DEVICE CONTEXT DETERMINATION IN TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER SCENARIOS

• US 20170302785A1
• Filed: 06/26/2017
• Published: 10/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cellepathy Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Cellepathy Ltd.
• Inventors: Abramson, Dan, Musicant, Oren
• Application Number:
  US15/633,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20170302785A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724098 Interfacing with an on-board device of a vehicle for hands-free speaking in vehicles H04M1/6075
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• 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: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

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

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A system comprising:

processing device; and

a memory coupled to the processing device and storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

identifying one or more operational characteristics of a device; and

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

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the memory further stores instructions for causing the system to perform operations comprising determining, 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.

23. A method comprising:

determining one or more power charging aspects in relation to a user device;

processing the one or more power charging aspects to determine a context of the user device; and

initiating, based on the context, one or more operations in relation to the user device.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the one or more power charging aspects comprise at least one of:

(a) a voltage determined in relation to the user device, (b) a temperature determined in relation to the user device, or (c) a variability of a battery charging.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein processing the one or more power charging aspects comprises processing the one or more power charging aspects to determine whether the user device is at least one of:

(a) present within a vehicle, (b) not present within a vehicle, (c) within a trip, or (d) not within a trip.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein initiating one or more operations comprises adjusting a frequency at which one or more sensors of the user device are utilized in determining whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein initiating one or more operations comprises increasing a frequency at which one or more sensors of the user device are utilized in determining whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle.

28. The method of claim 23, wherein initiating one or more operations comprises reducing a frequency at which one or more sensors of the user device are utilized in determining whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle.

29. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

receiving an input from a sensor of the user device;

processing the input to determine whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle; and

based on a determination that the user device is present within the moving vehicle, adjusting a frequency at which the one or more sensors of the user device are utilized in determining whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle.

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

determining one or more power charging aspects in relation to a user device;

processing the one or more power charging aspects to determine a context of the user device; and

initiating, based on the context, one or more operations in relation to the user device.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein the one or more power charging aspects comprise at least one of:

(a) a voltage determined in relation to the user device, (b) a temperature determined in relation to the user device, or (c) a variability of a battery charging.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein processing the one or more power charging aspects comprises processing the one or more power charging aspects to determine whether the user device is at least one of:

(a) present within a vehicle, (b) not present within a vehicle, (c) within a trip, or (d) not within a trip.

33. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein initiating one or more operations comprises adjusting a frequency at which one or more sensors of the user device are utilized in determining whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle.

34. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein initiating one or more operations comprises increasing a frequency at which one or more sensors of the user device are utilized in determining whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle.

35. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein initiating one or more operations comprises reducing a frequency at which one or more sensors of the user device are utilized in determining whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle.

36. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein the medium further stores instructions for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an input from a sensor of the user device.

37. The computer readable medium of claim 36, wherein the medium further stores instructions for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising:

processing the input to determine whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle.

38. The computer readable medium of claim 37, wherein the medium further stores instructions for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising:

based on a determination that the user device is present within the moving vehicle, adjusting a frequency at which the one or more sensors of the user device are utilized in determining whether the user device is present within a moving vehicle.