Determining the context of surroundings
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1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of context-determining devices each having a short range wireless signal transceiver capable of receiving wireless signals and configured to broadcast information via short range wireless signals independent of any received wireless signals; and
at least one subscriber unit configured to detect presence of at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices by at least detecting the short range wireless signals from the at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices and further configured to derive contextual information from the short range wireless signals,wherein the derived contextual information includes at least information relating to one or more service capabilities of the at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices;
wherein the at least one subscriber unit is further configured to issue, to the at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices, one or more wireless control signals capable of controlling one or more services of the one or more service capabilities based on the derived contextual information.
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Abstract
“Context” of an environment or area is considered to be one or more characteristics of the environment or area, manifested by the presence of various types of equipment or devices. Detection of various types of devices and equipment in a localized area is by way of short-range wireless signals over which data about the devices is transmitted to one or more subscriber units. The subscriber units can forward context-determinative data and information to a service provider which can vicariously use the equipment or devices in the area via the subscriber device.
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of context-determining devices each having a short range wireless signal transceiver capable of receiving wireless signals and configured to broadcast information via short range wireless signals independent of any received wireless signals; and at least one subscriber unit configured to detect presence of at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices by at least detecting the short range wireless signals from the at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices and further configured to derive contextual information from the short range wireless signals, wherein the derived contextual information includes at least information relating to one or more service capabilities of the at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices; wherein the at least one subscriber unit is further configured to issue, to the at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices, one or more wireless control signals capable of controlling one or more services of the one or more service capabilities based on the derived contextual information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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detecting presence of at least one context-determining device by at least detecting short range wireless signals broadcast from the at least one context-determining device independent of any received wireless signals; deriving contextual information from the short range wireless signals, wherein the derived contextual information includes at least information relating to one or more service capabilities of the at least one context-determining device; and issuing one or more wireless control signals to the at least one context-determining device based on the derived contextual information, wherein the one or more wireless control signals are capable of controlling one or more services of the one or more service capabilities. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A subscriber unit comprising:
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a transceiver configured to detect presence of at least one context-determining device by at least receiving short range wireless signals broadcast from at least one context-determining device that is capable of receiving wireless signals and configured to broadcast the short range wireless signals independent of any received wireless signals; and a processor configured to derive contextual information from the short range wireless signals, and issue wireless control signals via the transceiver to the at least one context-determining device, wherein the derived contextual information includes at least information relating to one or more service capabilities of the at least one context-determining device, and the wireless control signals are capable of controlling one or more services of the one or more service capabilities. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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