USING PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO INTELLIGENTLY CHOOSE COMMUNICATION

• US 20130053054A1
• Filed: 08/24/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Moscibroda, Thomas, Chandra, Ranveer, Brush, Alice Jane Bernheim, Krumm, John Charles, Lovitt, Andrew William
• Application Number:
  US13/216,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20130053054A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Selecting communication settings. A method includes observing at least one of present, prior, or anticipated future movement of a user. Based on the observed user movement, embodiments may predict one or more future locations of the user. Based on the one or more future locations of the user, a communication setting of a device is selected to be used by the user.

Claims

1. In a computing environment, a method of selecting communication settings, the method comprising:

observing at least one of present, prior, or anticipated future movement of a user;

based on the observed user movement, predicting one or more future locations of the user; and

based on the one or more future locations of the user selecting a communication setting of a device to be used by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting a communication setting of a device to be used by the user comprises selecting a communication channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting a communication setting of a device to be used by the user comprises selecting a base station.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein observing at least one of present, prior, or anticipated future movement of a user comprises observing at least one of a GPS reading, cellular tower, wireless network, odometer reading, accelerometer reading, light sensor reading, gyroscope reading, camera data, radio beacon reading, RFID reading, a written record, check-in data, credit card records, a checkpoint update, presence of another device, an electronic calendar entry, internet search results, or internet search history.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting comprises referencing or using a pre-generated map.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the pre-generated map comprises one or more of a map based on traffic data, a map based on user or device history, a map based on geography, a roadmap showing possible defined routes, or a map based on signal propagation modeling.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting comprises referencing a real-time generated map.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the real-time generated map comprises one or more of a map based on point of interest data or a map based on historical data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting is performed to cause a setting to be selected resulting in a minimization of subsequent setting reconfigurations.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting is performed to cause a setting to be selected resulting in a maximization of connectivity to a given channel prior to switching to a different channel.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting is performed to cause a setting to be selected resulting in a minimization of the number of channels used for communication over a communication period.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting is performed to cause a setting to be selected resulting in a minimization of cost for channel usage.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting is performed to cause a setting to be selected resulting in higher power being available for communicating on a channel to increase transmission distance or to reduce errors.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting is performed to cause a setting to be selected balancing geospatial coverage with user movement uncertainty.

15. In a computing environment, a method of selecting communication settings, the method comprising:

observing at least one of present, prior, or anticipated future movement of a service provider;

based on the observed provider movement, predicting one or more future locations of the provider; and

based on the one or more future locations of the provider selecting a communication setting of a device to be used by the provider.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein selecting a communication setting of a device to be used by the service provider comprises selecting a communication channel.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein observing at least one of present, prior, or anticipated future movement of a service provider comprises observing at least one of a GPS reading, cellular tower, wireless network, odometer reading, accelerometer reading, light sensor reading, gyroscope reading, camera data, radio beacon reading, RFID reading, a written record, check-in data, credit card records, a checkpoint update, an electronic calendar entry, internet search results, or internet search history.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein predicting is performed to cause a setting to be selected resulting in a minimization of subsequent setting reconfigurations.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein predicting is performed to cause a setting to be selected resulting in a minimization of the number of channels used for communication over a communication period.

20. A system for selecting communication settings, the system comprising:

an analyzing module configured to observe at least one of present, prior, or anticipated future movement of a device;

a movement prediction module configured to predict one or more future locations of the device, based on the observed device movement; and

a decision engine configured to select a communication setting of the device based on the one or more future locations of the device.