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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Colin Ian Holyoake, Braishfield, GB;

John A. Owen, Winchester, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/003 (2013.01); G01S 5/0226 (2013.01); G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01S 5/02213 (2020.05); G01S 11/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer apparatus is provided for determining one or more peripheral device positions. A primary display of the computer apparatus may be provided with two or more signal receivers disposed at different locations in relation to the primary display and may be configured to receive signals from a signal transmitter at a peripheral device. The computer apparatus may include a processor and a memory configured to provide computer program instructions to the processor to execute a method of: determining a distance from the signal transmitter to each of the two or more signal receivers based on a strength of the received signal; using positioning determination to determine a direction and/or distance to a position of the signal transmitter from the primary display; and configuring the peripheral device based on the determined direction and/or distance.


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