SELF-AWARE PROFILE SWITCHING ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- detecting, by a mobile computing device, a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the current context being external to the mobile computing device and indicating a current state of the mobile computing device in its surrounding environment;
identifying, based on at least a first portion of the current context, a location description for the mobile computing device, wherein the location description includes a textual description of the location;
determining, based on the identified location description and at least a second portion of the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from operating using a current profile to operating using a second profile, wherein the current profile and the second profile each define one or more settings of the mobile computing device; and
in response to determining whether to switch to the second profile, adjusting one or more setting of the mobile computing device based on the second profile.
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Abstract
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes detecting, by a mobile computing device, a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the current context being external to the mobile computing device and indicating a current state of the mobile computing device in its surrounding environment. The method can also include identifying, based on at least a first portion of the current context, a location description for the mobile computing device, wherein the location description includes a textual description of the location; and determining, based on the identified location description and at least a second portion of the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from operating using a current profile to operating using a second profile, wherein the current profile and the second profile each define one or more settings of the mobile computing device.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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detecting, by a mobile computing device, a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the current context being external to the mobile computing device and indicating a current state of the mobile computing device in its surrounding environment; identifying, based on at least a first portion of the current context, a location description for the mobile computing device, wherein the location description includes a textual description of the location; determining, based on the identified location description and at least a second portion of the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from operating using a current profile to operating using a second profile, wherein the current profile and the second profile each define one or more settings of the mobile computing device; and in response to determining whether to switch to the second profile, adjusting one or more setting of the mobile computing device based on the second profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for switching profiles on mobile computing device, the system comprising:
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a mobile computing device; a context determination unit of the mobile computing device that is configured to detect a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the context being external to the mobile computing device and indicating a current state of the mobile computing device in its surrounding environment; a location description unit of the mobile computing device that is configured to identify, based on at least a first portion of the current context, a location description for the mobile computing device, wherein the location description includes a textual description of the location; a profile rule unit of the mobile computing device that is configured to determine, based on the identified location description and at least a second portion of the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from operating using a current profile to operating using a second profile, wherein the current profile and the second profile each define one or more settings of the mobile computing device; and a settings management unit of the mobile computing device that is configured to adjust one or more setting of the mobile computing device based on the second profile in response to determining whether to switch to the second profile.
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20. A computer program product tangibly embodied in one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage devices, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause operations to be performed, the operations comprising:
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detecting, by a mobile computing device, a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the context being external to the mobile computing device and indicating a current state of the mobile computing device in its surrounding environment; identifying, based on at least a first portion of the current context, a location description for the mobile computing device, wherein the location description includes a textual description of the location; determining, based on the identified location description and at least a second portion of the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from operating using a current profile to operating using a second profile, wherein the current profile and the second profile each define one or more settings of the mobile computing device; and in response to determining whether to switch to the second profile, adjusting one or more setting of the mobile computing device based on the second profile.
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