Systems, Devices, and Methods for Providing Drone Assistance
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1. A system for providing drone assistance comprising:
- an aerial drone;
a mobile electronic device operated by a user; and
a computing device equipped with a processor and in communication with the aerial drone and the mobile electronic device, wherein the computing device is configured to execute;
a drone summoning module, the drone summoning module configured to receive a request for assistance from the mobile electronic device and, in response to the request, instruct the aerial drone to travel to a location of the user operating the mobile electronic device; and
a drone assistance module, the drone assistance module configured to control the aerial drone to provide a price verification of a user-specified object or to provide navigation assistance via the aerial drone to the user to enable the user to navigate to the user-specified object.
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Abstract
A technique for providing drone assistance is discussed. A computing device is in wireless communication with a mobile electronic device and an aerial drone. The computing device can control the aerial drone to travel to the location of a user of the mobile electronic device in response to a request for assistance received via the user'"'"'s mobile electronic device. Once the aerial drone has arrived at the location of the user, the computing device can also control the aerial drone to provide price verification of a user-specified object or to provide navigation assistance via the aerial drone to guide the user to the user-specified object.
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1. A system for providing drone assistance comprising:
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an aerial drone; a mobile electronic device operated by a user; and a computing device equipped with a processor and in communication with the aerial drone and the mobile electronic device, wherein the computing device is configured to execute; a drone summoning module, the drone summoning module configured to receive a request for assistance from the mobile electronic device and, in response to the request, instruct the aerial drone to travel to a location of the user operating the mobile electronic device; and a drone assistance module, the drone assistance module configured to control the aerial drone to provide a price verification of a user-specified object or to provide navigation assistance via the aerial drone to the user to enable the user to navigate to the user-specified object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing aerial drone assistance, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing device in communication with an aerial drone and a mobile electronic device operated by a user, a request for assistance from the mobile electronic device; controlling the aerial drone, using a drone summoning module, to travel to a location of the user operating the mobile electronic device; and controlling the aerial drone, using a drone assistance module, to provide a price verification of a user-specified object or to provide navigation assistance via the aerial drone to the user to enable the user to navigate to the user-specified object. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing device, wherein execution of the instructions causes the processing device to implement a method for providing aerial drone assistance, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing device in communication with an aerial drone and an mobile electronic device operated by a user, a request for assistance from the mobile electronic device; controlling the aerial drone, using a drone summoning module, to travel to a location of the user operating the mobile electronic device; and controlling the aerial drone, using a drone assistance module, to provide a price verification of a user-specified object or to provide navigation assistance via the aerial drone to the user to enable the user to navigate to the user-specified object. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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