NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON DEVICE PRESENCE

• US 20170041747A1
• Filed: 10/20/2016
• Published: 02/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
• 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: Robbins, William S., Flynn, Judson John, Wohlert, Randolph
• Granted Patent: US 10,003,920 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/06 De-registration or detaching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

An architecture is provided that can facilitate and/or transmit notifications based upon device presence techniques in connection with a wireless communications network. For example, when certain mobile devices register with a particular network entity (e.g., a femtocell) that services a particular target location (e.g., place of residence), then such registration can be leveraged to indicate presence at the target location. Accordingly, notifications can be delivered to custodian devices that indicate the presence information if certain predetermined conditions or criteria are satisfied.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

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

receiving, from an access point device that provides a network service within a first defined area, connection data representing a status of a connection between the access point device and a first user equipment;

determining, based on the connection data, presence data representing information about a presence of the first user equipment in relation to the first defined area; and

facilitating transmission of the presence data to a second user equipment that is not the first user equipment.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the connection data indicates the first user equipment has attached to the access point device, and wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first user equipment is present at the first defined area.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the connection data indicates the first user equipment has detached from the access point device, and wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first user equipment is absent from the first defined area.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the connection data indicates the first user equipment has attached to the access point device, and wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first user equipment is absent from a second defined area that is not the first defined area.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the indication is a first indication, and wherein the presence data comprises a second indication that the first user equipment is present at the first defined area.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the transmission of the presence data to the second user equipment is based on satisfaction of a defined condition, and wherein the presence data further comprises condition data indicative of satisfaction of the defined condition.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the defined condition is selected from a group comprising a first time at which the status of the connection between the access point device and the first user equipment is updated, a second time at which the defined condition is satisfied, a third time that is a current time, a first state of the first defined area, and a second state of a second defined area different than the first defined area.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise determining an identity of the second user equipment based on the defined condition.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the identity is a first identity, wherein the transmission is a first transmission, wherein the defined condition is a first defined condition, and wherein the operations further comprise facilitating a second transmission of the presence data to a first device of the first identity in response to the first condition being satisfied or to a second device of a second identity that is not the first identity in response to satisfaction of a second condition that is not the first condition.

10. The device of claim 6, wherein the transmission is a first transmission, and wherein the operations further comprise facilitating a second transmission of the condition data to the first user equipment.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the transmission is a first transmission, and wherein the operations further comprise facilitating a second transmission of the presence data to the first user equipment.

12. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving, from an access point device that serves a first defined area, connection data representing a status of a registration of a first user equipment with the access point device and;

determining, based on the connection data, presence data representing information about a presence of the first user equipment in connection with the first defined area; and

instructing a device to transmit the presence data to a second user equipment that is not the first user equipment.

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the connection data indicates the first user equipment has attached to the access point device, and wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first equipment is present at the first defined area.

14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the connection data indicates the first user equipment has detached from the access point device, and wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first user equipment is absent from the first defined area.

15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the connection data indicates the first user equipment has attached to the access point device, and wherein the presence data comprises a first indication that the first user equipment is absent from a second defined area that is not the first defined area, and further comprises a second indication that the first user equipment is present at the first defined area.

16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructing the device to transmit the presence data to the second user equipment is initiated in response to satisfaction of a defined condition.

17. A method, comprising:

from an access point device that provides a network service at a first defined area, receiving, by a device comprising a processor, connection data representing a status of a connection between the access point device and a first user equipment;

determining, by the device, presence data representing information about a presence of the first user equipment relative to the first defined area; and

instructing, by the device, a network device to transmit the presence data to a second user equipment that is not the first user equipment.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the connection data indicates the first user equipment has attached to the access point device, and wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first equipment is present at the first defined area.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the connection data indicates the first user equipment has detached from the access point device, and wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first user equipment is absent from the first defined area.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the connection data indicates the first user equipment has attached to the access point device, and wherein the presence data comprises a first indication that the first user equipment is absent from a second defined area that is not the first defined area, and further comprises a second indication that the first user equipment is present at the first defined area.