Method and apparatus for associating digital content with wireless transmission nodes in a wireless communication area

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11893317-B2
Application number	US-202318123294-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2023
Priority date	Feb 22, 2017
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for display of digital content associated with a location of a Node in a wireless communication area. A user interface is generated with a digital representation of content associated with a physical tag or other Node. The user interface includes interactive portions based upon positions in the wireless communication area. The interactive portions may be activated to display the digital content associated with the physical tag in a user interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for interacting between wireless transmission Nodes in a wireless communication area, the method comprising the steps of:
a) transceiving a first wireless communication between a first Node at a first position within the wireless communication area and a smart device;
b) transceiving a second wireless communication between the first Node and a second Node at a second position within the wireless communication area;
c) transceiving a third wireless communication between at least one of the first Node and the second Node, and a third Node located at a third position within the wireless communication area, each of the first Node, the second Node, and the third Node comprising a respective processor, digital storage and wireless transceiver;
d) generating positional coordinates for the first Node based upon the first wireless communication, the second wireless communication, and the third wireless communication;
e) associating digital content with the first Node;
f) establishing a position of the smart device relative to the first Node;
g) generating a user interactive interface comprising a digital representation of a direction of interest comprising the position of the smart device relative to the first Node;
h) receiving a user input into a dynamic portion of the user interactive interface; and
i) based upon the user input received into the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface, displaying the digital content associated with the first Node.

2. The method of claim 1 additionally comprising the steps of: receiving energy into an energy receiving sensor in the smart device from a radio target area relative to the smart device; and generating a digital representation of the energy received into the energy receiving sensor at an instance in time.

3. The method of claim 2 additionally comprising the steps of: receiving multiple disparate energy wavelengths into the energy receiving sensor, the multiple disparate energy wavelengths received from different geospatial locations; and indicating the multiple disparate energy wavelengths in the user interactive interface.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the radio target area comprises a position of a tag.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the radio target area further comprises a frustum of a generally conical shape with the energy receiving sensor located at a relatively narrow end of the frustum.

6. The method of claim 4 additionally comprising the steps of changing a direction of the Smart Device; and redefining the radio target area based upon the change in the direction of the Smart Device.

7. The method of claim 4 additionally comprising the steps of co-locating the tag with a sensor; with the sensor, quantifying a condition present in a structure as digital data; and including the digital data quantifying the condition in the structure in the digital content.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the first Node comprises a physical tag associated with an item to which the physical tag is attached.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the physical tag comprises a transceiver capable of ultra-wideband wireless communication.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein at least one of the first wireless communication, the second wireless communication, and the third wireless communication comprises an ultra-wideband modality.

11. The method of claim 10 additionally comprising the step of identifying the wireless communication area comprising a radio target area of an energy receiving sensor, the wireless communication area based upon a communication distance of the Ultra-Wideband modality in an area encompassing the energy receiving sensor.

12. The method of claim 8 the method additionally comprising the steps of: transceiving a wireless communication between the physical tag and at least one of the first Node, the second Node, and the third Node using an Ultra-Wideband modality; and generating positional coordinates for the physical tag based upon the wireless communication between the physical tag and the at least one of the first Node, the second Node, and the third Node.

13. The method of claim 8 additionally comprising the step of including in the dynamic portion of the user interactive interface an icon indicative of the digital content associated with the physical tag.

14. The method of claim 8 additionally comprising the step of attaching the physical tag to an item.

15. The method of claim 1 additionally comprising the step of operating an electronic directional device to indicate the direction of interest.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the electronic directional device comprises a magnetic force detection device.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the electronic directional device comprises an accelerometer.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the positional coordinates comprise Cartesian Coordinates.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein the positional coordinates comprise at least one of: an angle of arrival; and an angle of departure.

20. The method of claim 1 additionally comprising the step of designating access rights to the digital content based upon an identifier of the Smart Device.

Assignees

• Middle Chart Llc

Inventors

• Wodrich Michael
• Santarone Michael S
• Pugh Randall
• Duff Jason E
• Flitsch Frederick A

Classifications

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