Providing specification of a location of a communication device

• US 10,021,528 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2012
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Husar, Radoslav, Vecera, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Mejia, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US13/685,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20140149482A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,052 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-202, 709207, 709223, 709224, 705 1458, 705 1464, 705 1453, 705 1439, 705 144, 705 1441, 705 1449, 705 1466, 705 1473, 705 1423, 705 1427, 705 1436, 705 1454, 705 1455, 705 1461, 705 11, 705 261, 705 64, 34053913, 340 81, 340988, 4554561, 4554142, 4554563, 455457, 4554042
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A mechanism for providing specification of a location of a user of a communication device. A method includes receiving, by a processing device a first position data of a communication device. The first position data is a location of the user of the communication device at a first time when the user begins to at least either compose a message on the communication device or initiate an application to compose the message. The method also includes receiving, by the processing device, a second position data of the communication device. The second position data is the location of the user at a second time when the user sends the message to a recipient via the communication device. The method also includes generating, by the processing device, a velocity vector based on the first position data, the second position data, the first time data and the second time data. The method further includes sending, by the processing device, the velocity vector with the message to the recipient.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to receiving first data indicative of initiation of at least one of composing a message associated with an application or initiating the application to compose the message on a communication device, generating, by a processing device, a first position data of the communication device, wherein the first position data is a first location of the communication device at a first time;

in response to receiving second data indicative of the message associated with the application being requested to be sent to a client device via the communication device, generating, by the processing device, a second position data of the communication device, wherein the second position data is a second location of the communication device at a second time;

generating, by the processing device, a velocity vector in view of the first position data, the second position data, the first time and the second time;

normalizing the velocity vector in accordance with a rate at which the communication device changes at least one of position or direction in a determined time period; and

sending, by the processing device, the normalized velocity vector along with the message associated with the application to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determined time period of the normalized velocity vector is a most recent time period.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first position data and the first time is received at a time of receipt of the message at the client device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the second position data and the second time is received in at a time of receipt of the message at the client device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the normalized velocity vector is utilized to predict a mode of transportation of the communication device.

6. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a client device, a velocity vector with a message from a communication device, wherein the message is associated with an application on the communication device such that the velocity vector comprises a first position data of the communication device and a second position data of the communication device, wherein the first position data comprises a first location of the communication device at a first time corresponding to a receipt of a first data indicative of initiation of one of compose the message associated with the application or initiate the application to compose the message on the communication device, and the second position data comprises a second location of the communication device at a second time corresponding to a receipt of a second data indicative of the message associated with the application is sent from the communication device to the client device; and

computing, by a processing device, a speed of motion of the communication device in view of the velocity vector with the message associated with an application;

wherein the velocity vector is normalized in accordance with a rate at which the communication device changes at least one of position or direction in a determined time period.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising predicting future direction of the communication device in view of the velocity vector.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the future direction of the communication device is predicted without any direct interaction with a user of the communication device.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising predicting mode of transportation of the communication device in view of the speed.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the mode of the transportation of the communication device is predicted without any direct interaction with a user of the communication device.

11. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to;

in response to receiving first data indicative of initiation of at least one of composing a message associated with an application or initiating the application to compose the message on a communication device, generate a first position data of the communication device, wherein the first position data is a first location of the communication device at a first time;

in response to receiving second data indicative of the message associated with the application being requested to be sent to a client device via the communication device, generate a second position data of the communication device, wherein the second position data is a second location of the communication device at a second time;

generate a velocity vector in view of the first position data, the second position data, the first time, and the second time;

normalize the velocity vector in accordance with a rate at which the communication device changes at least one of position or direction in a determined time period; and

send the normalized velocity vector along with the message associated with the application to the client device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the normalized velocity vector is utilized to predict a mode of transportation of the communication device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the determined time period of the normalized velocity vector is a most recent time period.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein the first position data and the first time is received at a time of receipt of the message at the client device.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the second position data and the second time is received in at a time of receipt of the message at the client device.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including data that, when accessed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

in response to receiving first data indicative of initiation of at least one of composing a message associated with an application or initiating the application to compose the message on a communication device, generate, by the processing device, a first position data of the communication device, wherein the first position data is a first location of the communication device at a first time;

in response to receiving second data indicative of the message associated with the application being requested to be sent to a client device via the communication device, generate, by the processing device, a second position data of the communication device, wherein the second position data is a second location of the communication device at a second time;

generate, by the processing device, a velocity vector in view of the first position data, the second position data, the first time, and the second time;

normalize the velocity vector in accordance with a rate at which the communication device changes at least one of position or direction in a determined time period; and

send, by the processing device, the normalized velocity vector along with the message associated with the application to the client device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the determined time period of the normalized velocity vector is a most recent time period.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the first position data and the first time is received at a time of receipt of the message at the client device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the second position data and the second time is received at a time of receipt of the message at the client device.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the normalized velocity vector is utilized to predict a mode of transportation of the communication device.