An Quoc Ho

US Patent:

20140089810, Mar 27, 2014

Filed:

Sep 27, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/629244

Inventors:

- Plano TX, US
Kenneth Durazzo - San Ramon CA, US
An Ho - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Futurewei Technologies, Co. - Plano TX

International Classification:

G09G 5/00
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715738, 345633

Abstract:

A user equipment (UE) comprising a display, a visual input configured to capture motion or stop photography as visual data, a receiver configured to receive network data associated with a network element (NE) from a server, and a processor coupled to the display, visual input, and receiver and configured to receive visual data from the visual input, receive the network data from the server via the receiver, overlay the network data on the visual data to create composite image, and transmit the composite image to the display. Also disclosed is a network comprising a server configured to store network data in memory, wherein the network data comprises the physical location of a plurality of NEs in the network, receive field of view data from a UE, wherein the field of view data defines the field of view of a visual input of the UE, and transmit to the UE a network data response message comprising the network data for each NE physically located in the UE visual input's field of view.