Patent ID: 8527348
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a mobile computing device, an item descriptor that describes one or more physical items; receiving, by the mobile computing device, from a communication tag using short-range wireless communication, a data payload comprising information usable to locate at least one of the one or more physical items; comparing, by the mobile computing device, physical position data that indicates a direction that the mobile computing device is currently facing to information indicating a perspective of the communication tag relative to the direction; selecting, by the mobile computing device, physical location data based on the item descriptor, the data payload received by the mobile computing device from the wireless communication tag, and the comparing of physical position data to information indicating the perspective of the communication tag, wherein the physical location data includes a representation of a physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items; and outputting, by the mobile computing device and based at least in part on the selected physical location data, the representation of the physical location of the at least one of the one or more physical items.