International Business Machines Corporation
System, method and apparatus for sensor virtualization in mobile devices

Abstract:

A method and system for virtualizing mobile device sensors includes requesting from a first mobile device a virtual connection with a mobile device having a specific type of sensor, configuring an operating system of the first mobile device to allow an application program to accept data by proxy from the available sensor of the second mobile device; receiving a response from a second mobile device having the sensor, establishing a trusted temporary communication connection between the first and second mobile devices, sending a control signal from an application program on the first mobile device to the second mobile for operating the sensor on the second mobile device and receiving device sensor data from the sensor on the second mobile device.