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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:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); G08B 13/1427 (2013.01); G08B 21/0213 (2013.01); G08B 21/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and method for monitoring a first device proximity to a second device is disclosed. The first device is for example a smartphone and the second device is for example a wearable device. Proximity between both devices is monitored in conjunction with an electronic calendar so as to trigger an alert in case proximity between both devices is going to be lost while an event of the calendar is imminent.