CONTEXT AWARE DEVICE DISCONNECTION

• US 20130138797A1
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Locker, Howard, Cromer, Daryl, Hunt, John Miles, Nicholson, John Weldon
• Granted Patent: US 9,516,696 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/143 Termination or inactivation of sessions, e.g. event-controlled end of session
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release

Abstract

Systems, methods and products directed toward context aware device disconnection are provided herein. One aspect includes obtaining one or more physical measurements of an information handling device connected to one or more external systems, the one or more physical measurements being measured using one or more physical characteristic measurement elements; analyzing the one or more physical measurements using one or more policy settings configured in one or more disconnection policies stored on the information handling device; and initiating one or more disconnection events responsive to the one or more physical measurements matching the one or more policy settings. Other embodiments are described herein.

Claims

1. An information handling device comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory in operative connection with the one or more processors;

wherein, responsive to execution of program instructions stored in said memory, the one or more processors are configured to;

connect the information handling device to one or more external systems;

obtain one or more physical measurements of the information handling device using one or more physical characteristic measurement elements;

analyze the one or more physical measurements using one or more policy settings configured in one or more disconnection policies stored on the information handling device; and

initiate one or more disconnection events responsive to the one or more physical measurements matching the one or more policy settings.

2. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more physical measurements comprise a location of the information handling device.

3. The information handling device according to claim 2, wherein the location of the information handling device comprises a geographic location.

4. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more physical measurements comprises a movement of the information handling device.

5. The information handling device according to claim 4, wherein the movement comprises an acceleration of the information handling device.

6. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more disconnection events comprise a user prompt requesting whether to maintain or terminate a connection between the information handling device and an external system.

7. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more disconnection events comprise terminating a connection between the information handling device and an external system.

8. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more policy settings comprises movement of the information handling device outside of a specified geographic location.

9. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more policy settings comprises movement of the information handling device beyond a specified distance.

10. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more policy settings comprises continuous movement of the information handling device for a specified time period.

11. A method comprising:

obtaining one or more physical measurements of an information handling device connected to one or more external systems, the one or more physical measurements being measured using one or more physical characteristic measurement elements;

analyzing the one or more physical measurements using one or more policy settings configured in one or more disconnection policies stored on the information handling device; and

initiating one or more disconnection events responsive to the one or more physical measurements matching the one or more policy settings.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more physical measurements comprise a location of the information handling device.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the location of the information handling device comprises a geographic location.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more physical measurements comprises a movement of the information handling device.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the movement comprises an acceleration of the information handling device.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more disconnection events comprise a user prompt requesting whether to maintain or terminate a connection between the information handling device and an external system.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more disconnection events comprise terminating a connection between the information handling device and an external system.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more policy settings comprises movement of the information handling device beyond a specified distance.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more policy settings comprises continuous movement of the information handling device for a specified time period.

20. A program product comprising:

a storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising;

program code configured to obtain one or more physical measurements of an information handling device connected to one or more external systems, the one or more physical measurements being measured using one or more physical characteristic measurement elements;

program code configured to analyze the one or more physical measurements using one or more policy settings configured in one or more disconnection policies stored on the information handling device; and

program code configured to initiate one or more disconnection events responsive to the one or more physical measurements matching the one or more policy settings.