DERIVING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT AND ACTIONS FROM AD-HOC STATE BROADCAST
First Claim
1. At least one machine readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a first mobile device to:
- receive mode information from a plurality of other mobile devices;
store the mode information in a memory; and
determine from the mode information if the first mobile device should change mode.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Context state decisions of other users, based on the state of their mobile devices in the vicinity, are used to determine if it reasonable to have your device make or suggest a similar state change. By broadcasting state changes or identifiable actions to all other devices in the vicinity using short-range communications, devices can anonymously notify others in their vicinity of actions they or their users have taken. By collecting and analyzing these notifications, devices can then build their own understanding of the current context and autonomously decide on appropriate actions to take for themselves.
70 Citations
19 Claims
-
1. At least one machine readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a first mobile device to:
-
receive mode information from a plurality of other mobile devices; store the mode information in a memory; and determine from the mode information if the first mobile device should change mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A method for changing a mode of a first mobile device, comprising:
-
receiving mode information from a plurality of other mobile devices; storing the mode information; analyzing the mode information to determine if a threshold number of the plurality of other mobile devices have entered a same mode within a threshold time period; and determining from the analysis if the first mobile device should change to the same mode. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A mobile device, comprising:
-
a plurality of mode settings; a receiver to receive mode information from other mobile devices; a memory to store the mode information; a processor to analyze the mode information to change the mode of the mobile device based on the mode information from the other mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
Specification