METHOD OF AFFILIATING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO A COMMUNICATION GROUP USING AN AFFILIATION MOTION

• US 20100248692A1
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: KELLER, MATTHEW C., MILLER, TRENT J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,725,118 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/385 of the core network
• 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 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A device receives a motion-based affiliation request message and, upon receipt, enters an affiliation motion detection state. If an affiliation motion is detected while in the detection state, a message is sent to a server. The message comprises a request to affiliate to a communication group and/or an indication that the device has detected the affiliation motion. From the perspective of the server, a motion-based affiliation initiation request message is received, and based on the message, at least one device is determined to receive a motion-based affiliation request message. The server sends the affiliation request message to the device and determines whether a message was received. The message comprises one of a request to affiliate to the communication group and/or an indication that the device has detected an affiliation motion. If a message was received, affiliation of the device to the communication group is initiated.

Claims

1. A method to affiliate a communication device to a communication group comprising:

at a communication device;

receiving a motion-based affiliation request message;

upon receipt of the motion-based affiliation request message, entering an affiliation motion detection state; and

if an affiliation motion is detected while in the affiliation motion detection state, sending a message to a server, wherein the message comprises at least one of a request to affiliate to the communication group or an indication that the communication device has detected the affiliation motion.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising alerting a user to perform the affiliation motion.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a type of the affiliation motion to be performed by a user is determined in the motion-based affiliation request message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a message indicating the affiliation motion is no longer to be detected; and

exiting the affiliation motion detection state.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device exits the affiliation motion detection state upon expiration of a timer.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a message that the communication device is affiliated to the communication group.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a message that the communication device is not affiliated to the communication group.

8. A method of affiliating a communication device to a communication group comprising:

at a server;

receiving a motion-based affiliation initiation request message;

based on the motion-based affiliation initiation request message, determining at least one communication device to receive a motion-based affiliation request message;

sending the motion-based affiliation request message to a communication device;

determining whether a message was received from the communication device, wherein the message comprises at least one of a request to affiliate to the communication group or an indication that the communication device has detected an affiliation motion; and

if the message was received from the communication device, initiating affiliation of the communication device to the communication group.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the communication device is a member of a set of target communication devices.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the set of target communication devices is determined based on at least one group identifier.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the set of target communication device is determined based on a physical area.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the physical area is operator defined.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the communication device is within a distance of a reference location.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the set of target communication devices is based on at least one communication devices specified in the motion-based affiliation initiation request message.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein the set of target communication devices is determined based on a common attribute of the communication devices.

16. The method of claim 8 wherein the communication device is affiliated to the communication group only if the communication device is within a physical area.

17. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending a message to the communication device indicating an affiliation motion is no longer to be detected.

18. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending a message to the communication device that the communication device is affiliated to the communication group.

19. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending a message to the communication device that the communication device is not affiliated to the communication group.

20. The method of claim 9, wherein the set of target communication devices is determined in the motion-based affiliation initiation request message based upon at least one of a common attribute of the communication devices or a physical location of the communication devices.