Apparatus, method and process of influencing information gathered by a tethered item and computer-readable medium thereof
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a computer implemented content controller; and
an assembly including a holder to hold a device identifiable by an identifier (ID) that uniquely identifies the device, the device ID retrievable from the device through an application interface executing on the device and the holder identifiable as physical location information in a geographic and/or area location for the device;
wherein the content controller is configured to;
obtain the device ID by interfacing with the application interface executing on the device over a communication link between the device and the content controller to request the ID of the device, responsive to presence event detected in connection with presence of the device determined based upon the holder,retrieve information related to the device responsive to the presence event determined based upon the holder, the retrieved information related to the device determined according to a combination of the device ID obtained from the device and the holder indicative of the physical location information in the geographic and/or area location for the device, thereby influencing by the device ID and the holder the information retrieval triggered by the device presence according to the holder; and
output the information related to the device to a mobile device communicationally linked to the content controller.
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Abstract
A tethered item is associated with an identifier that uniquely identifies the item, and one or more content processing devices execute obtaining an identifier of the item, and correlating the obtained item identifier with information related to the tethered item.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a computer implemented content controller; and
an assembly including a holder to hold a device identifiable by an identifier (ID) that uniquely identifies the device, the device ID retrievable from the device through an application interface executing on the device and the holder identifiable as physical location information in a geographic and/or area location for the device; wherein the content controller is configured to; obtain the device ID by interfacing with the application interface executing on the device over a communication link between the device and the content controller to request the ID of the device, responsive to presence event detected in connection with presence of the device determined based upon the holder, retrieve information related to the device responsive to the presence event determined based upon the holder, the retrieved information related to the device determined according to a combination of the device ID obtained from the device and the holder indicative of the physical location information in the geographic and/or area location for the device, thereby influencing by the device ID and the holder the information retrieval triggered by the device presence according to the holder; and output the information related to the device to a mobile device communicationally linked to the content controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
- a computer implemented content controller; and
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9. A method of providing information related to an identifiable device tethered to an apparatus, comprising:
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executing by a computer to; detect a presence event in connection with presence of the identifiable device in a tether identifiable as physical location information in a geographic and/or location area for the identifiable device, interface, over a communication link to the identifiable device, with an application interface executing on the identifiable device to request an identifier (ID) of the identifiable device through the application interface, responsive to the presence event determined based upon the tether, obtain the ID of the identifiable device retrieved from the identifiable device through the application interface, and in response to the presence event, retrieve, for output to a mobile device communicationally linked to the computer, information related to the identifiable device, the information related to the identifiable device determined according to a combination of the identifiable device ID obtained from the identifiable device and the tether of the identifiable device indicative of the physical location information in the geographic and/or location area for the identifiable device, thereby influencing by the identifiable device ID and the tether the information retrieval triggered by the identifiable device presence according to the tether. - View Dependent Claims (10, 14)
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11. A kiosk configured to tether a target device, the kiosk comprising:
a content processing device configured to perform; identifying the kiosk as physical location information in a geographic and/or location area for the target device, in response to a presence event in connection with presence of the target device at the identified kiosk, obtaining an identifier (ID) of the target device by interfacing with an application interface executing on the target device over a communication link between the target device and the content processing device to request the ID of the target device, and retrieving, for output to a mobile device communicationally linked to the content processing device, information related to the target device in response to the presence event, the information related to the target device determined according to a combination of the target device ID obtained from the target device and the identified kiosk indicative of the physical location information in the geographic and/or location area for the target device, thereby influencing by the target device ID and the identified kiosk, the information retrieval triggered by the target device presence at the identified kiosk. - View Dependent Claims (12, 15)
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