US 11,902,859 B2
Monitoring objects capable of wireless communications
Swarup Kumar Mohalik, Bangalore (IN); and Mahesh Babu Jayaraman, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/155,795.
Application 18/155,795 is a continuation of application No. 16/310,872, granted, now 11,595,784, previously published as PCT/IN2016/050190, filed on Jun. 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156433 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method by a wireless communications device carried by a user for monitoring objects capable of wireless communications, the method comprising:
detecting an activity performed by the user carrying the wireless communications device;
determining based on sensing short-range radio signalling from proximately located objects an actual set of objects which are in proximity of the wireless communications device;
based on the determination that at least one of the objects in an expected set of objects is not in the actual set of objects, notifying the user that at least one of the objects in the expected set is not in proximity of the wireless communications device;
receiving from the user, in response to notifying the user that at least one of the objects in the expected set is not in proximity of the wireless communications device, an indication that one or more objects in the expected set should be removed from the expected set for the detected activity; and
updating the expected set of objects associated with the detected activity to remove the user-indicated objects from the expected set which is associated with the detected activity.