SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SPECIFICATION OF A LOCATION OF A USER OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20140149482A1
• Filed: 11/26/2012
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Husar, Radoslav, Vecera, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 10,021,528 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A mechanism for providing specification of a location of a user of a communication device. A method includes receiving, by a processing device a first position data of a communication device. The first position data is a location of the user of the communication device at a first time when the user begins to at least either compose a message on the communication device or initiate an application to compose the message. The method also includes receiving, by the processing device, a second position data of the communication device. The second position data is the location of the user at a second time when the user sends the message to a recipient via the communication device. The method also includes generating, by the processing device, a velocity vector based on the first position data, the second position data, the first time data and the second time data. The method further includes sending, by the processing device, the velocity vector with the message to the recipient.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a first position data of a communication device, wherein the first position data is a location of a user of the communication device at a first time when the user begins to at least one of compose a message or initiate an application to compose the message on the communication device;

receiving, by the processing device, a second position data of a communication device, wherein the second position data is the location of the user at a second time when the user sends the message to a recipient via the communication device;

generating, by the processing device, a velocity vector based on the first position data, the second position data, the first time and the second time; and

sending, by the processing device, the velocity vector with the message to the recipient.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising normalizing the vector.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising sending the normalized vector with the message to the recipient.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first position data and the first time is received in real-time.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the second position data and the second time is received in real-time.

6. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a client device, a velocity vector with a message; and

computing speed based on the velocity vector with the message.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising predicting future direction of the user based on the velocity vector without any direct interaction with the user.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the direct interaction comprises receiving the future direction of the user directly from the user.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising predicting mode of transportation of the user based on the speed without any direct interaction with the user.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the direct interaction comprises receiving the mode of the transportation of the user directly from the user. A system comprising:

a processing device;

a memory coupled to the processing device; and

a location specification processing module executable from the memory by the processing device, wherein the location processing module to;

detect a first position data of a communication device, wherein the first position data is a location of a user of the communication device at a first time when the user begins to at least one of compose a message or initiate an application to compose the message on the communication device;

detect a second position data of a communication device, wherein the second position data is the location of the user at a second time when the user sends the message to a recipient via the communication device;

generate a velocity vector based on the first position data, the second position data, the first time and the second time; and

send the velocity vector with the message to the recipient.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the location specification processing module normalizes the vector.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the processing device sends the normalized vector with the message to the recipient.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein the first position data and the first time is received in real-time.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the second position data and the second time is received in real-time.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a first position data of a communication device, wherein the first position data is a location of a user of the communication device at a first time when the user begins to at least one of compose a message or initiate an application to compose the message on the communication device.

receiving, by the processing device, a second position data of a communication device, wherein the second position data is the location of the user at a second time when the user sends the message to a recipient via the communication device;

generating, by the processing device, a velocity vector based on the first position data, the second position data, the first time and the second time; and

sending, by the processing device, the velocity vector with the message to the recipient.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the method further comprising normalizing the velocity vector.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the method further comprising sending the normalized velocity vector along with the message to the recipient.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the first position data and the first time is received in real-time.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the second position data and the second time is received in real-time.