PRESENTING INFORMATION ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20140380181A1
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Lange, Stephan, Janicki, Manuela, Wichmann, Torsten
• Granted Patent: US 9,600,805 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/739
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources

Abstract

Techniques for presenting information on a mobile communication device to an employee of an organization include receiving an indication to present information associated with an organization to an employee of the organization; in response to receiving the indication, determining a current geographic location of the employee; identifying a facility of a plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee; retrieving information associated with the identified facility from a local memory of the mobile communication device; and presenting the retrieved information to the employee.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed with a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

receiving an indication to present information associated with an organization to an employee of the organization;

in response to receiving the indication, determining a current geographic location of the employee;

identifying a facility of a plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee;

retrieving information associated with the identified facility from a local memory of the mobile communication device; and

presenting the retrieved information to the employee.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, for each facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization, information associated with the facility in the local memory of the mobile communication device prior to receiving the indication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving an input from the employee for accessing information associated with the organization.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving a notification from a computing system of the organization to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization, the computing system being remote from the mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining the current geographic location of the mobile communication device using a global positioning system (GPS).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining, for each facility of the plurality of facilities, a distance between a geographic location of the facility and the current geographic location of the employee, the geographic location of the facility being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device;

identifying a shortest distance of the determined distances; and

identifying the facility associated with the shortest distance as the facility that is nearest to the current geographic location of the employee.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee comprises:

identifying a situation or category associated with the determined current geographic location of the employee; and

identifying the facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the identified situation or category.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the retrieved information to the employee comprises:

presenting one or more links to information stored in a remote storage medium accessible by the mobile communication device, the one or more links being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device.

9. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication to present information associated with an organization to an employee of the organization;

in response to receiving the indication, determining a current geographic location of the employee;

identifying a facility of a plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee;

retrieving information associated with the identified facility from a local memory of the mobile communication device; and

presenting the retrieved information to the employee.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing, for each facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization, information associated with the facility in the local memory of the mobile communication device prior to receiving the indication.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving an input from the employee for accessing information associated with the organization.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving a notification from a computing system of the organization to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization, the computing system being remote from the mobile communication device.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein determining the current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining the current geographic location of the mobile communication device using a global positioning system (GPS).

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein identifying the facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining, for each facility of the plurality of facilities, a distance between a geographic location of the facility and the current geographic location of the employee, the geographic location of the facility being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device;

identifying a shortest distance of the determined distances; and

identifying the facility associated with the shortest distance as the facility that is nearest to the current geographic location of the employee.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein identifying the facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee comprises:

identifying a situation or category associated with the determined current geographic location of the employee; and

identifying the facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the identified situation or category.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein presenting the retrieved information to the employee comprises:

presenting one or more links to information stored in a remote storage medium accessible by the mobile communication device, the one or more links being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device.

17. A system of one or more computers configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication to present information associated with an organization to an employee of the organization;

in response to receiving the indication, determining a current geographic location of the employee;

identifying an facility of a plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee;

retrieving information associated with the identified facility from a local memory of the mobile communication device; and

presenting the retrieved information to the employee.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing, for each facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization, information associated with the facility in the local memory of the mobile communication device prior to receiving the indication.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving an input from the employee for accessing information associated with the organization.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving a notification from a computing system of the organization to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization, the computing system being remote from the mobile communication device.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein determining the current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining the current geographic location of the mobile communication device using a global positioning system (GPS).

22. The system of claim 17, wherein identifying the facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining, for each facility of the plurality of facilities, a distance between a geographic location of the facility and the current geographic location of the employee, the geographic location of the facility being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device;

identifying a shortest distance of the determined distances; and

identifying the facility associated with the shortest distance as the facility that is nearest to the current geographic location of the employee.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein identifying the facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee comprises:

identifying a situation or category associated with the determined current geographic location of the employee; and

identifying the facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the identified situation or category.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein presenting the retrieved information to the employee comprises:

presenting one or more links to information stored in a remote storage medium accessible by the mobile communication device, the one or more links being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device.