Event prediction through monitoring a mobile device

• US 10,278,010 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2015
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• 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:
  US14/755,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20150304812A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• 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:

a) receiving a geospatial location of a mobile telecommunications device, wherein the mobile telecommunications device comprises a processor;

b) calculating a probability of an occurrence of an event based on;

1) monitoring an interaction of a user of the mobile telecommunications device with the mobile telecommunications device based on the geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device; and

2) monitoring a control of another device, wherein the control is by the user, wherein the another device is communicatively coupled to the mobile telecommunications device, wherein the control is via a mobile application of the mobile telecommunications device, and wherein the monitoring of the control of the another device is based on the geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device;

wherein the occurrence of the event is in a temporal future relative to the calculating of the probability; and

c) instructing, by the processor of the mobile telecommunications device, a performance of an action by 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 the received geospatial location is date-stamped and time-stamped.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating of the probability is by a processor of a server that is communicatively coupled to the mobile telecommunications device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating of the probability is by the processor of the mobile telecommunications device.

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

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the temporal future is at least 10 minutes after a current time.

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. 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.

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

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance of the action by 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.

16. A method comprising:

a) monitoring by a mobile telecommunications device an interaction of a user of the mobile telecommunications device with the mobile telecommunications device based on a geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device; and

monitoring a control of another device, wherein the control is by the user, wherein the control is via a mobile application of the mobile telecommunications 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 mobile telecommunications device, wherein the mobile telecommunications device comprises a processor;

b) calculating a probability of an occurrence of an event related to the mobile telecommunications device and the another device based on;

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

monitoring of the control of the another device based on the geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device, wherein the occurrence of the event is in a temporal future relative to the calculating of the probability; and

c) instructing by the processor of the mobile telecommunications device a performance of an action by 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.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile telecommunications device is periodic.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the calculating of the probability is by a processor of a server that is communicatively coupled to the mobile telecommunications device.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the calculating of the probability is by the processor of the mobile telecommunications device.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising adjusting the calculated probability of the occurrence of the event based on periodic monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile telecommunications device.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein temporal future is at least 10 minutes after a current time.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the another device is not a mobile telecommunications device.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein the action is an environmental control action.

24. The method of claim 16, wherein the action is a state change action.

25. The method of claim 16, wherein the action is completing a task.

26. The method of claim 16, 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.

27. The method of claim 16, wherein the another device is a lighting device, a projector device, or a computing device.

28. The method of claim 16, wherein the place of habitation is a place of residence, an office, a gymnasium, a conference room, or a car.

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

30. The method of claim 16, wherein the performance of the action by 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.

31. A system comprising:

a) a server, wherein the server comprises a processor; and

b) a mobile telecommunications device communicatively coupled to the server;

wherein the processor of the server is configured to execute instructions for;

1) receiving a geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device,

2) calculating a probability of an occurrence of an event based on;

i) monitoring an interaction of a user of the mobile telecommunications device with the mobile telecommunications device based on the geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device; and

ii) monitoring a control of another device, wherein the control is by the user, wherein the another device is communicatively coupled to the mobile telecommunications device, wherein the control is via a mobile application of the mobile telecommunications device, and wherein the monitoring of the control is based on the geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device;

wherein the occurrence of the event is in a temporal future relative to the calculating of the probability; and

3) instructing a performance of an action by 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.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the received geospatial location is date-stamped and time-stamped.

33. The system of claim 31, wherein the server is configured to adjust the calculated probability of the occurrence of the event based on periodic monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile telecommunications device.

34. The system of claim 31, wherein the temporal future is at least 10 minutes after a current time.

35. The system of claim 31, wherein the another device is not a mobile telecommunications device.

36. The system of claim 31, wherein the action is an environmental control action.

37. The system of claim 31, wherein the action is a state change action.

38. The system of claim 31, wherein the action is completing a task.

39. The system of claim 31, 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.

40. The system of claim 31, wherein the another device is a lighting device, a projector device, or a computing device.

41. The system of claim 31, wherein the place of habitation is a place of residence, an office, a gymnasium, a conference room, or a car.

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

43. The system of claim 31, wherein the performance of the action by 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.

44. A system comprising:

a) a server, wherein the server comprises a processor; and

b) a mobile telecommunications device and another device communicatively coupled to the server;

wherein the server is configured to execute instructions for;

1) monitoring an interaction of a user of the mobile telecommunications device with the mobile telecommunications device based on a geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device; and

2) monitoring a control of the another device, wherein the control is by the user, wherein the another device is communicatively coupled to the mobile telecommunications device, wherein the control is via a mobile application of the mobile telecommunications device, and wherein the monitoring of the control is based on the geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device;

3) calculating a probability of an occurrence of an event based on the monitoring of the interaction of the user of the mobile telecommunications device with the mobile telecommunications device based on the geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device; and

monitoring of the control of the another device based on the geospatial location of the mobile telecommunications device, wherein the occurrence of the event is in a temporal future relative to the calculating of the probability; and

4) instructing a performance of an action by the another device communicatively coupled to the server 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.

45. The system of claim 44, wherein the monitoring of the interaction of the user of the with the mobile telecommunications device is periodic.

46. The system of claim 44, wherein the action is a transmission of status information.

47. The system of claim 44, wherein the server is configured to adjust the calculated probability of the occurrence of the event based on periodic monitoring of the interaction of the user with the mobile telecommunications device.

48. The system of claim 44, wherein the temporal future is at least 10 minutes after a current time.

49. The system of claim 44, wherein the another device is not a mobile telecommunications device.

50. The system of claim 44, wherein the action is an environmental control action.

51. The system of claim 44, wherein the action is a state change action.

52. The system of claim 44, wherein the action is completing a task.

53. The system of claim 44, 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.

54. The system of claim 44, wherein the another device is a lighting device, a projector device, or a computing device.

55. The system of claim 44, wherein the place of habitation is a place of residence, an office, a gymnasium, a conference room, or a car.

56. The system of claim 44, wherein the place of habitation is not a place of residence.

57. The system of claim 44, wherein the performance of the action by 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.