APPLYING RULES TO A DEVICE FROM A SERVICE DETECTED BY THE DEVICE

• US 20180007541A1
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Published: 01/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Kidron, Adi, Priel, Tomer, Cochavi, Tsila
• Application Number:
  US15/544,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20180007541A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Examples disclosed herein allow rules to he applied to a device from a service detected by the device. In one example, upon entering a service area, a device detects a service associated with the service area, wherein the service comprises rules to enable or disable parameters on devices, and the device then extracts a set of the rules from the service. As an example, the extracted set of rules corresponds to a group the device is associated with. The device determines whether conditions set for the extracted set of rules are met by the device and, if the conditions are met, the device applies the extracted set of rules to the device until the device exits the service area.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

upon entering a service area, detecting, by a device, a service associated with the service area, wherein the service comprises rules to enable or disable parameters on devices;

extracting, a set of the rules from the service, wherein the extracted set of rules corresponds to a group the device is associated with;

determining whether conditions set for the extracted set of rules are met by the device; and

if the conditions are met, applying the extracted set of rules to he device until the device exits the service area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting comprises:

detecting a first service upon entering a first service area; and

detecting a second service upon entering a second service area located at a different geographical location from the first service area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, once the conditions set for the extracted set of rules are no longer met by the device:

no longer applying the extracted set of rules to the devic; and

removing the extracted set of rules from the device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the conditions set for the extracted set of rules are met by devices associated with another group that is different from the group the device is associated with, parameters of the devices associated with the other group are not affected.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein tine conditions set for the extracted set of rules correspond to whether the device is geographically located in a particular location.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the conditions set for the extracted set of rules correspond to a time of day.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the extracted set of rules comprises turning off or on certain parameters on the device.

8. An electronic device comprising:

upon entering a service area, a detect engine to detect a service associated with the service area, wherein the service comprises rules to control parameters on electronic devices;

an extract engine to extract a set of the rules from the service, wherein the extracted set of rules corresponds to a group the electronic device is associated with; and

until the device exits the service area, an apply engine to apply the extracted set of rules to the electronic device, if conditions set for the extracted set of rules are met by the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein, once the conditions set for the extracted set of rules are no longer met by the electronic device, the apply engine is to:

no longer apply the extracted set of rules to the electronic device; and

remove the extracted set of rules from the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the conditions set for the extracted set of rules correspond to whether the electronic device is geographically located in a particular location.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the conditions set for the extracted set of rules correspon to a time of day.

12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the apply engine applying the extracted set of rules comprises turning off or on certain parameters on the electronic device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising programming instructions which, when executed by a processor, to cause a device to:

detect a service comprising rules to control parameters on devices;

extract a set of the rules from the service, wherein the extracted set of rules corresponds to a group the device is associated with;

determine whether conditions set for the extracted set of rules are met by the device, wherein the conditions set for the extracted set of rules correspond to whether the device is geographically located in a particular location; and

if the conditions are met, apply the extracted set of rules to the device until the device is no longer geographically located in the particular location.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions to cause the device to detect comprises instructions to:

detect a first service at a first geographical location; and

detect a second service at a second geographical location different from the first geographical location.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions to cause the device to apply the extracted set of rules comprises instructions to turn off or on certain parameters on the device.