METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING MOBILE DEVICES WITH REFERENCE POINTS

• US 20180310224A1
• Filed: 04/21/2017
• Published: 10/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: HARDEE, Christopher J., KWATRA, Shikhar, SCHNEIDER, Scott E.
• Granted Patent: US 10,375,619 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 40/20 based on geographic position or location

Abstract

Embodiments for managing mobile devices by one or more processors are described. A plurality of mobile devices are detected at a first location. After the plurality of mobile devices are detected at the first location, a first of the plurality of mobile devices is detected traveling to a second location while a second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location. In response to the plurality of mobile devices being detected at the first location and the first of the plurality of mobile devices being detected traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location, data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location is enabled to be transmitted to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location.

Claims

1. A method, by one or more processors, for managing mobile devices, comprising:

detecting a plurality of mobile devices at a first location;

after the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location, detecting a first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to a second location while a second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location; and

in response to the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location and the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location, enabling data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to be transmitted to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location;

wherein the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location includes at least one of audio data or video data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location includes detecting the plurality of mobile devices within a predetermined distance of each other.

4. The method of claim 1, further including, in response to the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location and the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location, enabling data detected by the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location to be transmitted to the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location.

5. The method of claim 1, further including ceasing said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location a predetermined duration after the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location.

6. The method of claim 1, further including receiving an indication of a selection to perform said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said indication of the selection to perform said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location is received at least one of before the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location or after the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location.

3. (canceled)

8. A system for managing mobile devices, comprising:

at least one processor that

detects a plurality of mobile devices at a first location;

after the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location, detects a first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to a second location while a second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location; and

in response to the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location and the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location, enables data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to be transmitted to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location;

wherein the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location includes at least one of audio data or video data.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location includes detecting the plurality of mobile devices within a predetermined distance of each other.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor further, in response to the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location and the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location, enables data detected by the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location to be transmitted to the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor further ceases said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location a predetermined duration after the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor further receives an indication of a selection to perform said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said indication of the selection to perform said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location is received at least one of before the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location or after the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location.

10. (canceled)

15. A computer program product for managing mobile devices by one or more processors, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

an executable portion that detects a plurality of mobile devices at a first location;

an executable portion that, after the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location, detects a first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to a second location while a second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location; and

an executable portion that, in response to the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location and the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location, enables data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to be transmitted to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location;

wherein the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location includes at least one of audio data or video data.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location includes detecting the plurality of mobile devices within a predetermined distance of each other.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further include an executable portion that, in response to the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location and the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location, enables data detected by the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location to be transmitted to the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further include an executable portion that ceases said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location a predetermined duration after the detecting of the first of the plurality of mobile devices traveling to the second location while the second of the plurality of mobile devices remains at the first location.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further include an executable portion that receives an indication of a selection to perform said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said indication of the selection to perform said transmission of the data detected by the second of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location to the first of the plurality of mobile devices at the second location is received at least one of before the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location or after the detecting of the plurality of mobile devices at the first location.

17. (canceled)