METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF LOCATION INFORMATION

• US 20170171715A1
• Filed: 12/10/2015
• Published: 06/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Edwards, Greg W., Lattanzi, Michael, Missimer, Constance, Pratt, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,668,103 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/003 Maps
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, presenting, in a map, an interaction region associated with a user, where the interaction region is determined according to a current location, an activity, a predicted future location, and a predicted future activity of the second user, and according to a relationship between the user and another users, where the interaction region represents a geographic area in which the user is determined to be available to meet with the other user. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

monitoring, by a system including a processor, a first device and a first application of a first user to determine a first current location, a first activity at the first current location, a first predicted future location, and a first predicted future activity at the first predicted future location of the first user;

determining, by the system, a first relationship between the first user and a second user;

determining, by the system, a second relationship between the first user and a third user;

determining, by the system, a first interaction region associated with the first user according to the first current location, the first activity, the first predicted future location, the first predicted future activity, and the first relationship, wherein the first interaction region represents a first geographic area in which the first user is determined to be available to meet with the second user;

providing, by the system, first data indicating a location of the first interaction region to a second device of the second user, wherein the location of the first interaction region is presentable on a map by the second device in conjunction with presenting the first current location of the first user;

determining, by the system, a second interaction region associated with the first user according to the first current location, the first activity, the first predicted future location, the first predicted future activity, and the second relationship, wherein the second interaction region represents a second geographic area in which the first user is determined to be available to meet with the third user; and

providing, by the system, second data indicating a location of the second interaction region to a third device of the third user, wherein the location of the second interaction region is presentable on another map by the third device in conjunction with presenting the first current location of the first user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application comprises an electronic calendar of the first user, and wherein the first predicted future location and the first predicted future activity are determined according to activity information included in calendar entries of the electronic calendar.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising obtaining, by the system, a first user profile of the first user, a second user profile of the second user, and a third user profile of the third user, wherein the determining of the first relationship is based on the first and second user profiles, and wherein the determining of the second relationship is based on the first and third user profiles.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

adjusting, by the system, the first interaction region to generate an adjusted first interaction region, wherein the adjusting is according to a change in the first current location, wherein the adjusted first interaction region represents an adjusted first geographic area in which the first user is determined to be available to meet with the second user; and

providing, by the system, the adjusted first interaction region to the second device of the second user, wherein the adjusted first interaction region is presentable on the map by the second device in conjunction with presenting the change of the first current location of the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first interaction region comprises a circle that is presentable on the map by the second device in conjunction with presenting the first current location of the first user at a center of the circle.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining, by the system, a time period that the first user will be located at the first current location, wherein the determining of a size of the first interaction region is based on the time period.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining, by the system, weather information associated with the first current location, the first predicted future location, or a combination thereof, wherein the determining of the first interaction region is based on the weather information.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining, by the system, vehicle traffic information associated with the first current location, the first predicted future location, or a combination thereof, wherein the determining of the first interaction region is based on the vehicle traffic information.

9. A first mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

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

presenting, in a map, a first interaction region that is determined according to a first current location, a first activity, a first predicted future location, and a first predicted future activity of a first user of the first mobile device, wherein the first interaction region represents a first geographic area in which the first user is determined to be available to meet with other users;

receiving, from a server, data indicating a location of a second interaction region associated with a second user, wherein the second interaction region is determined according to a second current location, a second activity, a second predicted future location, and a second predicted future activity of the second user, and according to a relationship between the first and second users, wherein the second interaction region represents a second geographic area in which the second user is determined to be available to meet with the first user; and

presenting, in the map, the location of the second interaction region.

10. The first mobile device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting, in the map, the second current location of the second user.

11. The first mobile device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting a notification responsive to a determination that the first interaction region has overlapped with the second interaction region.

12. The first mobile device of claim 9, wherein the first interaction region is determined by the server, and wherein the operations further comprise:

providing, to the server, location information and activity information associated with the first user; and

receiving data indicating the first interaction region from the server.

13. The first mobile device of claim 9, wherein the first interaction region comprises a circle that is presented on the map in conjunction with presenting the first current location of the first user at a center of the circle.

14. The first mobile device of claim 9, wherein the relationship is determined according to a first user profile of the first user and a second user profile of the second user.

15. The first mobile device of claim 9, wherein the first interaction region is determined based on weather information associated with the first current location, the first predicted future location, or a combination thereof.

16. The first mobile device of claim 9, wherein the first interaction region is determined based on vehicle traffic information associated with the first current location, the first predicted future location, or a combination thereof.

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

presenting, in a map, a first interaction region that is determined according to a first current location, a first activity, a first predicted future location, and a first predicted future activity of a first user of the first mobile device, wherein the first interaction region represents a first geographic area in which the first user is determined to be available to meet with other users; and

presenting, in the map, a second interaction region associated with a second user, wherein the second interaction region is determined according to a second current location, a second activity, a second predicted future location, and a second predicted future activity of the second user, and according to a relationship between the first and second users, wherein the second interaction region represents a second geographic area in which the second user is determined to be available to meet with the first user.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first interaction region comprises a circle that is presented on the map in conjunction with presenting the first current location of the first user at a center of the circle.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise presenting a notification responsive to a determination that the first interaction region has overlapped with the second interaction region.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first interaction region is determined based on weather information associated with the first current location, the first predicted future location, or a combination thereof, and wherein the first interaction region is determined based on vehicle traffic information associated with the first current location, the first predicted future location, or a combination thereof.