THEME ENGINE

• US 20140258879A1
• Filed: 03/08/2013
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Lisa Seacat, King, Jennifer Elizabeth, Morgan, Fabian F.
• Application Number:
  US13/791,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20140258879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A method includes activating a theme engine, determining a proximity between a user'"'"'s device and at least one known person, and applying at least one theme to the user'"'"'s device based on the proximity between the user'"'"'s device and the at least one known person.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

activating a theme engine;

determining a proximity between a user'"'"'s device and at least one known person; and

applying at least one theme to the user'"'"'s device based on the proximity between the user'"'"'s device and the at least one known person.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprises creating mapping policies between the at least one known person and the at least one theme.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprises modifying said at least one theme depending on a priority of said at least one known person.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprises modifying said at least one theme depending on the number of known persons meeting a proximity criteria.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the mapping includes a theme based on at least two known persons.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein said modified at least one theme is based upon a change in proximity to said known persons.

7. A computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices;

a theme engine module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to provide themes;

a proximity module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to determine proximity between a user'"'"'s device and at least one known person; and

an applying module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to apply at least one theme to the user'"'"'s device based on the proximity between the user'"'"'s device and the at least one known person.

8. The system according to claim 7, further comprises a mapping module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to create mapping policies between the at least one known person and the at least one theme.

9. The system according to claim 7, further comprises a modification module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to a modify said at least one theme depending on a priority of said at least one known person.

10. The system according to claim 7, further comprises a modification module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to a modify said at least one theme depending on the number of known persons meeting a proximity criteria.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the mapping policies maps a theme based on at least two known persons.

12. The system according to claim 10 wherein said modified at least one theme is based upon a change in proximity to said known persons.

13. A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable, tangible storage medium;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to activate a theme engine;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to determine a proximity between a user'"'"'s device and at least one known person; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to apply at least one theme to the user'"'"'s device based on the proximity between the user'"'"'s device and the at least one known person.

14. The computer program product according to claim 13, further includes program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to create mapping policies between the at least one known person and the at least one theme.

15. The computer program product according to claim 13 further includes program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to modify said at least one theme depending on a priority of said at least one known person.

16. The computer program product according to claim 13 further includes program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to modify said at least one theme depending on the number of known persons meeting a proximity criteria.

17. The computer program product according to claim 14 wherein the mapping policies maps a theme based on at least two known persons.

18. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein said modified at least one theme is based upon a change in proximity to said known persons.