System and Method for Mobile Device Usability By Locational Conditions

• US 20130337789A1
• Filed: 08/21/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BillJCo LLC
• Original Assignee: William J. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, William J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,897,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/16 Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/244 using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Provided is a distributed system and method for enabling new and useful location dependent features and functionality to mobile data processing systems. Mobile data processing Systems (MSs) interact with each other as peers in communications and interoperability. Data is shared between mobile data processing systems to carry out novel Location Based eXchanges (LBX) of data for new mobile applications. Information transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, is in process at, or is application modified at a mobile data processing system triggers processing of actions in accordance with user configured permissions, charters, and other configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a user configurable platform is provided for quickly building well behaving LBX applications at MSs and across a plurality of interoperating MSs. Tools, triggered interfaces and integrated applications are disclosed for a breadth of MS LBX configurations and functionality.

Claims

1. A method by a mobile data processing system, the method comprising:

maintaining, by the mobile data processing system, a configuration local to the mobile data processing system for a location based event to invoke processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system, the configuration including;

one or more conditions including a condition for the mobile data processing system recognizing when a specified data processing system is located in proximity of a particular location, and

at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system;

monitoring, by the mobile data processing system, for the one or more conditions;

detecting, by the mobile data processing system, the one or more conditions including when the specified data processing system is located in proximity of the particular location; and

invoking, by the mobile data processing system, the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system upon the detecting, by the mobile data processing system, the one or more conditions.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting receipt of a transmission from a remote data processing system in proximity of the mobile data processing system wherein the transmission was solicited by the mobile data processing system.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting receipt of an unsolicited transmission from a remote data processing system in proximity of the mobile data processing system.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting a particular data processing system being located at a configured location.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting a particular data processing system being located in proximity of a plurality of data processing systems.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting a particular data processing system being located a configured distance to the particular location.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting a particular data processing system being located in proximity of the particular location at a particular time.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting the mobile data processing system being located away from a user of the mobile data processing system.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting inactivity by a user of the mobile data processing system for a period of time, and wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving the usability of the mobile data processing system includes communicating information for how to find the mobile data processing system.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the communicating information for how to find the mobile data processing system includes sending an electronic distribution to at least one recipient.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the communicating information for how to find the mobile data processing system includes presenting an audible alert or message to be heard by a person in the vicinity of the mobile data processing system.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for a particular data processing system sampling an environmental condition.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting a particular user action by a user of the mobile data processing system.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system to determine at least one of:

information for an email application,

information for a messaging application,

information for a calendar application,

information for an address book application,

information for a phone application,

information for a map application,

information for a storage application,

information for a file system application,

information for a database application,

information for a search application,

information for an internet browser application,

information included in a Whereabouts Data Record received by the mobile data processing system from a remote data processing system,

information included in a Whereabouts Data Record of the mobile data processing system,

information associated to an application of a remote data processing system,

information associated to an application of the mobile data processing system,

information for a statistic,

information for historical data,

information for a geofence specification,

information for a nearby specification,

information for a nearness specification,

information for a specification using a distance,

information for a vicinity specification,

information for a situational location specification,

information associated to a file,

information associated to a directory,

information for SQL database data,

information for a group,

information for a plurality of data processing systems,

information for a date specification,

information for a time specification,

information for an arrival,

information for a departure,

information for a profile match percentage,

information for a profile tag match count,

information for a Whereabouts Programming Language specification,

information for an XML specification,

an atomic operator,

is information for a point,

information for a radius,

information for a perimeter,

information for a sphere,

information for a region,

information for a Boolean value,

information for a physical location address,

information for a two dimensional region specification, or

information for a three dimensional region specification.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system to determine at least one of:

information for an emergency application,

information for a RFID application,

information for a hotspot application,

information for a services application,

information for a traffic application,

information for an appliance application,

information for a device application,

information for an account management application,

information for a public transportation application,

information for a carpool application,

information for an advertising application,

information for a news application,

information for a picture application,

information for a video application,

information for a parking lot application,

information for an employment application,

information for a real estate application,

information for a line,

information for a polygon,

information for a mathematical coordinate system,

information for a specification described by a set of geographical coordinate system points,

information for a specification described by a set of spatial coordinate system points,

a plurality of identifier information for the mobile data processing system,

a plurality of identifier information received in a wireless data record by the mobile data processing system from a remote data processing system for the remote data processing system,

geofence information received in a wireless data record by the mobile data processing system from a remote data processing system,

waymark information received in a wireless data record by the mobile data processing system from a remote data processing system,

deliverable content information received in a wireless data record by the mobile data processing system from a remote data processing system,

halo information received in a wireless data record by the mobile data processing system from a remote data processing system,

information for a direction, or

information for data created by a user of the mobile data processing system with a user interface to a map.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes controlling output to an output device of the mobile data processing system.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes controlling input to an input device of the mobile data processing system.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes controlling at least one feature of an application or service at the mobile data processing system.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes defaulting data in an entry field of a user interface of the mobile data processing system.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes populating first information for location dependent data to a clipboard of the mobile data processing system.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein second information for the first information for location dependent data can be pasted by a user of the mobile data processing system to a user interface data entry field.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein second information for the first information for location dependent data can be pasted by a user of the mobile data processing system to a picture or a video.

23. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes controlling a print job of the mobile data processing system.

24. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes altering a user interface of the mobile data processing system by at least one of:

customizing layout, changing organization, changing appearance, changing a background, changing a foreground, or changing presented content.

25. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes modifying a service directory of routing entries locally maintained by the mobile data processing system for how another mobile data processing system can find a service.

26. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes alerting a user when approaching the particular location where a previous telephony call of the mobile data processing system was dropped.

27. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes modifying an internet connectivity configuration.

28. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes permitting or preventing communications between the mobile data processing system and another data processing system.

29. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes identifying information associated to a remote data processing system of the particular location, the information being at least one of:

pictures, videos, documents, files, or application records.

30. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes organizing data or files maintained at the mobile data processing system.

31. The method of claim 30 wherein the organizing data or files maintained at the mobile data processing system includes sorting a plurality of application records in an application in use at the mobile data processing system.

32. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes installing or uninstalling an application.

33. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes automatically dialing a phone call when the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting a remote data processing system arriving to a vicinity of a particular data processing system.

34. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes automatically dialing a phone call when the one or more conditions includes a condition for the mobile data processing system detecting a remote data processing system departing a vicinity of a particular data processing system.

35. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes altering at least one performance parameter for subsequently affecting the executable performance of the mobile data processing system.

36. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system includes an action for a processing result of an atomic command paired with an atomic operand and having one or more associated parameters, the atomic command being:

SEND, or NOTIFY, or COMPOSE, or FIND, or COPY, or INVOKE, or DISCARD, or MOVE, or STORE, or CONNECT, or ADMINISTRATE, or CHANGE; and

the atomic operand being;

AUTODIALNUMBER, or WEBLINK, or EMAIL, or SMSMSG, or BRDEMAIL, or BRDSMSMSG, or INDICATOR, or APP, or DOCUMENT, or FILE, or CONTENT, or DBOBJ, or DATA, or SEMAPHORE, or DIRECTORY, or APPCONTEXT, or UIFOBJ, or UIFCTL, or INPUT, or OUTPUT, or ALERT, or PROC, or CONTAINER, or PROGOBJ, or CURSOR, or CALENDAR, or ADDRESSBOOK.

37. The method of claim 1 including terminating the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system upon the mobile data processing system detecting when the specified data processing system departs being located in proximity of the particular location.

38. A mobile data processing system, comprising:

one or more processors;

a user interface;

at least one memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the at least one memory includes executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, results in the system;

maintaining, by the mobile data processing system, a configuration local to the mobile data processing system for a location based event to invoke processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system, the configuration including;

one or more conditions including a condition for the mobile data processing system recognizing when a specified data processing system is located in proximity of a particular location, and

at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system;

monitoring, by the mobile data processing system, for the one or more conditions;

detecting, by the mobile data processing system, the one or more conditions including when the specified data processing system is located in proximity of the particular location; and

invoking, by the mobile data processing system, the at least one action for the processing for improving usability of the mobile data processing system upon the detecting, by the mobile data processing system, the one or more conditions.