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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. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Roy Want, Los Altos, CA (US);
William N. Schilit, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/026 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user may associate a mobile device such as a smartphone with a public device by imitating a movement pattern for a target with a movement pattern of the mobile device. The physical movement of the smartphone may be compared to the movement data for the target. If there is a match, the public device and the mobile device may be associated with one another. The association may allow a user to interact with the public device using the smartphone.