appropriate context for the first computing device to engage in interactions with the second computing device through a network as comprising a time at which the event starts; and transmitting a signal to a second computing device conveying a second association data and a second context data, the second association data comprising an identifier of the first computing device to enable the second computing device to recognize the first computing device as an accepted computing device, the second context data comprising an indication of the event to define an appropriate context for the second computing device to engage in interactions with the first computing device through the network comprising the time at which the event starts. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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