Apparatus and method of dynamic usage profile acquisition and utilization in a wireless mobile device

• US 20050275406A1
• Filed: 06/15/2004
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Kisor, Gregory H., Knauerhase, Robert C., Hatalkar, Atul N., Jelinek, Lenka M., Belmont, Brian V., Kumar, Muthu K.
• Application Number:
  US10/868,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20050275406A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/425
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a usage analysis engine may be capable of receiving data on the environment of the apparatus, the data used to create a profile. The usage analysis engine may be further capable of correlating a present profile with previous profiles. The apparatus may take some action or prohibits some action based on the correlation of the present profile with the previous profiles provided by the usage analysis engine and may take no action based on lack of correlation of the present profile with the previous profiles provided by the usage analysis engine.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a usage analysis engine capable of receiving data on the environment of said apparatus, said data used to create a profile; and

said usage analysis engine further capable of correlating a present profile with previous profiles.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is adapted to take some action or prohibits some action based on the correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is adapted to take no action based on lack of correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said usage analysis engine is adapted to receive position information of said apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said position information is determined by a global positioning system.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said environment of said apparatus is comprised of at least one device in wireless communication with said apparatus.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said at least one device in wireless communication with said apparatus is a plurality of devices in communication with said apparatus.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said at least one device in wireless communication with said apparatus is at least one device in wireless communication with said apparatus selected from the group comprising:

personal digital assistant (PDA);

printer;

personal computer;

server;

mobile phone;

e-wallet;

wireless local area network access point;

wide area network access point; and

personal area network access point.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is selected from the group consisting of:

personal digital assistant (PDA);

printer;

personal computer;

server;

mobile phone;

or

e-wallet.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a processor to correlate said present profiles with said previous profiles and memory for storing said profiles.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said usage analysis engine is further capable of receiving input from a user of said apparatus to direct the correlation algorithm so as to allow customization of when said apparatus takes some action or prohibits some action based on said correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

12. An article comprising a storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that, when executed by a computing platform, results in the correlation of past and present environmental profiles, said past and present environmental profiles determined by a usage analysis engine associated with said article and capable of receiving data on the environment of said apparatus.

13. The article of claim 12, wherein said apparatus instructions, when executed, results it its taking some action or prohibiting some action based on said correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

14. The article of claim 12, wherein said apparatus instructions, when executed, takes no action based on lack of correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

15. The article of claim 12, wherein said apparatus instructions, when executed, enable said usage analysis engine to receive position information of said apparatus.

16. The article of claim 15, wherein said position information is determined by a global positioning system.

17. The article of claim 12, wherein said environment of said apparatus is comprised of at least one device in wireless communication with said apparatus.

18. The article of claim 17, wherein said at least one device in wireless communication with said apparatus is a plurality of devices in communication with said apparatus.

19. A wireless device, comprising:

a usage analysis engine capable of receiving data on the environment of said wireless device, said data used to create a profile, said usage analysis engine further capable of correlating a present profile with previous profiles; and

wherein said wireless device activates or deactivates some functionality based on the correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

20. The wireless device of claim 19, wherein said wireless device is selected from the group comprising:

personal digital assistant (PDA);

printer;

personal computer;

server;

mobile phone;

e-wallet;

wireless local area network access point;

wide area network access point; and

personal area network access point.

21. The wireless device of claim 19, wherein said usage analysis engine is further capable of receiving input from a user of said wireless device to direct the correlation algorithm so as to allow customization of when and what functionality said wireless device automatically activates or deactivates based on the correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

22. A method, comprising:

receiving data on the environment of a mobile device by a usage analysis engine, said usage analysis engine creating a profile on said environment; and

correlating present profiles with previous profiles by said usage analysis engine to predict usage.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein said mobile device takes some action or prohibits some action based on the correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein said mobile device takes no action based on lack of correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

25. The method of claim 22, further comprising receiving position information of said mobile device as part of said profile created by said usage engine.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein said position information is determined by a global positioning system.

27. A mobile device capable of predicting usage based on the dynamic state of an environment of said mobile device, comprising:

a usage analysis engine for receiving data on the environment of said mobile device, said usage analysis engine creating profiles of said environment; and

correlating present profiles with previous profiles by said usage analysis engine to predict usage of said mobile device.

28. The mobile device of claim 27, wherein said mobile device takes some action or prohibits some action based on the correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles provided by said usage analysis engine.

29. The mobile device of claim 27, wherein said usage analysis engine is further capable of receiving input from a user of said mobile device to direct the correlation algorithm so as to allow customization of when said mobile device takes some action or prohibits some action based on said correlation of said present profile with said previous profiles.