Dynamic threshold for local connectivity setup

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9753562-B2
Application number	US-201414155745-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2014
Priority date	Jan 15, 2014
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for connectivity. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include detecting, at a first device including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor; generating a touch profile representative of the detected object; comparing the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device including a second short-range transceiver; and initiating, by the first device via the first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, when the comparing determines the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
detecting, at a first device including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor, the detection performed at least in part via the touch screen sensor;
generating, based on information received via the touch screen sensor, a touch profile representative of the detected object;
comparing the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device that includes a second short-range transceiver;
adjusting, in response to the comparing indicates that the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device, a received signal strength threshold for connection initiation, the adjustment of the received signal strength threshold based at least on the detected object being located in a first portion of the touch screen sensor, the received signal strength threshold being adjusted to a first value associated with the first portion of the touch screen sensor, the first value being different from a second value associated with a second portion of the touch screen sensor, and the second portion of the touch screen sensor being at a different distance from the first short-range transceiver than the first portion of the touch screen sensor; and
initiating, by the first device and via the first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, in response to a signal strength of a signal received from the detected object exceeding the adjusted received signal strength threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen sensor comprises a capacitive touch screen sensor.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second short-range transceivers each comprise a transceiver configured in accordance with at least one of Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, and ZigBee.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting further comprises determining the position and/or the orientation of the detected object with respect to the touch screen sensor.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection establishment further comprises:
sending, by the first device via the first short-range transceiver, one or more messages to one or more devices including the second device, wherein the one or more messages include at least one of a page message or an inquiry message.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting further comprises:
detecting the object making contact with the touch screen sensor.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by the first device, one or more messages to one or more peer devices, the one or more messages including information regarding the detected object.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the position and/or orientation of the detected object comprises a location of the detected object on the touch screen sensor.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the received signal strength threshold is adjusted to the second value based at least on the detected object being located in the second portion of the touch screen sensor.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first value is higher than the second value based at least on the first portion of the touch screen sensor being closer to the first short-range transceiver than the second portion of the touch screen sensor.

11. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
detect, at the apparatus an object proximate to a touch screen sensor, the detection performed at least in part via the touch screen sensor;
generate, based on information received via the touch screen sensor, a touch profile representative of the detected object;
compare the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more apparatuses to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least another apparatus that includes a second short-range transceiver;
adjust, in response to the comparing indicates that the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device, a received signal strength threshold for connection initiation, the adjustment of the received signal strength threshold based at least on the detected object being located in a first portion of the touch screen sensor, the received signal strength threshold being adjusted to a first value associated with the first portion of the touch screen sensor, the first value being different from a second value associated with a second portion of the touch screen sensor, and the second portion of the touch screen sensor being at a different distance from the first short-range transceiver than the first portion of the touch screen sensor; and
initiate, by the apparatus and via a first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, in response to a strength of a signal received from the detected object exceeding the adjusted receive signal strength threshold.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the touch screen sensor comprises a capacitive touch screen sensor.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first and second short-range transceivers each comprise a transceiver configured in accordance with at least one of Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, and ZigBee.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to at least determine the position and/or the orientation of the detected object with respect to the touch screen sensor.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to at least send, via the first short-range transceiver, one or more messages to the other apparatus, wherein the one or more messages include at least one of a page message or an inquiry message.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to at least, detect the object making contact with the touch screen sensor.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to at least send one or more messages to one or more peer devices, the one or more messages including information regarding the detected object.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer program code which when executed by at least one processor causes operations comprising:
detecting, at a first device including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor, wherein the detection is performed at least in part via the touch screen sensor;
generating, based on information received via the touch screen, a touch profile representative of the detected object;
comparing the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device that includes a second short-range transceiver;
adjusting, in response to the comparing indicates that the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device, a received signal strength threshold for connection initiation, the adjustment of the re

Assignees

• Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Reunamaki Jukka Pekka
• Palin Arto Tapio
• Eskolin Jan Peter Erik

Classifications

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/30

  Profiles · CPC title

• H04W4/001

  Electricity · mapped topic