Location document system

• US 20040125956A1
• Filed: 12/31/2002
• Published: 07/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Malone, Jim E., Gutowski, Gerry John, Heiderscheit, David D.
• Application Number:
  US10/334,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20040125956A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/258
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00323 with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4406 Restricting access, e.g. according to user identity mechanisms actuated y cards, PIN or the like in apparatus for dispensing G07F7/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/444 to a particular document or image or part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing documents incorporates the use of position or location information. In one example, documents (310) include one or more location attributes (312) that are used by a receiving device (200), in conjunction with position information provided to or determined by the receiving device (200), to determine operations that may be performed on the document (310). Alternatively, based on the location attributes (312) and the position information, the device (200) may determine that certain operations are not permitted to be performed on the document. Further still, display of selected portions of the document (310), or access to the document (310) may be likewise controlled in this manner. In one embodiment, the receiving device (200) is a wireless mobile device such as a cellular telephone or the like.

Claims

1. A method for managing documents, the method comprising:

receiving, by a device, a document comprising one or more location attributes;

determining position information corresponding to the device; and

determining operations that may be performed on the document based on the position information and at least one of the one or more location attributes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining operations that may be performed on the document further comprises:

comparing the position information with the at least one of the one or more location attributes; and

permitting a first set of operations to be performed on the document when the position information compares favorably with the at least one of the one or more location attributes.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining operations that may be performed on the document further comprises:

permitting a second set of operations to be performed on the document when the position information does not compare favorably with the at least one of the one or more location attributes.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling presentation of a first portion of the document based on the position information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

controlling access to the document based on the position information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein controlling access to the document further comprises deleting the document.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein controlling access to the document further comprises performing a cryptographic process on the document.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein controlling access to the document further comprises enabling password protection of the document.

9. A device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a document comprising one or more location attributes;

a position determination component; and

a document application configured to receive position information regarding the device from the position determination component,

wherein the document application operates upon the document based upon the one or more location attributes and the position information.

10. The device of claim 9, the position determination component further comprising means for determining position information based on time-of-arrival type processing.

11. The device of claim 9, the position determination component further comprising means for determining position information based on cell site identification.

12. The device of claim 9, further comprising an output component, wherein the document application further comprises a presentation component that presents a first portion of the document via the output component based on the position information.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the document application further comprises a position-based access control component.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the position-based access control component deletes the document based on the position information.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the position-based access control component enables password protection of the document based on the position information.

16. The device of claim 13, further comprising a cryptographic component coupled to the document application, wherein the position-based access control component performs a cryptographic process on the document via the cryptographic component.

17. The device of claim 9 further comprising a wireless mobile device.

18. The device of claim 17, further comprising a cellular telephone.

19. A wireless mobile device comprising:

a processor;

a storage device having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

ascertain one or more location attributes in a document;

determining position information corresponding to the wireless mobile device; and

determine operations that may be performed on the document based on the position information and at least one of the one or more location attributes.

20. The wireless mobile device of claim 19, wherein the executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine operations that may be performed on the document further comprise executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

compare the position information with the at least one of the one or more location attributes; and

permit a first set of operations to be performed on the document when the position information compares favorably with the at least one of the one or more location attributes.

21. The wireless mobile device of claim 20, wherein the executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine operations that may be performed on the document further comprise executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

permit a second set of operations to be performed on the document when the position information does not compare favorably with the at least one of the one or more location attributes.

22. The wireless mobile device of claim 19, wherein the storage device further comprise executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

enable presentation of a first portion of the document based on the position information.

23. The wireless mobile device of claim 19, wherein the storage device further comprise executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

control access to the document based on the position information.