SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SHARING AWARENESS INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for sharing awareness information, comprising:
- receiving a request for awareness information at a first device;
determining that the first device does not comprise an awareness component corresponding to the requested awareness information;
identifying a second device comprising an awareness component corresponding to the requested awareness information, wherein the second device is in physical proximity of the first device; and
receiving at the first device the requested awareness information from the second device, wherein the requested awareness information is detected by the awareness component of the second device.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for sharing awareness information are provided. A non-aware electronic device can require awareness information including, for example, information about its environment or information about its status within its environment, in order to perform a particular device operation. When the non-aware device lacks an awareness component for detecting the required type of awareness information, the non-aware device can establish a communications path with an aware device that includes such an appropriate awareness component. The aware device can share the required type of awareness information as captured by its awareness component with the non-aware device. The distance between the non-aware device and the aware device can be less than a threshold distance to ensure that the shared awareness information is relevant to the non-aware device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for sharing awareness information, comprising:
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receiving a request for awareness information at a first device; determining that the first device does not comprise an awareness component corresponding to the requested awareness information; identifying a second device comprising an awareness component corresponding to the requested awareness information, wherein the second device is in physical proximity of the first device; and receiving at the first device the requested awareness information from the second device, wherein the requested awareness information is detected by the awareness component of the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic device, comprising:
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an awareness component; communications circuitry; and control circuitry coupled to the awareness component and the communications circuitry, the control circuitry operative to; receive a request from another electronic device for awareness information associated with a threshold distance; direct the awareness component to capture the requested awareness information; determine that a distance between the electronic device and the other electronic device is less than the threshold distance; and direct the communications circuitry to transmit the captured awareness information to the other electronic device in response to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for sharing awareness information, comprising:
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receiving awareness information broadcast by a first device at a second device, the first device comprising an awareness component operative to acquire the awareness information; determining a distance between the first device and the second device; comparing the determined distance with a threshold distance associated with the received awareness information to determine whether the determined distance is less than the threshold distance; and in response to determining that the determined distance is less than the threshold distance, performing a first operation with the second device using the received awareness information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method for checking in with a calendar system, comprising:
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determining with a first device that a current time corresponds to a time of a scheduled meeting; retrieving with the first device current location awareness information from a second device that is in geographic proximity of the first device; and transmitting the retrieved current location awareness information from the first device to the calendar system. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. Computer readable media for accessing awareness information with a non-aware electronic device, comprising computer readable program logic recorded thereon for:
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receiving a request for the awareness information; determining that the non-aware electronic device does not comprise an awareness component corresponding to the requested awareness information; identifying an aware electronic device comprising an awareness component corresponding to the requested awareness information, wherein the aware electronic device is in physical proximity of the non-aware electronic device; and receiving from the aware electronic device the requested awareness information, wherein the requested awareness information is detected by the awareness component of the aware electronic device.
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