Method and apparatus for adjusting device persona

• US 10,419,921 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2015
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baldwin, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsvey, Gennadiy
• Application Number:
  US14/964,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20160094983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,377 Days
• 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 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may obtain presence information associated with a plurality of communication devices of a user, obtain operational capability information and usage profiles for the plurality of communication devices, obtain state information for each of the plurality of communication devices, and adjust a first device persona of a first communication device based on the presence information, the operational capability information, the usage profiles, and the state information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a first communication device of a plurality of communication devices of a user, operational capability information for a group of other communication devices of the plurality of communication devices of the user;

obtaining, by the first communication device, state information for the group of other communication devices, wherein the state information includes signal strength;

adjusting, by the first communication device, a first function of the first communication device to obtain function adjustment information based on the operational capability information and the state information of the group of other communication devices, wherein the first function is associated with a communication service, wherein the first function is one of a plurality of functions;

transmitting, by the first communication device to the group of other communication devices, a first device persona of the first communication device, wherein the first device persona comprises a group of policies, a group of rules or a combination thereof that describe performance of the plurality of functions,

wherein the plurality of functions comprise exclusively controlling performance of the first function among the plurality of communication devices, wherein the first device persona is based on an operational role of the first communication device among the plurality of communication devices in exclusively controlling performance of the first function,

wherein the transmitting of the first device persona indicative of the operational role and the function adjustment information causes a second communication device of the group of other communication devices to adjust operation of the second communication device,

wherein the operational capability information includes media service capabilities and formatting capabilities, and wherein the state information includes current power information, current storage capacity information, and active communication session information;

transmitting a usage profile to the plurality of communication devices to enable each of the group of other communication devices to adjust a plurality of device personas, wherein each of the plurality of device personas controls a function of the plurality of functions performed by one of the group of other communication devices;

generating, by the first communication device, the first device persona based on presence information, the operational capability information, other usage profiles of the plurality of communication devices, and the state information, wherein operation of the second communication device of the plurality of communication devices is responsive to the first device persona;

identifying, by the first communication device, a conflict between the first function and another function of the plurality of functions; and

communicating, by the first communication device, with the second communication device to resolve the conflict.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the state information includes battery life, resource usage, memory capacity, or a combination thereof, and wherein adjustment of preferences among group of devices for providing media services is based on the first device persona.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising obtaining, by the first communication device, usage data for the plurality of communication devices, wherein the usage data is associated with communication services provided by the group of other communication devices, and wherein the adjusting of the first function of the first communication device is based on the usage data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first function includes presentation of media services.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

capturing, by the first communication device, an image;

analyzing, by the first communication device, the image utilizing pattern recognition to identify a second communication device; and

determining that the second communication device is among the plurality of communication devices associated with the user based on the analyzing of the image.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving, by the first communication device, updated state information from a second communication device of the group of other communication devices, wherein the updated state information is received in response to a forced shutdown at the second communication device.

7. A first communication device of a plurality of communication devices comprising:

a memory that stores executable instructions; and

a processing system including a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, facilitates performance of operations, the operations comprising;

obtaining, by a first communication device of a plurality of communication devices of a user, operational capability information for a group of other communication devices of the plurality of communication devices of a user;

obtaining, by the first communication device, state information for the group of other communication devices, wherein the state information includes signal strength;

adjusting, by the first communication device, a first function of the first communication device to obtain function adjustment information based on the operational capability information and the state information of the group of other communication devices, wherein the first function is associated with a communication service, wherein the first function is one of a plurality of functions; and

transmitting a first device persona of the first communication device, wherein the first device persona comprises a group of policies, a group of rules or a combination thereof that describe performance of the plurality of functions,

wherein the plurality of functions comprise exclusively controlling performance of the first function among the plurality of communication devices, wherein the first device persona is based on an operational role of the first communication device among the plurality of communication devices in exclusively controlling performance of the first function,

wherein the transmitting of the first device persona indicative of the operational role and the function adjustment information causes a second communication device of the group of other communication devices to adjust operation of the second communication device,

wherein the operational capability information includes media service capabilities and formatting capabilities, and wherein the state information includes current power information, current storage capacity information, and active communication session information;

transmitting a usage profile to the plurality of communication devices to enable each of the group of other communication devices to adjust a plurality of device personas, wherein each of the plurality of device personas controls a function of the plurality of functions performed by one of the group of other communication devices;

generating, by the first communication device, the first device persona based on presence information, the operational capability information, other usage profiles of the plurality of communication devices, and the state information, wherein operation of the second communication device of the plurality of communication devices is responsive to the first device persona;

identifying, by the first communication device, a conflict between the first function and another function of the plurality of functions; and

communicating, by the first communication device, with the second communication device to resolve the conflict.

8. The first communication device of claim 7, wherein the state information includes battery life, resource usage, memory capacity, or a combination thereof.

9. The first communication device of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise obtaining usage data for the plurality of communication devices, wherein the usage data is associated with communication services provided by the group of other communication devices, and wherein the adjusting of the first function of the first communication device is based on the usage data.

10. The first communication device of claim 7, wherein adjustment of preferences among group of devices for providing media services is based on the first device persona.

11. The first communication device of claim 7, wherein the first function includes presentation of media services.

12. The first communication device of claim 7, comprising:

capturing, by the first communication device, an image;

analyzing, by the first communication device, the image utilizing pattern recognition to identify a second communication device; and

determining that the second communication device is among the plurality of communication devices associated with the user based on the analyzing of the image.

13. The first communication device of claim 7, comprising receiving, by the first communication device, updated state information from a second communication device of the group of other communication devices, wherein the updated state information is received in response to a forced shutdown at the second communication device.

14. A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising machine readable instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processing system including a processor of a first communication device of a plurality of communication devices of a user, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

obtaining, by the first communication device, operational capability information for a group of other communication devices of the plurality of communication devices of the user;

obtaining, by the first communication device, state information for the group of other communication devices, wherein the state information includes signal strength;

adjusting, by the first communication device, a first function of the first communication device to obtain function adjustment information based on the operational capability information and the state information of the group of other communication devices, wherein the first function is associated with a communication service, wherein the first function is one of a plurality of functions;

transmitting, by the first communication device, a first device persona of the first communication device, wherein the first device persona comprises a group of policies, a group of rules or a combination thereof that describe performance of the plurality of functions,

wherein the plurality of functions comprise exclusively controlling performance of the first function among the plurality of communication devices, wherein the first device persona is based on an operational role of the first communication device among the plurality of communication devices in exclusively performing the first function,

wherein the transmitting of the first device persona indicative of the operational role and the function adjustment information causes a second communication device of the group of other communication devices to adjust operation of the second communication device,

wherein the operational capability information includes media service capabilities and formatting capabilities, and wherein the state information includes current power information, current storage capacity information, and active communication session information;

transmitting a usage profile to the plurality of communication devices to enable each of the group of other communication devices to adjust a plurality of device personas, wherein each of the plurality of device personas controls a function of the plurality of functions performed by one of the group of other communication devices;

generating, by the first communication device, the first device persona based on presence information, the operational capability information, other usage profiles of the plurality of communication devices, and the state information, wherein operation of the second communication device of the plurality of communication devices is responsive to the first device persona;

identifying, by the first communication device, a conflict between the first function and another function of the plurality of functions; and

communicating, by the first communication device, with the second communication device to resolve the conflict.

15. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise obtaining usage data for the plurality of communication devices, wherein the usage data is associated with communication services provided by the group of other communication devices, and wherein the adjusting of the first function of the first communication device is based on the usage data.

16. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the state information includes battery life, resource usage, memory capacity, or a combination thereof, and wherein adjustment of preferences among group of devices for providing media services is based on the first device persona.

17. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first function includes presentation of media services.

18. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 14, comprising:

capturing, by the first communication device, an image;

analyzing, by the first communication device, the image utilizing pattern recognition to identify a second communication device; and

determining that the second communication device is among the plurality of communication devices associated with the user based on the analyzing of the image.

19. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 14, comprising receiving, by the first communication device, updated state information from a second communication device of the group of other communication devices, wherein the updated state information is received in response to a forced shutdown at the second communication device.