US 12,289,653 B2
Augmented device retrieval assistance
Hamid Majdabadi, Ottawa (CA); and Su Liu, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/529,485.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156427 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06F 16/587 (2019.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [G06F 16/587 (2019.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04W 4/026 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); G06F 2218/16 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for displaying an image of a possible location of a device mapped onto a time-spatial axis comprising:
adding, by one or more processors, identification information of the device to an initialized augmented device retrieval assistance (ADRA) data structure, based on registration information of the device;
receiving, by the one or more processors, data from one or more ADRA clients monitoring the device within a location, including a network connection status and a time-based position of the device;
updating, by the one or more processors, the ADRA data structure with the location, a position of the device, and a timeframe of the data from the monitoring by the one or more ADRA clients;
receiving, by the one or more processors, a request for augmented device retrieval assistance, wherein the request includes an identification of a target device, the timeframe, and identification of the location;
generating, by the one or more processors, one or more location images respectively including a location layout and a position of the target device at a designated timeframe; and
sending, by the one or more processors, a display-enabled rendering of a time-spatial axis including one or more location images and target device position within respective images, the location images associated with a specific timeframe on the time-spatial axis on a space-time visualization interface.