AUTOMATIC RESPONSE TO LOCALIZED INPUT

• US 20150038176A1
• Filed: 10/16/2014
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bi, Haifeng
• Granted Patent: US 9,445,394 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Automatic response to localized input is provided. Where a first user equipment enters a service area, the presence of the first user equipment can be determined from an identification information. The identification information can be employed to access information relating to the identification information. Where either the identification information or the information associated with the identification information satisfy one or more predetermined rules, a response can be determined. The determined response can be made accessible. As such, a second user equipment can receive the response based, at least in part, on the first user equipment entering the service area.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving proximity information related to a proximity of a user equipment to an access point device;

receiving account information associated with the user equipment in response to the user equipment being determined to satisfy a boundary condition with respect to a zone corresponding to a service area of the access point device;

receiving consumer identification information based on the account identification information;

determining, in response to the consumer identification information satisfying an identity condition of a rule, notification information based on the proximity information, wherein the rule measures a level of similarity between a configurable set of consumer identity information and the account information; and

facilitating access to the notification information by another user equipment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the boundary condition relates to the user equipment transitioning the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the boundary condition relates to a time that the user equipment has been determined to have occupied the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the boundary condition relates to a number of times the user equipment has been determined to have transitioned the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining a notification priority based on the consumer identification information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise facilitating access to the notification information for an additional user equipment based on the notification priority.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the facilitating the access of the notification information by the other user equipment comprises selecting a process from a set of defined processes for access of information of the system based on the notification priority.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the set of defined processes comprises electronic messaging.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the set of defined processes comprises email messaging.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the set of defined processes comprises telephone calling.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the set of defined processes comprises interaction via a web site hosted by a web site server device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the rule relates to determining that a portion of the account information matches another portion of the configurable set of consumer identification information.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the portion of the account information comprises a variation of a spelling of a name associated with the other portion of the configurable set of consumer identification information.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device comprising a processor, proximity information related to a proximity of a user equipment to an access point device;

receiving, by the device, account information associated with the user equipment in response to the user equipment being determined to have satisfied a boundary condition with respect to a zone corresponding to a service area of the access point device;

receiving, by the device, consumer identification information based on the account identification information;

determining by the device, in response to the consumer identification information being determined to have satisfied an identity condition of a rule, notification priority information based on the proximity information, wherein the rule determines corresponding information between a consumer profile associated with a configurable set of consumer identity information and the account information; and

facilitating, by the device, access to notification information by another user equipment based on the notification priority information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving the account information is in response to the user equipment being determined to have transitioned the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving account information is in response to the user equipment being determined to occupy the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device for a defined period of time.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving the consumer identification information comprises determining that a portion of the account information matches another portion of the consumer profile.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the portion of the account information comprises a variation of a spelling of a name associated with the other portion of the consumer profile.

19. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving proximity information related to a proximity of a user equipment to an access point device;

receiving account information associated with the user equipment in response to the user equipment being determined to have satisfied a boundary condition with respect to a zone corresponding to a service area of the access point device;

receiving consumer identification information based on a portion of the account identification information being determined to be same as another portion of a consumer profile associated with the consumer identification information;

in response to the consumer identification information satisfying an identity condition of a rule, determining notification priority information based on the proximity information, wherein the rule relates to a configurable set of consumer identity information; and

facilitating access to notification information by another user equipment based on the notification priority information.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the facilitating the access comprises selecting a technology, based on the notification priority information, from a set of technologies related to accessing the notification information by the other user equipment.