CONTEXT-BASED COMPUTING FRAMEWORK

• US 20120311130A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Atlassian US, Inc. (Atlassian Corporation)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zadig, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A context-based computing framework is disclosed. An example method for context-based computing disclosed herein comprises receiving context information provisioned for a current location from a context service in response to a query, and configuring interaction with a resource associated with the current location based on the context information received from the context service. Another example method for context-based computing disclosed herein comprises determining a location associated with a query requesting context information, obtaining the context information from a context profile associated with the location, and sending the context information in response to the query, the context information to facilitate interaction with a resource associated with the location.

Claims

1. A method to provide context-based computing, the method comprising:

receiving context information provisioned for a current location from a context service in response to a query; and

configuring interaction with a resource associated with the current location based on the context information received from the context service.

2. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the context information specifies a set of resource interaction characteristics for interacting with a set of resources available at the current location.

3. A method as defined in claim 1 further comprising sending the query to the context service in response to detecting a location change.

5. A method as defined in claim 1 further comprising including device descriptive information, application descriptive information and identity information in the query.

6. A method as defined in claim 5 wherein the application descriptive information comprises a signature of an application executing on a device that is to receive the context information.

10. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the resource comprises a device associated with the current location, and configuring interaction with the resource comprises:

using the configuration information to configure an application to recognize the device; and

communicating with the context service to establish interaction with the device.

11. A method as defined in claim 10 further comprising:

obtaining role classifications included in the configuration information;

using the device descriptive information to determine a role for interacting with the device; and

configuring the application to provide an interface for interacting with the device that corresponds to the role.

12. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the context service is remote relative to the current location and maintains context profiles for a plurality of different geographically separated locations, and the context information is obtained from a first context profile provisioned for the current location.

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14. A tangible article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

receive context information provisioned for a current location from a context service in response to a query; and

configure interaction with a resource associated with the current location based on the context information received from the context service.

15. A tangible article of manufacture as defined in claim 14 wherein the context information specifies a set of resource interaction characteristics for interacting with a set of resources available at the current location.

16. A tangible article of manufacture as defined in claim 14 wherein the machine readable instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to send the query to the context service in response to detecting a location change.

17. A tangible article of manufacture as defined in claim 14 wherein the machine readable instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to include device descriptive information, application descriptive information and identity information in the query.

22. A tangible article of manufacture as defined in claim 14 wherein the resource comprises a device associated with the current location, and the machine readable instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to:

use the configuration information to configure an application to recognize the device; and

communicate with the context service to establish interaction with the device.

24. A tangible article of manufacture as defined in claim 14 wherein the context service is remote relative to the current location and maintains context profiles for a plurality of different geographically separated locations, and the context information is obtained from a first context profile provisioned for the current location.

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26. An apparatus to provide context-based computing, the apparatus comprising:

a context querier to query a context service for context information provisioned for a current location; and

a context configurer to configure interaction with a resource associated with the current location based on the context information received from the context service.

27. An apparatus as defined in claim 26 wherein the context information is to identify a set of resources available at the current location, and the context information is to specify an associated set of resource interaction characteristics for interacting with the set of resources.

28. An apparatus as defined in claim 26 wherein the context querier is to query the context service in response to detecting a location change.

29. An apparatus as defined in claim 26 wherein the query is to include device descriptive information, application descriptive information and identity information.

34. An apparatus as defined in claim 26 wherein the resource is a device associated with the current location, and the context configurer is to:

use the configuration information to configure an application to recognize the device; and

communicate with the context service to establish interaction with the device.

36. An apparatus as defined in claim 26 wherein the context service is remote relative to the current location, the context service maintains context profiles for a plurality of different geographically separate locations, and the context information is obtained from a first context profile provisioned for the current location.

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