Managing activities performed by a plurality of collocated mobile devices

• US 9,860,673 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2017
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Venkatraman, Sai Pradeep, Werner, Benjamin Alfred, Gao, Weihua
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, TED M
• Application Number:
  US15/438,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20170164155A1
• Time in Patent Office: 315 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0072 Transmission between mobile stations, e.g. anti-collision systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0209 in terminal devices terminal devices per se H04W88/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing activities among two or more mobile devices that are collocated include means for determining a set of tasks to be performed collectively by at least a first mobile device comprising a first set of subsystems and a second mobile device comprising a second set of subsystems, while the first and second mobile device are collocated during a period of time in the future; means for assigning a first task of the set of tasks to be performed by the first mobile device based on the first set of subsystems; and means for assigning a second task of the set of tasks to be performed by the second mobile device based on the second set of subsystems. The first and second sets of subsystems are different from one another with regard to at least one subsystem.

Claims

1. A method for use in managing two or more mobile devices that are collocated, the method comprising:

determining a set of tasks to be performed collectively by at least a first mobile device comprising a first set of subsystems and a second mobile device comprising a second set of subsystems, while the first and second mobile devices are collocated during a period of time in the future;

assigning a first task of the set of tasks to be performed by the first mobile device based on the first set of subsystems; and

assigning a second task of the set of tasks to be performed by the second mobile device based on the second set of subsystems;

wherein the first and second sets of subsystems are different from one another with regard to at least one subsystem.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of assigning the first task or assigning the second task is based on which subsystems of the first set of subsystems or the second set of subsystems, respectively, are available.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of assigning the first task or assigning the second task is based on statuses of subsystems of the first set of subsystems or the second set of subsystems, respectively, are available.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the statuses comprise one or more of busy, available, current activities being performed, battery levels, power levels, or power budgets.

5. An apparatus configured to manage activities among two or more mobile devices that are collocated, the apparatus comprising:

memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

determine a set of tasks to be performed collectively by at least a first mobile device comprising a first set of subsystems and a second mobile device comprising a second set of subsystems, while the first and second mobile devices are collocated during a period of time in the future;

assign a first task of the set of tasks to be performed by the first mobile device based on the first set of subsystems; and

assign a second task of the set of tasks to be performed by the second mobile device based on the second set of subsystems;

wherein the first and second sets of subsystems are different from one another with regard to at least one subsystem.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to:

at least one of assign the first task or assign the second task based on which subsystems of the first set of subsystems or the second set of subsystems, respectively, are available.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to:

at least one of assign the first task or assign the second task based on statuses of subsystems of the first set of subsystems or the second set of subsystems, respectively, are available.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the statuses comprise one or more of busy, available, current activities being performed, battery levels, power levels, or power budgets.

9. A system for managing activities among two or more mobile devices that are collocated, the system comprising:

means for determining a set of tasks to be performed collectively by at least a first mobile device comprising a first set of subsystems and a second mobile device comprising a second set of subsystems, while the first and second mobile devices are collocated during a period of time in the future;

means for assigning a first task of the set of tasks to be performed by the first mobile device based on the first set of subsystems; and

means for assigning a second task of the set of tasks to be performed by the second mobile device based on the second set of subsystems;

wherein the first and second sets of subsystems are different from one another with regard to at least one subsystem.