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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ian P. Kitchen, Bishops Stortford, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to determine whether a target device is collocated with at least one other device within a plurality of devices associated with a user's contact list is provided. The method may include determining location information for each of the plurality of mobile devices associated with the user's contact list. The method may also include selecting a target device within the plurality of devices. The method may further include determining, based on the location information, whether the selected target device is collocated with the at least one other device within the plurality of devices. Additionally, the method may include displaying the at least one other collocated device to the user. The method may also include determining if the at least one other collocated device is selected by the user. The method may include connecting the target device and the selected at least one other collocated device to the user's device.