DEVICE AVAILABILITY NOTIFICATION AND SCHEDULING
First Claim
1. A computer readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving, from a mobile device, a characteristic associated with the mobile device, the characteristic comprising a location of the mobile device;
determining, in accordance with the characteristic, at least one device among a plurality of devices for inclusion in an interface, each of the at least one device capable of providing a respective availability indication representative of an availability of the at least one device;
providing the interface to the mobile device, the interface comprising an indication of respective selectable representations corresponding to each of the at least one device that are selectable via highlighting on a display of the mobile device;
receiving a notification selection, from the mobile device, the notification selection indicative of a selected device of the at least one device;
providing an availability indication pertaining to the selected device, the availability indication based on the received notification selection;
generating a device configuration based on the received notification selection;
receiving a credential corresponding to a subscriber of the mobile device;
associating the device configuration with the credential; and
storing the associated device configuration and credential.
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Abstract
An availability notification for a device can be provided to a mobile device. The availability notification can be provided based on a configuration established by a subscriber of a mobile device as well as a characteristic of the mobile device. The subscriber can interact with an interface provided by the network provider to establish the configuration. Additionally, the subscriber can reserve the device via his or her mobile device. For example, a reservation interface may be provided to the subscriber via his or her mobile device that includes reservation options that can be selected by the subscriber to reserve the device. The reservation interface can further include the availability notification that indicates the device is currently available.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
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receiving, from a mobile device, a characteristic associated with the mobile device, the characteristic comprising a location of the mobile device; determining, in accordance with the characteristic, at least one device among a plurality of devices for inclusion in an interface, each of the at least one device capable of providing a respective availability indication representative of an availability of the at least one device; providing the interface to the mobile device, the interface comprising an indication of respective selectable representations corresponding to each of the at least one device that are selectable via highlighting on a display of the mobile device; receiving a notification selection, from the mobile device, the notification selection indicative of a selected device of the at least one device; providing an availability indication pertaining to the selected device, the availability indication based on the received notification selection; generating a device configuration based on the received notification selection; receiving a credential corresponding to a subscriber of the mobile device; associating the device configuration with the credential; and storing the associated device configuration and credential. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising; storing a device identifier associated with a first device, the device identifier indicating that the first device is configured to generate availability notifications indicative of an availability of the first device; and storing respective availability notifications generated by the first device; storing a device configuration associated with a mobile device, the device configuration indicating that availability notifications generated by the first device should be provided to the mobile device; and providing a configuration interface to the mobile device, the configuration interface comprising an indication of a selectable representation of the first device that is selectable via highlighting on a display of the mobile device; receiving a selection from the mobile device; generation, responsive to receiving the selection, the device configuration; storing the device configuration in the reservation and notification module; receiving an availability notification generated by the first device; responsive to receiving the availability notification, determining whether the availability notification should be provided to the mobile device; and if, based on the determination, the availability notification should be provided to the mobile device, providing the availability notification to the mobile device by wireless broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising; receiving, from a mobile device, a characteristic associated with the mobile device, the characteristic comprising a location of the mobile device; determining, in accordance with the characteristic, at least one device among a plurality of devices for inclusion in an interface, each of the at least one device capable of providing a respective availability indication representative of an availability of the at least one device; providing the interface to the mobile device, the interface comprising an indication of respective selectable representations corresponding to each of the at least one device that are selectable via highlighting on a display of the mobile device; receiving a notification selection, from the mobile device, the notification selection indicative of a selected device of the at least one device; providing an availability indication pertaining to the selected device, the availability indication based on the received notification selection; generating a device configuration based on the received notification selection; receiving a credential corresponding to a subscriber of the mobile device; associating the device configuration with the credential; and storing the associated device configuration and credential. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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