DYNAMIC THRESHOLD FOR LOCAL CONNECTIVITY SETUP

• US 20150199037A1
• Filed: 01/15/2014
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Reunamki, Jukka Pekka, Palin, Arto Tapio, Eskolin, Jan Peter Erik
• Granted Patent: US 9,753,562 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04108 Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for connectivity. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include detecting, at a first device including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor; generating a touch profile representative of the detected object; comparing the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device including a second short-range transceiver; and initiating, by the first device via the first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, when the comparing determines the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, at a first device including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor;

generating a touch profile representative of the detected object;

comparing the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device including a second short-range transceiver; and

initiating, by the first device via the first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, when the comparing determines the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch screen sensor comprises a capacitive touch screen sensor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second short-range transceivers each comprise a transceiver configured in accordance with at least one of Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, and ZigBee.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting further comprises:

determining at least one of a position and an orientation of the detected object proximate to the touch screen sensor.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

adjusting, based on the determining, a received signal strength threshold value configured to detect, during the connection establishment, one or more devices including the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the connection establishment further comprises:

sending, by the first device via the first short-range transceiver, one or more messages to one or more devices including the second device, wherein the one or more messages include at least one of a page message or an inquiry message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting further comprises:

detecting the object making contact with the touch screen sensor.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the first device, one or more messages to one or more peer devices, the one or more messages including information regarding the detected object.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

detect, at the apparatus including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor;

generate a touch profile representative of the detected object;

compare the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device including a second short-range transceiver; and

initiate, by the apparatus via the first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, when the comparing determines the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the touch screen sensor comprises a capacitive touch screen sensor.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first and second short-range transceivers each comprise a transceiver configured in accordance with at least one of Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, and ZigBee.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least determine at least one of a position and an orientation of the detected object proximate to the touch screen sensor.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least adjust, based on the determining, a received signal strength threshold value configured to detect, during the connection establishment, one or more devices including the second device.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least send, via the first short-range transceiver, one or more messages to one or more devices including the second device, wherein the one or more messages include at least one of a page message or an inquiry message.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least, detect the object making contact with the touch screen sensor.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least send one or more messages to one or more peer devices, the one or more messages including information regarding the detected object.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer program code which when executed by at least one processor causes operations comprising:

detecting, at a first device including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor;

generating a touch profile representative of the detected object;

comparing the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device including a second short-range transceiver; and

initiating, by the first device via the first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, when the comparing determines the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, which when executed by at least one processor causes further operation of determining at least one of a position and an orientation of the detected object proximate to the touch screen sensor.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, which when executed by at least one processor causes further operation of detecting the object making contact with the touch screen sensor.

20. (canceled)