System and Method for Service-Free Location Based Applications

• US 20140080520A1
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BillJCo LLC
• Original Assignee: William J. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, William J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,100,792 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• 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 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

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 which is transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, or is in process at, a mobile data processing system, is used to trigger 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.

Claims

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

maintaining, by the mobile data processing system, a user configured location based configuration stored local to the mobile data processing system, the location based configuration including;

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

one or more actions for the mobile data processing system to perform upon determining the one or more conditions;

processing, by the mobile data processing system, information for a wireless data record, the information for the wireless data record having an associated identity and a physical location determined for the associated identity;

determining, by the mobile data processing system, the information for the wireless data record matches the one or more conditions including the condition for the mobile data processing system recognizing when the particular data processing system with the particular identity is located in proximity of the particular location, upon the processing, by the mobile data processing system, the information for the wireless data record; and

invoking, by the mobile data processing system, the one or more actions upon the determining, by the mobile data processing system, the information for the wireless data record matches the one or more conditions including the condition for the mobile data processing system recognizing when the particular data processing system with the particular identity is located in proximity of the particular location.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes 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 for an identity,

information for an address,

information for an invocation result,

information for a data processing system type,

information for a statistic,

information for historical data,

information for a geofence specification,

information for whereabouts,

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,

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 encoding,

information for an XML specification,

information for a special term,

information for an atomic term,

information for an atomic operator,

information for an atomic element,

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,

information for a two dimensional region specification,

information for a three dimensional region specification,

profile information,

forthcoming information,

information for a future location,

information for one or more privileges assigned by a user,

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

information associated to a wireless data record to be received by the mobile data processing system from a remote data processing system,

information for one or more privileges assigned by a user,

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

information included in a wireless data record of the mobile data processing system,

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 location technology,

information for a triangulation measurement,

information for a time difference of arrival measurement,

information for a time of arrival measurement,

information for an angle of arrival measurement,

information for a yaw measurement,

information for a pitch measurement,

information for a roll measurement,

information for an accelerometer measurement,

information for a movement tolerance,

information for a communications wave spectrum signal strength of a transmission,

information for a communications wave spectrum characteristic of a transmission,

information for a communications wave spectrum class of a transmission,

information for a communications wave spectrum frequency of a transmission,

information for an application being active,

information returned from invocation of an application programming interface,

information maintained by an application installed,

information for an application in use,

information for an application context of an application,

information for a navigation application programming interface in use,

information for a current location,

information for a previous location,

information for a speed,

information for an elevation,

information for an altitude,

information for a heading,

information for a web site,

information for a physical address,

information for a logical address,

information for a transaction,

information for a completed transaction,

information for a user configuration,

information for an environmental condition,

information for monitoring movement,

information for an identifier, or

information for one or more permissions assigned by a user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition with a time specification.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions includes a condition for distinguishing an elevation or altitude.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more conditions defines a specification for a moving region of vicinity around a moving physical location of the mobile data processing system during movement of the mobile data processing system, the specification stored local to the mobile data processing system and used by the mobile data processing system for distinguishing:

remote data processing systems within direct wireless communication range of the mobile data processing system which are physically located within the moving region of vicinity around the moving physical location, from

remote data processing systems within direct wireless communication range of the mobile data processing system which are not physically located within the moving region of vicinity around the moving physical location.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more actions includes causing presentation of informative data to a particular user, the informative data determined by the mobile data processing system to be relevant for one or more data processing systems in a vicinity of the mobile data processing system.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more actions includes causing at least one of:

launching a graphical user interface,

sending information to a particular user,

finding information at the mobile data processing system, or

finding information at a remote data processing system.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more actions includes causing presenting application information for a particular user to browse, or alter, or discard, or move, or copy, or send, or store, or compose, or administrate the application information.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more actions includes causing at least one of:

creating application information,

moving application information,

copying application information,

discarding application information, or

storing application information.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more actions includes searching a defaulted information storage or specified information storage for an information search result using an information search criteria, and performing at least one of:

sending current or historical information associated with the information search result,

moving information for the information search result,

copying information for the information search result,

discarding information for the information search result,

storing information for the information search result,

informing a particular user with current or historical information associated with the information search result,

informing a particular user with a user interface for sending prepared information,

informing a particular user with a user interface for the user acting upon prepared information or the information search result,

informing a particular user with a user interface for moving information of the information search result to a target information storage,

informing a particular user with a user interface for copying information of the information search result to a target information storage,

informing a particular user with an administration interface for the user acting upon the information search result,

informing a particular user with a user interface for storing information of the information search result, or

informing a particular user with a user interface for discarding information of the information search result.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more actions includes searching of cursor information, wherein the cursor information is cursor definition data or historical cursor management data, and informing a particular user with at least one of:

an acknowledgeable user interface for sending the cursor information,

a compose user interface for the particular user acting upon the cursor definition data,

an acknowledgeable user interface for moving the cursor definition data to a target cursor storage,

an acknowledgeable user interface for copying the cursor definition data to a target cursor storage,

an administration interface for the particular user acting upon the cursor information,

an acknowledgeable user interface for storing cursor definition data, or

an acknowledgeable user interface for resetting the cursor definition data.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more actions includes searching user interface objects using a user interface object search criteria for a user interface object search result and informing a particular user with at least one of:

focus of one more user interface objects of the user interface object search result,

an acknowledgeable user interface for sending a captured copy of a user interface object,

a compose user interface for the particular user acting upon a captured copy of a user interface object,

an acknowledgeable user interface for moving a captured copy of a user interface object of the user interface object search result to a target user interface object storage,

an acknowledgeable user interface for copying a user interface object of the user interface object search result to a target user interface object storage,

an administration interface for the particular user acting upon a captured copy of the user interface object search result,

an acknowledgeable user interface for storing a user interface object of the user interface object search result, or

an acknowledgeable user interface for closing or terminating a user interface object of the user interface object search result.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more actions includes causing one or more actions at a data processing system remote to the mobile data processing system.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the location based configuration enables a user to determine being nearby a data processing system.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the location based configuration enables a user to determine whereabouts of a data processing system.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the location based configuration enables a user to be informed with content in accordance with a situational location.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the location based configuration enables a user to be informed of an arrival or a departure.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the particular location is a mobile location of a particular mobile data processing system.

19. The method of claim 1 including maintaining, by the mobile data processing system, a plurality of user configured location based configurations for a plurality of other data processing systems, wherein each of the plurality of user configured location based configurations includes a location based feature preference for governing processing by the mobile data processing system, the preference specified by a user of at least one of the plurality of other data processing systems.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data record is an inbound wireless data record received by the mobile data processing system from a remote data processing system, or the wireless data record is an outbound wireless data record to be transmitted by the mobile data processing system.

21. A mobile data processing system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the 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 user configured location based configuration stored local to the mobile data processing system, the location based configuration including;

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

one or more actions for the mobile data processing system to perform upon determining the one or more conditions;

processing, by the mobile data processing system, information for a wireless data record, the information for the wireless data record having an associated identity and a physical location determined for the associated identity;

determining, by the mobile data processing system, the information for the wireless data record matches the one or more conditions including the condition for the mobile data processing system recognizing when the particular data processing system with the particular identity is located in proximity of the particular location, upon the processing, by the mobile data processing system, the information for the wireless data record; and

invoking, by the mobile data processing system, the one or more actions upon the determining, by the mobile data processing system, the information for the wireless data record matches the one or more conditions including the condition for the mobile data processing system recognizing when the particular data processing system with the particular identity is located in proximity of the particular location.