System and method for device or system location optimization

• US 20090149200A1
• Filed: 12/10/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Jayasuriya, Dickson, Morely-Smith, James, Jayasinghe, Parakrama, Jayanetti, Ruwan
• Application Number:
  US11/953,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20090149200A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

Systems, devices and/or methods that facilitate location optimization of mobile devices and/or systems are presented. Location optimization can result in an improved user experience by providing information and/or software tailored to the location of the device and/or system. Location aware devices/systems can include a deterministic or inferential determination of the granular location of the device/system. Location aware devices/systems can also include deterministic or inferential determinations of potential location zone transitions. These determinations and/or inferences can be employed to determine the availability of, and relevance of, device/system updates. Available relevant updates can be downloaded to the device/system at varying levels of granularity and overlap. The downloaded updates can then be installed and made available to the user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a location component that determines at least a current device location, a location zone transition, or combination thereof, and

a mobile content management component that receives at least one relevant update based at least in part on the location component determination.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the location component determines the at least a current device location, a location zone transition, or combination thereof, based at least in part on an inference about location information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the location component determination is made based at least in part on GPS information, cell phone system information, internet information, intranet information, ad hoc network information, inertial information, inferences about the location, or combinations thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile content management component searchs for relevant updates based at least in part on the location component determination.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile content management component, as part of receiving at least one relevant update, downloads updates based at least in part on the location component determination.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the mobile content management component update download is based at least in part on an update pushed from an external system.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile content management component download is at least one of compressed data, uncompressed data, compressed software code, uncompressed software code, compiled software code, uncompiled software code, portions of software code, audio files, video files, application program interface instructions, or combinations thereof and the like.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile content management component includes a system interface, a device interface, a user interface, or combinations thereof.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile content management component installs at least a portion of the received relevant update, makes available at least a portion of the received relevant update, or combinations thereof.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the content management component makes inferences relating to the relevance of an update, at least portions of updates to download, at least portions of received updates to install, at least portions of received updates to make available, or combinations thereof, based at least in part on location information.

11. An electronic device comprising the system of claim 1.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the electronic device comprises at least one of a computer, a laptop computer, barcode reader, network equipment, a media player, a media recorder, a television, a smart card, a phone, a cellular phone, a smart phone, an electronic organizer, a personal digital assistant, a portable email reader, a digital camera, an electronic game, an electronic device associated with digital rights management, a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) card, a trusted platform module (TPM), a Hardware Security Module (HSM), set-top boxes, a digital video recorder, a gaming console, a navigation system, a secure memory device with computational capabilities, a device with at least one tamper-resistant chip, an electronic device associated with industrial control systems, or an embedded computer in a machine, or a combination thereof, wherein the machine comprises one of an airplane, a copier, a motor vehicle, or a microwave oven.

13. A method that facilitates location optimization comprising:

determining the location of a device, system, or combination thereof relative to at least one boundary zone; and

receiving at least one relevant update based at least in part on the determined location.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the determination of the location further includes determinations about potential location zone transitions.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the determination of the location is based at least in part on inferences related to the determined location, potential location zone transitions, or combinations thereof.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the received at least one relevant update is at least in part searched for, downloaded in whole or in part, installed in whole or in part, made available in whole or in part, or combinations thereof.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein receiving the at least one relevant update is based on inferences related at least in part to the location determination, location zone transition determinations, or combinations thereof.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the relevance of an update is based at least in part on the determined location, location zone transition, or combinations thereof.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the relevance of an update is based at least in part on inferences about location, location zone transition, or combinations thereof.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining the location of a device includes determinations of location zone transitions based at least in part on discrete zones, layered zones, a plurality of overlapping zones, positions relative to zone centers, or combinations thereof.