DEVICE CONTEXT DETERMINATION

• US 20150312404A1
• Filed: 06/21/2013
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellepathy Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Cellepathy Ltd.
• Inventors: Abramson, Dan, Ir, Sean, Musicant, Oren
• Granted Patent: US 9,986,084 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724631 by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for context determination. In one implementation one or more indications can be received, each of the one or more indications corresponding to a perception of one or more access points in relation to a user device. The one or more indications can be processed to determine one or more characteristics of at least one of the one or more access points. Based on the one or more characteristics, a context of the user device can be determined.

Claims

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. A method comprising:

processing, by a processing device, one or more inputs associated with a user device to determine one or more mobility characteristics of the user device; and

based on a determination that the one or more mobility characteristics comprise mobile operation and do not comprise operation consistent with walking, determining a context of the user device.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the context comprises at least one of:

(a) within a vehicle or (b) within a trip.

85. The method of claim 25, further comprising employing, based on the one or more mobility characteristics, one or more contextual determination methods in relation to the user device.

86. The method of claim 85, further comprising determining, based on at least one of the one or more mobility characteristics, an inapplicability of at least one of the one or more contextual determination methods in relation to the device.

27-29. -29. (canceled)

30. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, coupled to the memory, to;

identify one or more operational characteristics of a device; and

selectively employ, based on the operational characteristics, one or more contextual determination methods in relation to the device.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the processing device is further to determine, based on at least one of the operational characteristics, an inapplicability of at least one of the one or more contextual determination methods in relation to the device.

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40. A method comprising:

determining, by a processing device, an operational state of a first sensor of a device; and

based on the operational state of the first sensor, selectively adjusting an operational state of a second sensor of the device.

41. (canceled)

42. A method comprising:

receiving one or more inputs in relation to a user device;

based on a determination of a mobility stoppage in relation to the user device, processing, by a processing device, at least one of the one or more inputs to determine one or more mobility characteristics of the user device; and

based on the one or more mobility characteristics, selectively adjusting one or more restrictions in relation to the user device.

43. The method of claim 42, wherein processing at least one of the one or more inputs comprises processing one or more inputs that are chronologically proximate to the mobility stoppage to determine one or more mobility characteristics of the user device.

44. The method of claim 42, wherein the one or more mobility characteristics comprise at least one of (a) a permanent stop or (b) a temporary stop.

45. The method of claim 42, wherein processing at least one of the one or more inputs comprises processing at least one of the one or more inputs in relation to one or more data items to determine one or more mobility characteristics of the user device.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the one or more data items comprise at least one of:

map data, traffic signal data, or traffic condition data.

87. The method of claim 42, wherein the one or more mobility characteristics are determined in response to an indication of a completion of a trip in relation to the user device.

88. The method of claim 87, further comprising processing the one or more mobility characteristics in relation to the indication to determine a veracity of the indication.

89. The method of claim 88, wherein selectively adjusting one or more restrictions in relation to the user device comprises selectively adjusting, based on the veracity, one or more restrictions in relation to the user device.

47. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

receive an indication of a completion of a trip in relation to a user device;

based on the indication, process one or more inputs to determine one or more mobility characteristics of the user device;

process the one or more mobility characteristics in relation to the indication to determine a veracity of the indication; and

based on the veracity, selectively adjust one or more restrictions in relation to the user device.

48. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 47, wherein to selectively adjust one or more restrictions in relation to the user device is to maintain one or more restrictions irrespective of a subsequent indication of a completion of a trip.

90. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 47, wherein to process one or more inputs is to process one or more inputs that are chronologically proximate to the indication of a completion of a trip to determine one or more mobility characteristics of the user device.

91. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 47, wherein to process at least one of the one or more inputs is to process at least one of the one or more inputs in relation to one or more data items to determine the one or more mobility characteristics of the user device.

92. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 91, wherein the one or more data items comprise at least one of:

map data, traffic signal data, or traffic condition data.

49-84. -84. (canceled)