Portable electronic device and method for determining its context
First Claim
1. A method for determining a context of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
- maintaining local context information in a first portable electronic device;
receiving in the first electronic device context information transmitted by a second portable electronic device belonging to a dynamic adhoc network determined by the coverage area of a short-range radio transceiver of the first device; and
determining a confidence level of the first device context by using the local context information of the first device and the received context information of the adhoc network.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining a context of a portable electronic device, and to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device comprises a user interface, a context, means for maintaining local context information of the first device, a short-range radio transceiver, means for receiving context information transmitted by a second portable electronic device belonging to a dynamic adhoc network determined by the coverage area of the short-range radio transceiver, and means for determining a confidence level of the context of the first device by using the local context information of the first device and the received context information of the adhoc network.
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1. A method for determining a context of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
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maintaining local context information in a first portable electronic device;
receiving in the first electronic device context information transmitted by a second portable electronic device belonging to a dynamic adhoc network determined by the coverage area of a short-range radio transceiver of the first device; and
determining a confidence level of the first device context by using the local context information of the first device and the received context information of the adhoc network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a user interface;
a context;
means for maintaining local context information of a first device;
a short-range radio transceiver;
means for receiving context information transmitted by a second portable electronic device belonging to a dynamic adhoc network determined by the coverage area of the short-range radio transceiver; and
means for determining a confidence level of the first device context by using the local context information of the first device and the received context information of the adhoc network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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