System and method for applications on mobile communications devices
US8849233B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2250/02
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The functionality of smartphone applications may be extended to a basic phone, i.e., a phone lacking a particular smartphone capability, by providing a data synthesizer in the basic phone that synthesizers required data points. The data synthesizer may communicate with nearby smartphones to collect relevant data points such as location or motion data. Data points for the basic phone may be calculated from the collected data points. When an application on the basic phone requests data, a data provider proxy may retrieve a synthesized data point from the data synthesizer. In one example, a basic phone without a GPS or similar location module may execute a mapping application by averaging location data from nearby smartphones.
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