SWITCHING OF ELECTRONIC SOCIAL PRESENCE BETWEEN DEVICES

• US 20150113048A1
• Filed: 10/13/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Limburn, Jonathan, White, Graham
• Granted Patent: US 9,614,922 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• 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 processor implemented method, system, and/or computer program product switches an electronic social presence between a first device and a second device. An electronic signal indicating a signing in to a social presence server by the first device is received. A determination is made as to whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a predetermined distance. In response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the predetermined distance, the first device signs out from the social presence server, the second device signs in to the social presence server, and a history associated with the electronic social presence is transferred from the first device to the second device.

Claims

1. A method for switching an electronic social presence between a first device and a second device, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, an electronic signal indicating a signing in to a social presence server by the first device;

determining, by one or more processors, whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a first predetermined distance; and

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, one or more processors signing out from the social presence server on the first device, signing in to the social presence server on the second device, and transferring a history associated with the electronic social presence from the first device to the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, whether the first device and the second device are physically located within a second predetermined distance of each other; and

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the second predetermined distance of each other, the one or more processors signing out from the social presence server on the second device, signing in to the social presence server on the first device, and transferring the history associated with the electronic social presence from the second device to the first device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating, by one or more processors, a file download onto the first device;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, one or more processors pausing the file download onto the first device; and

in response to subsequently determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the first predetermined distance of each other, one or more processors resuming the file download onto the first device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating, by one or more processors, a file download onto the first device;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, one or more processors pausing the file download onto the first device and continuing the file download onto the second device from a pause point at which the file download onto the first device was paused; and

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are subsequently physically located within the first predetermined distance of each other, one or more processors copying the file download that is present on the second device onto the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating, by one or more processors, a file download onto the first device;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, one or more processors stopping the file download onto the first device, copying to the second device a file download portion that has been downloaded onto the first device, and completing the file download on the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance is performed by a position determination hardware system utilizing a stored home location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance is performed by an accelerometer utilizing a stored home location.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance is determined by a presence of, or absence of, a Bluetooth™

connection between the first device and the second device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance is determined by a presence of, or absence of, a near field communications (NFC) connection between the first device and the second device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a first predetermined distance is performed by a first agent executing on the first device and a second agent executing on the second device; and

said signing in, signing out, and transferring the history are carried out by the first agent and the second agent.

11. A system for switching of electronic social presence between a first device and a second device, the system comprising:

a signing in detecting hardware device for detecting a signing in to a social presence server by the first device;

a determination hardware device for determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a first predetermined distance; and

a first signing in/out hardware device for, in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, signing out from the social presence server on the first device, signing in to the social presence server on the second device, and transferring a history associated with the electronic social presence from the first device to the second device.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a physical location determination hardware device for determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located within a second predetermined distance of each other; and

a second signing in/out hardware device for, in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the second predetermined distance of each other, signing out from the social presence server on the second device, signing in to the social presence server on the first device, and transferring the history associated with the electronic social presence from the second device to the first device.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a file downloading hardware device for initiating a file download onto the first device;

a file downloading pausing hardware device for, in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, pausing the file download onto the first device; and

a file downloading resuming hardware device for, in response to subsequently determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the first predetermined distance of each other, resuming the file download onto the first device.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a file downloading hardware device for initiating a file download onto the first device;

a file downloading pausing hardware device for, in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, pausing the file download onto the first device and continuing the file download onto the second device from a pause point at which the file download onto the first device was paused; and

a file downloading copying hardware device for, in response to determining that the first device and the second device are subsequently physically located within the first predetermined distance of each other, copying the file download that is present on the second device onto the first device.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a file downloading hardware device for initiating a file download onto the first device;

a file downloading pausing hardware device for, in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, stopping the file download onto the first device, copying to the second device a file download portion that has been downloaded onto the first device, and completing the file download on the second device.

16. A computer program product for switching of electronic social presence between a first device and a second device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and wherein the program code is readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a signal indicating a signing in to a social presence server by the first device;

determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a first predetermined distance; and

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, signing out from the social presence server on the first device, signing in to the social presence server on the second device, and transferring a history associated with the electronic social presence from the first device to the second device.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located within a second predetermined distance of each other; and

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the second predetermined distance of each other, signing out from the social presence server on the second device, signing in to the social presence server on the first device, and transferring the history associated with the electronic social presence from the second device to the first device.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

initiating a file download onto the first device;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, pausing the file download onto the first device; and

in response to subsequently determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the first predetermined distance of each other, resuming the file download onto the first device.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

initiating a file download onto the first device;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, pausing the file download onto the first device and continuing the file download onto the second device from a pause point at which the file download onto the first device was paused; and

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are subsequently physically located within the first predetermined distance of each other, copying the file download that is present on the second device onto the first device.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

initiating a file download onto the first device;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, stopping the file download onto the first device, copying to the second device a file download portion that has been downloaded onto the first device, and completing the file download on the second device.