Location-oriented services

• US 10,051,445 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2016
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Stern, Edith H., O'Sullivan, Patrick J., Weir, Robert C., Willner, Barry E.
• Primary Examiner(s): MAPA, MICHAEL Y
• Application Number:
  US15/332,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20170041770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457, 4554042, 4554141-4142, 455418-420, 34053913, 340988-996, 701468-491, 342450-465
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A location of a first mobile device associated with a first user is determined, and a location of a second mobile device associated with a second user is determined. A relationship between the first user and the second user is determined, and a proximity of the first mobile device relative to the second mobile device is determined. A location-oriented data service is provided to at least one of the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining a first location of a first mobile device associated with a first user;

determining a second location of a second mobile device associated with a second user;

determining a first screen size of the first mobile device;

determining a second screen size of the second mobile device;

determining that the first user and the second user have an interrelationship;

providing a first portion of a location-oriented data service to the first mobile device;

and providing a second portion of the location-oriented data service to the second mobile device based upon the interrelationship, wherein

the first screen size is different than the second screen size,

first content within the first portion is based upon the first screen size,

second content within the second portion is based upon the second screen size,

the first content differs from the second content based upon the first screen size being different than the second screen size,

the first content is complementary to and based upon the second content, and

the first content is provided to the first mobile device at substantially a same time as when the second content is provided to the second mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

the determined interrelationship is based upon a proximity of the first location to the second location.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein

the determined interrelationship is further based upon at least one of:

a membership in a common consumer communication plan,

a contacts list of the first user, and

a frequency of communication with the first user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein

the first content differs from the second content further based upon at least one of:

an available bandwidth for each of the first and second mobile devices, and

a remaining battery life for each of the first and second mobile devices.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein

the first portion is different from the second portion.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein

the location-oriented data service is a response to a request received from the first mobile device.

7. A computer hardware system, comprising:

at least one hardware processor configured to initiate the following operations;

determining a first location of a first mobile device associated with a first user;

determining a second location of a second mobile device associated with a second user;

determining a first screen size of the first mobile device;

determining a second screen size of the second mobile device;

determining that the first user and the second user have an interrelationship;

providing a first portion of a location-oriented data service to the first mobile device; and

providing a second portion of the location-oriented data service to the second mobile device based upon the interrelationship, wherein

the first screen size is different than the second screen size,

first content within the first portion is based upon the first screen size,

second content within the second portion is based upon the second screen size,

the first content differs from the second content based upon the first screen size being different than the second screen size,

the first content is completely to and based upon the second content, and

the first content is provided to the first mobile device at substantially a same time as when the second content is provided to the second mobile device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein

the determined interrelationship is based upon a proximity of the first location to the second location.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein

the determined interrelationship is further based upon at least one of:

a membership in a common consumer communication plan,

a contacts list of the first user, and

a frequency of communication with the first user.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein

the first content differs from the second content further based upon at least one of:

an available bandwidth for each of the first and second mobile devices, and

a remaining battery life for each of the first and second mobile devices.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein

the first portion is different from the second portion.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein

the location-oriented data service is a response to a request received from the first mobile device.

13. A computer program product, comprising:

a hardware storage device having stored therein a plurality computer instructions, which when executed by a computer hardware system, cause the computer hardware system to perform;

determining a first location of a first mobile device associated with a first user;

determining a second location of a second mobile device associated with a second user;

determining a first screen size of the first mobile device;

determining a second screen size of the second mobile device;

determining that the first user and the second user have an interrelationship;

providing a first portion of a location-oriented data service to the first mobile device; and

providing a second portion of the location-oriented data service to the second mobile device based upon the interrelationship, wherein

the first screen size is different than the second screen size,

first content within the first portion is based upon the first screen size,

second content within the second portion is based upon the second screen size,

the first content differs from the second content based upon the first screen size being different than the second screen size,

the first content is complementary to and based upon the second content, and

the first content is provided to the first mobile device at substantially a same time as when the second content is provided to the second mobile device.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein

the determined interrelationship is based upon a proximity of the first location to the second location.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein

the determined interrelationship is further based upon at least one of:

a membership in a common consumer communication plan,

a contacts list of the first user, and

a frequency of communication with the first user.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein

the first content differs from the second content further based upon at least one of:

an available bandwidth for each of the first and second mobile devices, and

a remaining battery life for each of the first and second mobile devices.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein

the first portion is different from the second portion.