Determining active real objects for running a software application
First Claim
1. A method to run a software application accessible from a communication terminal using at least one real object, said method comprising:
- describing a curve in space from said communication terminal;
identifying a geographic zone based on said curve;
determining, by the communications terminal, a set of active real objects located within said geographic zone having a communication interface with a communication network;
identifying, by the communications terminal, an application that is compatible with at least one of said active real objects by querying a database associating available applications with required conditions, said query indicating abilities offered by the active real objects, and determining a set of applications for which associated required conditions correspond to abilities offered by the real objects in said set; and
interfacing said application with said active real objects.
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Abstract
A communication terminal (T) equipped with a means of processing (TRT) designed to allow the use of software applications and equipped with an interface (INT) for communicating with a communication network (N), said means of processing comprising at least: •A first module (MZG) designed to delimit a geographical zone (ZG) based on a curve described in space by the communication terminal, •A second module (MOR) designed to determine a set of active real objects (O1, 02) located in this zone and having an interface (Int1, Int2) with the communication network, •A third module (MIA) designed to identify an application in relation to the active real objects, •A fourth module (MDA) designed to interface the application with the previously determined active real objects.
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17 Claims
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1. A method to run a software application accessible from a communication terminal using at least one real object, said method comprising:
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describing a curve in space from said communication terminal; identifying a geographic zone based on said curve; determining, by the communications terminal, a set of active real objects located within said geographic zone having a communication interface with a communication network; identifying, by the communications terminal, an application that is compatible with at least one of said active real objects by querying a database associating available applications with required conditions, said query indicating abilities offered by the active real objects, and determining a set of applications for which associated required conditions correspond to abilities offered by the real objects in said set; and interfacing said application with said active real objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17)
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15. A communication terminal comprising:
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a processor; and an interface for communicating with an associated communication network; said processor being configured as; a first module designed to delimit a geographical zone based on a curve described in space by said communication terminal; a second module designed to determine a set of active real objects located in said geographic zone and having a communication interface with said communication network; a third module designed to identify an application that is compatible with at least one of said active real objects, by querying a database associating the applications available with required conditions, and by the determination of a set of applications for which the associated required conditions correspond to abilities offered by the real objects in said set; and a fourth module designed to interface said identified application with said determined active real objects.
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16. A man-machine interlace for a communication terminal comprising:
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a screen configured to display a list of available applications that may be run using active real objects within a set of active real objects located in a geographic zone determined, by the communication terminal, based on a location of said communication terminal and a curve described in space by a movement of said communication terminal by an associated user of said communication terminal, and a user input device configured to receive a user selection of an application from said displayed list; and an object activator configured to start an interface between said selected application and said determined active real objects, wherein said application is identified by querying a database associating the applications available with required conditions, said query indicating abilities offered by the active real objects, and by the determination of a set of applications for which the associated required conditions correspond to abilities offered by the real objects in said set.
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