US Patent:
20180139789, May 17, 2018
Inventors:
- San Diego CA, US
Chong Uk Lee - Cupertino CA, US
Kamran Moallemi - Carlsbad CA, US
David Jonathan Julian - San Diego CA, US
Manuel Eduardo Jaime - Solana Beach CA, US
Robert Keith Douglas - San Diego CA, US
Lu Xiao - San Diego CA, US
Gregory Gordon Rose - San Diego CA, US
International Classification:
H04W 76/02
H04B 5/00
A61B 5/0404
A61B 5/00
Abstract:
Various operations may be performed based on a distance-related function associated with two or more devices. For example, an association procedure for two or more devices may be based on one or more determined distances. Similarly, presence management may be based on one or more determined distances. A distance-related function may take various form including, for example, a distance between devices, two or more distances between devices, a rate of change in a relative distance between devices, relative acceleration between devices, or some combination of two or more of the these distance-related functions.