Event prediction through monitoring a mobile device

• US 10,257,643 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2012
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vinod Khosla
• Original Assignee: Vinod Khosla
• Inventors: Khosla, Vinod
• Primary Examiner(s): Brandt, Christopher M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gao, Jing
• Application Number:
  US13/584,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20140051458A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,429 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-4563
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

A method includes monitoring a geospatial location of a user of a mobile device having a processor communicatively coupled to a memory through the mobile device, date stamping and time stamping the geospatial location of the user through the mobile device, and monitoring, through a server having another processor communicatively coupled to another memory and/or the mobile device, an interaction of the user with the mobile device and/or a device communicatively coupled to the server based on the geospatial location of the user. The method also includes predicting, through the server and/or the mobile device, an event related to the mobile device and/or the device based on the monitoring of the interaction of the user therewith, and enabling, through the server and/or the mobile device, automatic performance of an action on the mobile device and/or the device on behalf of the user in accordance with the prediction of the event.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

monitoring a geospatial location of a user of a mobile device having a processor communicatively coupled to a memory through the mobile device;

date-stamping and time-stamping the geospatial location of the user through the mobile device;

monitoring, through at least one of a server having another processor communicatively coupled to another memory, the mobile device, and another device communicatively coupled to the mobile device, an interaction of the user with the mobile device based on the geospatial location of the user; and

monitoring a control of the another device, wherein the control is by the user of the mobile device, wherein the control is via a mobile application of the mobile device that controls the another device, and wherein the monitoring of the control of the another device is based on the geospatial location of the user;

calculating a probability, through the at least one of the server, the mobile device, and the another device communicatively coupled to the mobile device based on the monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile device based on the geospatial location of the user; and

based on the monitoring of the control of the another device, of an occurrence of an event related to the mobile device and the another device, the event being in a temporal future relative to the calculating of the probability; and

performing, through the at least one of the server and the mobile device, an action on the another device on behalf of the user in accordance with the calculated probability of the occurrence of the event before the user arrives at a place of habitation, wherein the another device is located at the place of habitation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one of:

the user is at a place of location of the mobile device, and the another device is associated with another user.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising transmitting, through the another device, the interaction of the user with the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing, through the at least one of the server and the mobile device, data associated with the monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile device and the monitoring of the control of the another device to generate a behavioral pattern data of the user;

and calculating the probability of the occurrence of the event based on the behavioral pattern data generated.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising periodically transmitting the geospatial location of the user to the server.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting data associated with the event based on periodic monitoring of the time-stamped and the date-stamped geospatial location of the user through the at least one of the server and the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting the calculated probability based on periodic monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring a geospatial motion of the user of the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the another device is not a mobile device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the action is an environmental control action.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the action is a state change action.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the action is completing a task.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the action is a device power setting, a power activation procedure, a power discharge procedure, a schedule notification, an alert notification, an arrival notification, a departure notification, a state adjustment, or a motion adjustment.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the another device is a lighting device, a projector device, or a computing device.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the place of habitation is a place of residence, an office, a gymnasium, a conference room, or a car.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the place of habitation is not a place of residence.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the action on the another device on behalf of the user in accordance with the calculated probability of the occurrence of the event is at least 10 minutes before the user arrives at the place of habitation.

18. A system comprising:

a computer network;

a mobile device communicatively coupled to the computer network, the mobile device comprising a processor communicatively coupled to a memory; and

another device communicatively coupled to the computer network, wherein the processor of the mobile device is configured to execute instructions for;

receiving a geospatial location of a user of the mobile device, date-stamping and time-stamping the geospatial location of the user;

monitoring an interaction of the user with the mobile device based on the geospatial location of the user; and

monitoring a control of the another device, wherein the control is by the user of the mobile device, wherein the control is via a mobile application of the mobile device that controls the another device, and wherein the monitoring of the control of the another device is based on the geospatial location of the user;

calculating a probability, based on the monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile device based on the geospatial location of the user; and

based on the monitoring of the control of the another device, of an occurrence of an event related to the mobile device and the another device, the event being in a temporal future relative to the calculating of the probability; and

performing an action on the another device on behalf of the user in accordance with the calculated probability of the occurrence of the event before the user arrives at a place of habitation, wherein the another device is located at the place of habitation.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the another device is configured to transmit an interaction of the user therewith to the mobile device to enable analysis thereof through the mobile device.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor of the mobile device is further configured to execute instructions for analyzing data associated with the monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile device and the monitoring of the control of the another device to generate a behavioral pattern data of the user;

and calculating the probability of the occurrence of the event based on the behavioral pattern data generated.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor of the mobile device is further configured to execute instructions for adjusting data associated with the event based on periodic reception of the geospatial location of the user.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the mobile device is further configured to execute instructions for adjusting the calculated probability based on periodic monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile device.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the mobile device is further configured to execute instructions for receiving a geospatial motion of the user of the mobile device.

24. The system of claim 18, wherein the another device is not a mobile device.

25. The system of claim 18, wherein the action is an environmental control action.

26. The system of claim 18, wherein the action is a state change action.

27. The system of claim 18, wherein the action is completing a task.

28. The system of claim 18, wherein the action is a device power setting, a power activation procedure, a power discharge procedure, a schedule notification, an alert notification, an arrival notification, a departure notification, a state adjustment, or a motion adjustment.

29. The system of claim 18, wherein the another device is a lighting device, a projector device, or a computing device.

30. The system of claim 18, wherein the place of habitation is a place of residence, an office, a gymnasium, a conference room, or a car.

31. The system of claim 18, wherein the place of habitation is not a place of residence.

32. The system of claim 18, wherein the performing of the action on the another device on behalf of the user in accordance with the calculated probability of the occurrence of the event is at least 10 minutes before the user arrives at the place of habitation.

33. A system comprising:

a computer network;

a mobile device communicatively coupled to the computer network;

another device communicatively coupled to the computer network; and

a server communicatively coupled to the mobile device and the another device through the computer network, the server comprising a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, and the processor being configured to execute instructions for;

receiving a date-stamped and time-stamped geospatial location of a user of the mobile device;

monitoring an interaction of the user with the mobile device based on the geospatial location of the user; and

monitoring a control of the another device, wherein the control is by the user of the mobile device, wherein the control is via a mobile application of the mobile device that controls the another device, and wherein the monitoring of the control of the another device is based on the geospatial location of the user;

calculating a probability, based on the monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile device based on the geospatial location of the user; and

based on the monitoring of the control of the another device, of an occurrence of an event related to the mobile device and the another device, the event being in a temporal future relative to the calculating of the probability; and

performing an action on the another device on behalf of the user in accordance with the calculated probability of the occurrence of the event before the user arrives at a place of habitation, wherein the another device is located at the place of habitation.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the another device is configured to transmit an interaction of the user therewith to the server to enable analysis thereof therethrough.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the geospatial location of the user is date-stamped and time-stamped through one of the server and the mobile device.

36. The system of claim 33, wherein the processor of the server further configured to execute instructions for analyzing data associated with the monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile device and the monitoring of the control of the another device to generate a behavioral pattern data of the user;

and calculating the probability of the occurrence of the event based on the behavioral pattern data generated.

37. The system of claim 33, wherein the processor of the server is further configured to execute instructions for adjusting data associated with the event based on periodic reception of the geospatial location of the user.

38. The system of claim 33, wherein the processor of the server is further configured to execute instructions for adjusting the calculated probability based on periodic monitoring of the interaction of the user and the mobile device.

39. The system of claim 33, wherein the processor of the server is further configured to execute instructions for receiving a geospatial motion of the user of the mobile device.

40. The system of claim 33, wherein the another device is not a mobile device.

41. The system of claim 33, wherein the action is an environmental control action.

42. The system of claim 33, wherein the action is a state change action.

43. The system of claim 33, wherein the action is completing a task.

44. The system of claim 33, wherein the action is a device power setting, a power activation procedure, a power discharge procedure, a schedule notification, an alert notification, an arrival notification, a departure notification, a state adjustment, or a motion adjustment.

45. The system of claim 33, wherein the another device is a lighting device, a projector device, or a computing device.

46. The system of claim 33, wherein the place of habitation is a place of residence, an office, a gymnasium, a conference room, or a car.

47. The system of claim 33, wherein the place of habitation is not a place of residence.

48. The system of claim 33, wherein the performing of the action on the another device on behalf of the user in accordance with the calculated probability of the occurrence of the event is at least 10 minutes before the user arrives at the place of habitation.