DIRECTION COUPLING DISCRIMINATION OF NETWORKED EXCHANGES

• US 20140213281A1
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hewitt, Trudy Leigh, Schembari, Francesco Carmine, Wetli, Christina Lynn
• Granted Patent: US 9,179,246 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

A computer implemented method, data processing system or computer program product for activating mobile device activity is disclosed. A mobile device may receive an action association to a stance, wherein the stance comprises a sector of the mobile device relative to a base, wherein a user specifies an action associated to the stance. The mobile device can receive a signal that the mobile device is present in the sector. Further, the mobile device, responsive to receiving the signal, may perform the action.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A computer program product for activating mobile device activity, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to receive an action association to a stance, wherein the stance comprises a sector of the mobile device relative to a base, wherein a user specifies an action associated to the stance;

computer readable program code configured to receive a signal that the mobile device is present in the sector; and

computer readable program code configured to perform the action, responsive to receiving the signal.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the action comprises:

computer readable program code configured to communicate to a networked device other than the base.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code configured to perform the action comprises:

computer readable program code configured to render a prompt;

computer readable program code configured to receive an acknowledgment; and

computer readable program code configured to perform substantive data exchange, responsive to receiving the acknowledgment.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the stance comprises a relative position of the mobile device to the base and an orientation of the device with respect to the an apparent force of gravity.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to receive a user identification of at least one base, wherein the user provides the identity of the base with which to coordinate;

wherein the computer readable program code configured to receive the action association further comprises;

computer readable program code configured to receive a user login;

computer readable program code configured to receive service resolution parameters; and

computer readable program code configured to receive a user password.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the action comprises changing an availability of at least one application.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the action further comprises rendering data concurrent to a file upload.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein concurrent to the file upload, is seconds prior to beginning transmission of the file.

22. The data processing system of claim 21, wherein the computer readable program code configured to begin transmission of the file discriminates among files based on a tag associated with each file.

23. A data processing system comprising:

a bus;

a computer readable tangible storage device connected to the bus, wherein computer usable code is located in the computer readable tangible storage device;

a communication unit connected to the bus; and

a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code for activating mobile device activity, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to receive an action association to a stance, wherein the stance comprises a sector of the mobile device relative to a base, wherein a user specifies an action associated to the stance;

receive a signal that the mobile device is present in the sector; and

perform the action, responsive to receiving the signal.

24. The data processing system of claim 23, wherein the action comprises communicating to a networked device other than the base.

25. The data processing system of claim 23, wherein the processing unit, in executing computer readable program code to receive the action association, further executes computer readable program code configured to:

render a prompt;

receive an acknowledgment; and

perform substantive data exchange, responsive to receiving the acknowledgment.

26. The data processing system of claim 23, wherein the stance comprises a relative position of the mobile device to the base and an orientation of the device with respect to the an apparent force of gravity.