Mechanism for facilitating dynamic detection and communication of geo-locations for devices

• US 9,473,891 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2013
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Colby, Robert A., Moses, Jaideep, Agerstam, Mats, Ramon, Roy, Barathalwar, Raguraman
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bassett, Daniel G
• Application Number:
  US14/129,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20150072704A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A mechanism is described for facilitating detection and communication of geo-locations for devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes tracking, at a first smart device, one or more devices including a second smart device, and first and second smart devices including a computing device, and establishing a first connection with the second smart device, establishing further comprising exchanging first location data between the first smart device and the second smart device, establishing further including communicating a first current location associated with the first smart device to the second smart device. The method may further include identifying a second current location associated with the second smart device. The second current location may be initially recorded and iteratively rewritten at a first local memory of the first smart device.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

device and geo-location detection logic, at a first smart device, to detect a second smart device wherein the second smart device is detected based on proximate separation of the first smart device from the second smart device, wherein the proximate separation indicates one or more points of separations between the first smart device and the second smart device, wherein a point of separation precisely indicates, in time and location, where the second smart device is separated from the first smart device; and

communication logic to continously establish and maintain real-time communication between the first smart device and the second smart device, wherein the communication to facilitate real-time exchange of smart location data between the first smart device and the second smart device, wherein the exchange comprises forwarding of a first device location of the first smart device to the second smart device and receiving of a second device location of the second smart device upon reaching each point of separation, wherein the first and second device locations to reveal a last point of separation indicating a last point in time or a last physical location where the second smart device loses communication with the first smart device,

wherein the device and geo-location detection logic is further to search and detect the second smart device based on the last separation point, and

wherein the communication logic is further to reestablish real-time contact between the first smart device and the second smart device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising registration and management logic to record the first device location at the second smart device and the second device location at the first smart device, wherein the real-time communication between the first smart device and the second smart device is established over a network comprising one or more of a cloud network, a proximity network, and the Internet, and

wherein the registration and management logic is further to register the first and second smart devices and the first and second data locations, respectively, wherein the first and second smart devices include computing devices.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication logic is further to establish communication between the first smart device and a dumb device and to retrieve a dumb device location from the dumb device, wherein the communication between the first smart device and the dumb device is established, over a proximity network, using a smart device module at the first smart device and a smart tag at the dumb device, wherein the dumb device includes at least one of a dumb cellphone, a key, a book, a car, a purse, and a wallet.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the registration and management logic is further to recorded the dumb device location at the first smart device.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the registration and management logic is further to classify the second smart device and the dumb device as at least one of participant devices or peer devices.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the registration and management logic is further to extend special privileges to the second smart device if the second smart device is classified as a peer device, wherein the special privileges include facilitating the second smart device to detect and maintain the dumb location associated with the dumb device on behalf of the first smart device such that the first smart device to leverage and outsource one or more tasks relating to detecting and maintaining of the dumb location to the second smart device.

7. A method comprising:

detecting, at a first smart device, a second smart device, wherein the second smart device is detected based on proximate separation of the first smart device from the second smart device, wherein the proximate separation indicates one or more points of separations between the first smart device and the second smart device, wherein a point of separation precisely indicates, in time and location, where the second smart device is separated from the first smart device;

continously establishing and maintaining real-time communication between the first smart device and the second smart device, wherein the communication to facilitate real-time exchange of smart location data between the first smart device and the second smart device, wherein the exchange comprises forwarding of a first device location of the first smart device to the second smart device and receiving of a second device location of the second smart device upon reaching each point of separation, wherein the first and second device locations to reveal a last point of separation indicating a last point in time or a last physical location where the second smart device loses communication with the first smart device;

searching and detecting the second smart device based on the last separation point; and

reestablishing real-time contact between the first smart device and the second smart device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

recording the first device location at the second smart device and the second device location at the first smart device, wherein the real-time communication between the first smart device and the second smart device is established over a network comprising one or more of a cloud network, a proximity network, and the Internet; and

registering the first and second smart devices and the first and second data locations, respectively, wherein the first and second smart devices include computing devices.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising establishing communication between the first smart device and a dumb device and to retrieve a dumb device location from the dumb device, wherein the communication between the first smart device and the dumb device is established, over a proximity network, using a smart device module at the first smart device and a smart tag at the dumb device, wherein the dumb device includes at least one of a dumb cellphone, a key, a book, a car, a purse, and a wallet.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising recording the dumb device location at the first smart device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising classifying the second smart device and the dumb device as at least one of participant devices or peer devices.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising extending special privileges to the second smart device if the second smart device is classified as a peer device, wherein the special privileges include facilitating the second smart device to detect and maintain the dumb location associated with the dumb device on behalf of the first smart device such that the first smart device to leverage and outsource one or more tasks relating to detecting and maintaining of the dumb location to the second smart device.

13. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

detect, at a first smart device, a second smart device, wherein the second smart device is detected based on proximate separation of the first smart device from the second smart device, wherein the proximate separation indicates one or more points of separations between the first smart device and the second smart device, wherein a point of separation precisely indicates, in time and location, where the second smart device is separated from the first smart device;

continously establish and maintain real-time communication between the first smart device and the second smart device, wherein the communication to facilitate real-time exchange of smart location data between the first smart device and the second smart device, wherein the exchange comprises forwarding of a first device location of the first smart device to the second smart device and receiving of a second device location of the second smart device upon reaching each point of separation, wherein the first and second device locations to reveal a last point of separation indicating a last point in time or a last physical location where the second smart device loses communication with the first smart device;

search and detect the second smart device based on the last separation point; and

reestablish real-time contact between the first smart device and the second smart device.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the computing device is further to:

record the first device location at the second smart device and the second device location at the first smart device, wherein the real-time communication between the first smart device and the second smart device is established over a network comprising one or more of a cloud network, a proximity network, and the Internet; and

register the first and second smart devices and the first and second data locations, respectively, wherein the first and second smart devices include computing devices.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the computing device is further to establish communication between the first smart device and a dumb device and to retrieve a dumb device location from the dumb device, wherein the communication between the first smart device and the dumb device is established, over a proximity network, using a smart device module at the first smart device and a smart tag at the dumb device, wherein the dumb device includes at least one of a dumb cellphone, a key, a book, a car, a purse, and a wallet.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the computing device is further to record the dumb device location at the first smart device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the computing device is further to classify the second smart device and the dumb device as at least one of participant devices or peer devices.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the computing device is further to extend special privileges to the second smart device if the second smart device is classified as a peer device, wherein the special privileges include facilitating the second smart device to detect and maintain the dumb location associated with the dumb device on behalf of the first smart device such that the first smart device to leverage and outsource one or more tasks relating to detecting and maintaining of the dumb location to the second smart device.