DETERMINING ACTIVE REAL OBJECTS FOR RUNNING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION

• US 20140040829A1
• Filed: 02/09/2012
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Pastor, Alain, Mivielle, Cedric
• Granted Patent: US 10,372,307 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/835
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/022 with dynamic range variability
• 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 4/026 : using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 : for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

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.

Claims

1. Method to run a software application accessible from a communication terminal using at least one real object, comprising:

describing a curve in space from said communication terminal

identifying a geographic zone based on said curve,

determining a set of active real objects located within said geographic zone having a communication interface with a communication network

identifying an application from among said active real objects

interfacing said application with said active real objects.

2. Method according to claim 1 in which said delimitation consists of automatically determining the position of said communication terminal using a locating device and determining said geographic zone in relation to said position.

3. Method according to claim 1, in which said communication terminal can display said geographic zone being determined on the screen in real time.

4. Method according to claim 1 in which the delimitation and determination steps are carried out progressively and in parallel, so that said terminal displays the active real objects in the geographic zone being determined on said screen.

5. Method according to claim 1 in which said determination step consists of querying a first database associating real objects and geographic positions, and determining said set of active real objects by comparing the associated geographic positions in said database with said geographic zone.

6. Method according to claim 1 in which said terminal may display at least part of said geographic zone on the screen and may show the active real objects from among said set of active real objects corresponding to at least one part of it using an augmented reality mechanism.

7. Method according to claim 1 in which said identification step includes re-querying a second database associating the applications available with the required conditions, and the determination of a set of applications for which the associated required conditions correspond to the abilities offered by the real objects in said set.

8. Method according to claim 1 in which it is possible to use an ontology to determine the required conditions for said applications that correspond to the abilities of said objects.

10. Method according to claim 1 in which said set of applications is displayed on a screen of said communication terminal.

11. Method according to claim 8 in which said second database is formed from the set of applications currently installed on the communication terminal.

12. Method according to claim 8 in which said second database comprises the applications available on at least one application server.

13. Method according to claim 1 in which said application is run by using a subset of said set of active real objects, said subset being determined by a criterion of the distance from the position of said communication terminal.

14. Method according to claim 1 in which said application is run by using a subset of said set of active real objects, said subset being determined by a criterion linked to the profile of the user of said communication terminal.

15. Method according to claim 1 in which said delimitation step is carried out by determining a path, and said determination, identification, and interface are then carried out in relation to the location of said communication terminal along said path.

18. Computer program comprising suitable software resources for implementing the method according to claim 1.

9. Method according to claim 9 in which said set of applications is provided to the user of said communication terminal to help him or her select an application from among said set of applications.

16. A communication terminal equipped with a means of processing designed to allow the use of software applications and equipped with an interface for communicating with a communication network, said means of processing comprising at least:

A first module designed to delimit a geographical zone (ZG) 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 in relation to said active real objects

A fourth module designed to interface said application with said previously determined active real objects.

17. A man-machine interface for communication terminal comprising a screen having the means to display a list of available applications that may be run on active real objects within a set of active real objects located in a geographic zone determined from the location of said communication terminal and a curve described in space by said communication terminal, and a means of interaction to allow a user to select an application from said list and to start the interface between said application and said previously determined active real objects.