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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Joseph A. Latone, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brandon Z. Frank, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/0023 (2013.01); G01B 11/14 (2013.01); G01R 33/07 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 9/06 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving, at a mobile device, a magnetic field produced by an audio device, determining, by the mobile device, a location of the audio device relative to the mobile device, utilizing the magnetic field, and performing, by the mobile device, one or more operations, utilizing the location of the audio device relative to the mobile device.