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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Karl-anders Reinhold Johansson, Staffanstorp, SE;

Dan Zacharias Gärdenfors, Malmo, SE;

Emil Alexander Wasberger, Landskrona, SE;

Michael Erik Winberg, Malmo, SE;

Mathias Lewin, Rydebäck, SE;

Inventors:

Karl-Anders Reinhold Johansson, Staffanstorp, SE;

Dan Zacharias Gärdenfors, Malmo, SE;

Emil Alexander Wasberger, Landskrona, SE;

Michael Erik Winberg, Malmo, SE;

Mathias Lewin, Rydebäck, SE;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer implemented method includes, at an electronic device having an input interface and a display, receiving information relating to a current relative location of at least one other electronic device, displaying on the display a representation of the at least one other electronic device and its relative location, and receiving at the input interface user input associated with the displayed representation of the at least one other electronic device for communicating with the at least one other electronic device. The electronic device has up-to-date knowledge of the relative position of the at least one other device and displays this visually. Information may be sent to the at least one other electronic device in response to receiving the user input associated with the displayed representation of the at least one other electronic device.


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