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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Nec Europe Ltd., Heidelberg, DE;
Flavio Cirillo, Heidelberg, DE;
Salvatore Longo, Mantua, IT;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for discovering a set of objects within a defined geographical space, wherein the objects in the set of objects match at least one predefined characteristic, and wherein object information regarding the at least one predefined characteristic is provided by different servers, includes discovering objects within the defined geographical space by a geo discovery request based on geographical coordinates; finding, from the discovered objects, a starting object matching the at least one predefined characteristic within a definable sub-space of the defined geographical space; ranking objects within the definable sub-space by increasing distance to the starting object to establish a rank; sending a query to one or more of the different servers for gathering object information regarding a first object in the rank which is located nearest to the starting object; checking whether the first object in the rank matches the at least one predefined characteristic.