Visualization of network members based on location and direction

• US 9,277,359 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2015
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Lee, Arthur
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, NAM TRUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/682,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20150215739A1
• Time in Patent Office: 327 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2300/00 Mixtures or combinations of active ingredients, wherein at least one active ingredient is fully defined in groups A61K31/00 - A61K41/00
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1804 for stock exchange and similar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2044 Group features, e.g. closed user group
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/359 Augmented reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
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• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/66 user interface aspects for indicating selection options for a communication line
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/563 : User guidance or feature selection
• 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 4/06 : Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 : User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 : with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination

Abstract

Methods, devices and systems enable efficient organizations of group communications on a mobile device. The mobile device may be configured to receive location information from other mobile devices in a communication system, determine the current location and orientation of the mobile device, determine directions and distances from the mobile device to each of the other mobile devices, and generate a first-person perspective and/or top-down perspective display showing relative locations of the other mobile devices. Other multiple mobile devices may be represented in the display as images (e.g., icons, avatars, directional indicators, etc.). The display may provide a user interface to enable a user to quickly organize other mobile devices into groups and initiate group communications with some of the other mobile devices. The mobile device may be configured to group the displayed images into one or more communication units and establish communication links with mobile devices in the communication units.

Claims

1. A method for generating a display on a mobile device that is a member of a communication system, comprising:

receiving location information associated with each communication device in the communication system;

determining a location of the mobile device;

determining a distance between the mobile device and each communication device in the communication system;

generating a first-person perspective display in which each communication device in the communication system is represented by an image based on the determined distance between the mobile device and the communication device associated with that image;

determining whether the mobile device has changed orientation to a horizontal position; and

generating a top-down perspective display in which a first icon associated with the mobile device appears at a center of the top-down perspective display and each communication device in the communication system is represented by an image positioned around the first icon associated with the mobile device based on relative positions of each communication device in the communication system.

2. A computing device, comprising:

means for receiving location information associated with each communication device in a communication system;

means for determining a location of the computing device;

means for determining a distance between the computing device and each communication device in the communication system;

means for generating a first-person perspective display in which each communication device in the communication system is represented by an image based on the determined distance between the computing device and the communication device associated with that image;

means for determining whether the computing device has changed orientation to a horizontal position; and

means for generating a top-down perspective display in which a first icon associated with the computing device appears at a center of the top-down perspective display and each communication device in the communication system is represented by an image positioned around the first icon associated with the computing device based on relative positions of each communication device in the communication system.

3. A computing device, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving location information associated with each communication device in a communication system;

determining a location of the computing device;

determining a distance between the computing device and each communication device in the communication system;

generating a first-person perspective display in which each communication device in the communication system is represented by an image based on the determined distance between the computing device and the communication device associated with that image;

determining whether the computing device has changed orientation to a horizontal position; and

generating a top-down perspective display in which a first icon associated with the computing device appears at a center of the top-down perspective display and each communication device in the communication system is represented by an image positioned around the first icon associated with the computing device based on relative positions of each communication device in the communication system.

4. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations for generating a display on a mobile device that is a member of a communication system, comprising:

receiving location information associated with each communication device in the communication system;

determining a location of the mobile device;

determining a distance between the mobile device and each communication device in the communication system;

generating a first-person perspective display in which each communication device in the communication system is represented by an image based on the determined distance between the mobile device and the communication device associated with that image;

determining whether the mobile device has changed orientation to a horizontal position; and

generating a top-down perspective display in which a first icon associated with the mobile device appears at a center of the top-down perspective display and communication device in the communication system is represented by an image positioned around the first icon associated with the mobile device based on relative positions of each communication device in the communication system.