Short-range communication enabled location service
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile computing device, an item descriptor that describes one or more physical items;
receiving, by the mobile computing device from a communication tag using short-range wireless communication, a data payload comprising information usable to locate at least one of the one or more physical items, wherein the communication tag is not uniquely associated with the one or more physical items;
selecting, by the mobile computing device, physical location data based on the item descriptor and the data payload received by the mobile computing device from the communication tag that is not uniquely associated with the one or more physical items, wherein the physical location data includes a representation of a physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items; and
outputting, by the mobile computing device and based at least in part on the selected physical location data, the representation of the physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In some examples, aspects of the present disclosure may include techniques to identify a physical location of an item with potentially enhanced precision. In one example, a method includes, receiving an item descriptor that describes one or more physical items. The method also includes receiving a data payload from a peripheral device using short-range wireless communication that includes information usable to locate at least one of the one or more physical items. The further includes selecting physical location data based on the item descriptor and the data payload, wherein the physical location data includes a representation of a physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items; and outputting the physical location data that is usable to locate the at least one of the one or more physical items.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
receiving, by a mobile computing device, an item descriptor that describes one or more physical items; receiving, by the mobile computing device from a communication tag using short-range wireless communication, a data payload comprising information usable to locate at least one of the one or more physical items, wherein the communication tag is not uniquely associated with the one or more physical items; selecting, by the mobile computing device, physical location data based on the item descriptor and the data payload received by the mobile computing device from the communication tag that is not uniquely associated with the one or more physical items, wherein the physical location data includes a representation of a physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items; and outputting, by the mobile computing device and based at least in part on the selected physical location data, the representation of the physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a mobile computing device to perform operations comprising:
-
receiving an item descriptor that describes one or more physical items; receiving, from a communication tag using short-range wireless communication, a data payload comprising information usable to locate at least one of the one or more physical items, wherein the communication tag is not uniquely associated with the one or more physical items; selecting physical location data based on the item descriptor and the data payload received from the communication tag that is not uniquely associated with the one or more physical items, wherein the physical location data includes a representation of a physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items; and outputting, based at least in part on the selected physical location data, the representation of the physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items.
-
-
20. A computing device, comprising:
-
one or more processors; an input device to receive an item descriptor that describes one or more physical items; a short-range communication device to receive a data payload from a communication tag using short-range wireless communication comprising information usable to locate at least one of the one or more physical items, wherein the communication tag is not uniquely associated with the one or more physical items; wherein the one or more processors are configured to select physical location data based on the item descriptor and the data payload received from the communication tag that is not uniquely associated with the one or more physical items, wherein the physical location data includes a representation of a physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items; and an output device to output, based at least in part on the selected physical location data, the representation of the physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items.
-
Specification