Secure context sharing for priority calling and various personal safety mechanisms

• US 10,206,100 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: McAfee, LLC
• Original Assignee: McAfee, LLC
• Inventors: Kulkarni, Dattatraya, Nalluri, Srikanth, Krishnapur, Venkatasubrahmanyam, Dhruw, Kaushal, Doss, Aravind, Sinha, Raja, Nayak, Susmita, Jain, Yogesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Pwu, Jeffrey C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ambaye, Samuel
• Application Number:
  US15/101,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20160345171A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• Field of Search: 726 6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2038 Call context notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/551 Call history
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0048 where the text-based messaging service is a Short Message Service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing a secure context exchange cloud service which enables context information to be shared among devices, and providing a safety application which utilizes the context information being shared. In one example, the context exchange cloud service provides secure exchange of the context information, which in turn enables a safety application to enhance personal safety.

Claims

1. A first electronic device, comprising:

a memory element operable to store electronic code; and

a processor operable to execute instructions associated with the electronic code, said instructions for receiving user communications and first context information associated with user communications, such that the first electronic device is configured to;

receive a first incoming user communication from a second electronic device through a first channel wherein the first channel is a communication channel;

receive, from a context exchange cloud service, a request requesting approval to allow context information associated with a user of the second electronic device to be shared with the first electronic device;

transmit, to the context exchange cloud service, a response indicating the approval;

receive the first context information from the context exchange cloud service through a second channel that is out-of-band with respect to the first communication channel, wherein the out-of-band channel is configured to operate without interfering with the first channel;

determine whether the context information corresponds to the first incoming user communication; and

in response to determining that the first context information corresponds to the first incoming user communication, process the first incoming user communication based on the first context information.

2. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is further configured to:

configure the second channel as a push message channel for receiving further context information associated with the second electronic device from the context exchange cloud service.

3. The first electronic device of claim 2, wherein the further context information comprises a plurality of location information associated with the second electronic device.

4. The first electronic device of claim 3, wherein the first electronic device is further configured to generate a map image representing the plurality of location information and rendering the map image for display on the first electronic device.

5. The first electronic device of claim 2, wherein the further context information comprises a notification that context information associated with the second electronic device received at the context exchange cloud service violates one or more policies.

6. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is further configured to:

determine context information associated with the first electronic device; and

transmit a third context information associated with the first electronic device to the context exchange cloud service over the second channel.

7. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the context information comprises one or more of the following:

priority information, location information, geo-fence information, reputation of location information, biometric information, time information, electronic device information, and priority media content.

8. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first communication channel comprises a voice call channel, and the second channel comprises a data communication channel.

9. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first incoming user communication is an incoming voice and/or video call, and the first context information indicates the incoming call is a priority call.

10. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first context information is received in a Short Messaging Service message and/or a Multimedia Messaging Service message.

11. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein processing the first incoming user communication based on the first context information comprises:

adjusting ringtone settings of the first electronic device based on the first context information.

12. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein processing the first incoming user communication based on the first context information comprises:

generating an overlay comprising the first context information; and

rendering the overlay for display on the first electronic device.

13. The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein processing the first incoming user communication based on the first context information comprises:

determining whether a history of incoming communications includes the first incoming communication; and

in response to determining that the history includes the first incoming communication, rendering a notification for output by the first electronic device indicating a priority incoming communication has completed or was missed.

14. One or more non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing units to perform operations for receiving user communications and first context information associated with user communications at a first electronic device, the operations comprising:

receiving a first incoming user communication from a second electronic device through a first channel wherein the first channel is a communication channel;

receiving, from a context exchange cloud service, a request requesting approval to allow context information associated with a user of the second electronic device to be shared with the first electronic device, prior to receiving the first context information; and

transmitting, to the context exchange cloud service, a response indicating the approval, prior to receiving the first context information;

receiving the first context information from the context exchange cloud service through a second channel that is out-of-band with respect to the first communication channel, wherein the out-of-band channel is configured to operate without interfering with the first channel;

determining whether the context information corresponds to the first incoming user communication; and

processing, in response to determining that the first context information corresponds to the first incoming user communication, the first incoming user communication based on the first context information.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

configuring the second channel as a push message channel for receiving further context information associated with the second electronic device from the context exchange cloud service.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein the further context information comprises a plurality of location information associated with the second electronic device.

17. The media of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a map image representing the plurality of location information and rendering the map image for display on the first electronic device.

18. The media of claim 14, wherein the further context information comprises a notification that context information associated with the second electronic device received at the context exchange cloud service violates one or more policies.

19. A method for receiving user communications and first context information associated with user communications at a first electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a first incoming user communication from a second electronic device through a first channel wherein the first channel is a communication channel;

receiving, from the context exchange cloud service, a request requesting approval to allow context information associated with a user of the second electronic device to be shared with the first electronic device, prior to receiving the first context information; and

transmitting, to the context exchange cloud service, a response indicating the approval, prior to receiving the first context information;

receiving the first context information from a context exchange cloud service through a second channel that is out-of-band with respect to the first communication channel, wherein the out-of-band channel is configured to operate without interfering with the first channel;

determining whether the context information corresponds to the first incoming user communication; and

processing, in response to determining that the first context information corresponds to the first incoming user communication, the first incoming user communication based on the first context information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first incoming user communication is an incoming voice and/or video call, and the first context information indicates the incoming call is a priority call.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein processing the first incoming user communication based on the first context information comprises:

adjusting ringtone settings of the first electronic device based on the first context information.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein processing the first incoming user communication based on the first context information comprises:

generating an overlay comprising the first context information; and

rendering the overlay for display on the first electronic device.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein processing the first incoming user communication based on the first context information comprises:

determining whether a history of incoming communications includes the first incoming communication; and

rendering, in response to determining that the history includes the first incoming communication, a notification for output by the first electronic device indicating a priority incoming communication has completed or was missed.

24. The method of claim 19, further comprising configuring the second channel as a push message channel for receiving further context information associated with the second electronic device from the context exchange cloud service.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the further context information comprises a plurality of location information associated with the second electronic device.