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Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2012
Applicants:

Anthony T. Blow, San Diego, CA (US);

Daniel S. Baker, San Diego, CA (US);

Roman Tivyan, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anthony T. Blow, San Diego, CA (US);

Daniel S. Baker, San Diego, CA (US);

Roman Tivyan, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 19/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02);
Abstract

A server based contextual awareness method of communicating in a wireless network includes detecting a signal strength of one or more user equipments (UEs) relative to other user equipment within a same vicinity. The method also includes detecting a pattern of the user equipment(s) and the other user equipment based on the detected signal strength of the user equipment(s) relative to the other user equipment. The method also includes deriving a social context based on the detected pattern. The method further includes initiating an action in response to the derived social context.


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