Method and Apparatus for Token Determination for People Awareness and Location Sharing

• US 20160219012A1
• Filed: 09/12/2013
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: QUE, Yaochu, LIAO, Zhuoyuan, SHEN, Hongrui, LIN, Bing, CUI, Naichen
• Granted Patent: US 9,716,683 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42365 Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

An example approach is provided for causing, at least in part, a generation of token data associated with at least one scheduled meeting between at least one first user and at least one second user. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a transmission of the token data to at least one first device associated with the at least one first user and at least one second device associated with the at least one second user. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a sharing of location information between the at least one first device and the at least one second device based, at least in part, on the token data.

Claims

1-38. -38. (canceled)

39. A method comprising:

causing, at least in part, a generation of token data associated with at least one scheduled meeting between at least one first user and at least one second user;

causing, at least in part, a transmission of the token data to at least one first device associated with the at least one first user and at least one second device associated with the at least one second user; and

causing, at least in part, a sharing of location information between the at least one first device and the at least one second device based, at least in part, on the token data.

40. A method of claim 39, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, a limitation of the sharing of the location information based, at least in part, on one or more contextual parameters of the at least one scheduled meeting.

41. A method of claim 39, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, a generation of routing information based, at least in part, on the location information,

wherein the routing information provides guidance for locating the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof.

42. A method of claim 39, wherein the sharing of the location information is via a peer-to-peer exchange over a short-range wireless connection, a location sharing service, or a combination thereof.

43. A method of claim 39, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, an activation of at least one device detection means for the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof; and

causing, at least in part, an initiation of the sharing of the location information based, at least in part, on a detection of the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof is detected via the at least one device detection means.

44. A method of claim 43, wherein the activation of the at least one device detection means is based, at least in part, on a location proximity threshold value, a temporal proximity threshold value, or a combination thereof of the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof to at least one location, at least one time, at least one date, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one scheduled meeting.

45. A method of claim 43, further comprising:

determining that the activation of the at least one device detection means is at the at least one first device; and

causing, at least in part, a transmission of at least one message from the at least one first device to the at least one second device, the at least one message including a request to activate the device detection means at the at least one second device.

46. A method of claim 43, wherein the at least one device detection means comprises:

causing, at least in part, a broadcasting of the token data in at least one custom field of a wireless protocol for a detection and/or an authentication by the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof.

47. A method of claim 46, wherein the wireless protocol includes, at least in part, WiFi, Bluetooth, or a combination thereof.

48. A method of claim 39, wherein the token data is anonymized with respect to the least one first user, the at least one first device, the at least one second user, the at least one second device, the at least one scheduled meeting, or a combination thereof.

49. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

cause, at least in part, a generation of token data associated with at least one scheduled meeting between at least one first user and at least one second user;

cause, at least in part, a transmission of the token data to at least one first device associated with the at least one first user and at least one second device associated with the at least one second user; and

cause, at least in part, a sharing of location information between the at least one first device and the at least one second device based, at least in part, on the token data.

50. An apparatus of claim 49, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a limitation of the sharing of the location information based, at least in part, on one or more contextual parameters of the at least one scheduled meeting.

51. An apparatus of claim 49, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a generation of routing information based, at least in part, on the location information,

wherein the routing information provides guidance for locating the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof.

52. An apparatus of claim 49, wherein the sharing of the location information is via a peer-to-peer exchange over a short-range wireless connection, a location sharing service, or a combination thereof.

53. An apparatus of claim 49, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, an activation of at least one device detection means for the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof; and

cause, at least in part, an initiation of the sharing of the location information based, at least in part, on a detection of the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof is detected via the at least one device detection means.

54. An apparatus of claim 53, wherein the activation of the at least one device detection means is based, at least in part, on a location proximity threshold value, a temporal proximity threshold value, or a combination thereof of the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof to at least one location, at least one time, at least one date, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one scheduled meeting.

55. An apparatus of claim 53, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine that the activation of the at least one device detection means is at the at least one first device; and

cause, at least in part, a transmission of at least one message from the at least one first device to the at least one second device, the at least one message including a request to activate the device detection means at the at least one second device.

56. An apparatus of claim 53, wherein the at least one device detection means comprises wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a broadcasting of the token data in at least one custom field of a wireless protocol for a detection and/or an authentication by the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof.

57. An apparatus of claim 56, wherein the wireless protocol includes, at least in part, WiFi, Bluetooth, or a combination thereof.

58. An apparatus of claim 49, wherein the token data is anonymized with respect to the least one first user, the at least one first device, the at least one second user, the at least one second device, the at least one scheduled meeting, or a combination thereof.