LOCATION-BASED ALERTING

• US 20160100292A1
• Filed: 12/18/2015
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Workday Incorporated
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Frank, Scott, Ruckart, John, Tischer, Steven, Zellner, Samuel, Start, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,961,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method may use location information to transmit alert information to a communications device. Such a method may include receiving location information identifying a physical location of a mobile device; responsive to receiving an indication of communication intended for the mobile device, selecting an alerting tone based on the physical location of the mobile device; and providing instructions to adjust an alerting mechanism of the mobile device based on the selecting of the alerting tone. Other methods and systems are also provided.

Claims

1. A network device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising;

receiving location information identifying a physical location of a mobile device;

responsive to receiving an indication of communication intended for the mobile device, selecting an alerting tone based on the physical location of the mobile device; and

providing instructions to adjust an alerting mechanism of the mobile device based on the selecting of the alerting tone.

2. The network device of claim 1, the operations further comprising providing the mobile device an estimate of a location range over which security control of an alerting setting of the mobile device is surrendered.

3. The network device of claim 1, wherein the current physical location is within a first geographic zone of a plurality of geographic zones associated with a respective third party.

4. The network device of claim 1, wherein the alerting tone includes at least one of sound, music, or ringtone.

5. The network device of claim 1, wherein the communication is a phone call.

6. The network device of claim 1, the operations further comprising defining the first geographic zone, wherein the alerting tone is transmitted when the mobile device is detected to be inside the first geographic zone, the first geographic zone being defined by coordinates of a polygon that circumscribes the first geographic zone, wherein the coordinates are transmitted to the mobile device.

7. The network device of claim 6, the operations further comprising determining whether the location information matches the geographic zone for which a feature may be adjusted.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, by a network device, location information identifying a physical location of a mobile device;

responsive to receiving an indication of communication intended for the mobile device, selecting an alerting tone based on the physical location of the mobile device; and

providing instructions to adjust an alerting mechanism of the mobile device based on the selecting of the alerting tone.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing the mobile device an estimate of a location range over which security control of an alerting setting of the mobile device is surrendered.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the current physical location is within a first geographic zone of a plurality of geographic zones associated with a respective third party.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the alerting tone includes at least one of sound, music, or ringtone.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the selected alerting tone causes an alerting setting to be changed in the mobile device to a new nonsilent setting.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising defining the first geographic zone, wherein the alerting tone is transmitted when the mobile device is detected to be inside the first geographic zone, the first geographic zone being defined by coordinates of a polygon that circumscribes the first geographic zone, wherein the coordinates are transmitted to the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining whether the location information matches the geographic zone for which a feature may be adjusted.

15. A system comprising:

a mobile device comprising;

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising receiving instructions to adjust an alerting mechanism; and

a network device comprising;

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising;

receiving location information identifying a physical location of a mobile device;

responsive to receiving an indication of communication intended for the mobile device, selecting an alerting tone based on the physical location of the mobile device; and

providing instructions to adjust an alerting mechanism of the mobile device based on the selecting of the alerting tone.

16. The network device of claim 15, the operations further comprising providing the mobile device an estimate of a location range over which security control of an alerting setting of the mobile device is surrendered.

17. The network device of claim 15, wherein the current physical location is within a first geographic zone of a plurality of geographic zones associated with a respective third party.

18. The network device of claim 15, wherein the alerting tone includes at least one of sound, music, or ringtone.

19. The network device of claim 15, wherein the selected alerting tone causes an alerting setting to be changed in the mobile device to a new nonsilent setting.

20. The network device of claim 15, the operations further comprising defining the first geographic zone, wherein the alerting tone is transmitted when the mobile device is detected to be inside the first geographic zone, the first geographic zone being defined by coordinates of a polygon that circumscribes the first geographic zone, wherein the coordinates are transmitted to the mobile device.