INTELLIGENT LOCATION TAGGING FOR DETERMINSTIC DEVICE BEHAVIOR

• US 20130084885A1
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daedalus Prime LLC (Daedalus Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Jain, Puneet K., Venkatachalam, Muthaiah
• Granted Patent: US 8,923,891 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0247 based on conditions of the access network or the infrastructure network central resource management H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0289 Congestion control load shedding arrangements in network planning H04W16/08; performing reselection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/06 based on traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a deterministic device behavior system detects if a device is entering a sensitive location. The sensitive location may be a movie theater, hospital, law enforcement agency, public restroom or locker room, meeting room, factory, or similar location. If the device enters the sensitive location, the device is triggered to query a location database to obtain one or more policies related to deterministic behavior. The policies are transmitted to the device to execute the deterministic behavior while the device is in the sensitive location. The deterministic behavior may include disabling one or more modules of the device such as the camera, microphone, speaker, annunciator, vibrator, and so on, where the use of such modules may be inappropriate or prohibited in the sensitive location. The policies may be implemented manually by the user or automatically by the device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting if a device is entering a sensitive location;

triggering the device to query a location database or server to obtain at least one or more policies related to deterministic behavior if the device enters the sensitive location; and

transmitting the one or more policies to the device to cause the device to execute the deterministic behavior while the device is in the sensitive location.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said detecting is based at least in part on determining a Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate location of the device, obtaining a cellular location of the device, or snooping a transmission of the device to determine an identifier (ID) of the device.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said triggering comprises sending a trigger to a cell broadcast center to cause the cell broadcast center to communicate with the device.

4. A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cell broadcast center communicates with the device by sending a cell broadcast service (CBS) message to the device.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said triggering comprises sending a message to the device, the message being interpretable by a user of the device or by an application running on the device.

6. A method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the message includes the one or more policies.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said triggering comprises communicating with the device via near field communication (NFC) or personal area network (PAN) communication.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said triggering comprises sending a location update message, a routing message, a tracking area update message, a paging message, a short message service (SMS) message, or an application layer message to the device.

9. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the deterministic behavior comprises disabling one or more modules of the device.

10. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

determining if the device is exiting the sensitive location; and

transmitting an indication to the device to cease execution of the deterministic behavior if the device exits the sensitive location.

11. A mobile station, comprising:

a radio-frequency transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the radio-frequency transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to;

receive a message regarding one or policies for a regulated location; and

execute the one or more policies while in the regulated location.

12. A mobile station as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a Global Positioning System (GPS) module, a near field communication module (NFC) or a personal area network (PAN), to determine if the regulated location has been entered.

13. A mobile station as claimed in claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured receive the message regarding the one or more policies from a location database via near field communication (NFC) or personal area network (PAN) communication.

14. A mobile station as claimed in claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more policies by disabling one or more modules coupled to the processor.

15. A mobile station as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a touch screen to receive an input command from a finger or a stylus to control the processor.

16. An information handling system, comprising:

a radio-frequency transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the radio-frequency transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to;

monitor a sensitive area to determine if a device has entered the sensitive area; and

transmit a message to the device regarding one or more policies governing device operation in the sensitive area.

17. An information handling system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to determine if the device has entered sensitive location based at least in part on a Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate location of the device, a cellular location of the device, or a snooped transmission of the device from which an identifier (ID) of the device is determinable.

18. An information handling system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the message includes one or more policies readable by a user of the device or by an application running on the device, or combinations thereof.

19. An information handling system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the message comprises one or more instructions that are optionally executed by the device or automatically executed by the device, or combinations thereof.

20. An information handling system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the message comprises instructions to shut down one or more modules of the device while the device is in the sensitive location.

21. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed, result in:

detecting if a device has entered a policy governed location;

sending a message to the device to query a location database or server to obtain at least one or more policies related to deterministic behavior if the device enters the policy governed location; and

transmitting the one or more policies to the device to cause the device to execute the deterministic behavior while the device is in the sensitive location.

22. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 21, wherein said detecting is based at least in part on determining a Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate location of the device, obtaining a cellular location of the device, or snooping a transmission of the device to determine an identifier (ID) of the device.

23. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 21, wherein said sending comprises causing a cell broadcast center to communicate with the device.

24. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 23, wherein the cell broadcast center communicates with the device by sending a cell broadcast service (CBS) message to the device.

25. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 21, wherein the message sent to the device is interpretable by a user of the device or by an application running on the device.

26. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 25, wherein the message includes the one or more policies.

27. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 21, wherein said sending comprises communicating with the device via near field communication (NFC) or personal area network (PAN) communication.

28. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 21, wherein the message comprises a location update message, a routing message, a tracking area update message, a paging message, a short message service (SMS) message, or an application layer message to the device.

29. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 21, wherein the deterministic behavior comprises disabling one or more modules of the device.

30. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 21, wherein the instructions, if executed, further result in:

determining if the device is exiting the policy governed location; and

transmitting an indication to the device to cease execution of the deterministic behavior if the device exits the policy governed location.