MANAGING NFC DEVICES BASED ON DOWNLOADED DATA

• US 20190326957A1
• Filed: 07/03/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blazer And Flip Flops, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Blazer And Flip Flops, Inc.
• Inventors: Cronin, John
• Granted Patent: US 10,944,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23161 Hand held terminal PDA displays machine control program when user is near that machine
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

The present invention includes systems and methods for a near field communication (NFC) center that stores NFC information for various NFC devices and products. The NFC information is supplied by the device or product itself or from the manufacturer of the device or product. A user is then able to obtain the NFC information through their user mobile device from the NFC center. With the NFC information, the user can manage one or more NFC devices in real time.

Claims

1. A method for location-based device customization, the method comprising:

receiving customization input at a mobile device, wherein the customization input specifies a location-based operation of the mobile device to be enabled at one or more specified locations, wherein the location-based operation is disabled at another location;

storing the customization input in association with the specified locations in memory;

identifying that a current location of the mobile device corresponds to one of the specified locations; and

enabling the location-based operation of the mobile device based on the current location of the mobile device corresponding to one of the specified locations, wherein the enabled location-based operation is performed in accordance with stored data specific to the mobile device and the stored customization input.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying that a new location of the mobile device no longer corresponds to any of the specified locations, and disabling the location-based operation of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising defining the specified locations to include at least one location associated with a brand.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising defining the specified locations based on proximity to another device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the other device is mobile.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising defining the specified locations based on one or more parameters.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising polling one or more devices or networks for information regarding the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-based operation is associated with at least one specified service.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-based operation includes providing a specified type of information.

10. A device for location-based device customization, the device comprising:

an interface that receives customization input specifying a location-based operation to be enabled at one or more specified locations, wherein the location-based operation is disabled at another location;

memory that stores the customization input in association with the specified locations; and

a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor;

identifies that a current location corresponds to one of the specified locations, and

enables the location-based operation based on the current location of the mobile device corresponding to one of the specified locations, wherein the enabled location-based operation is performed in accordance with stored data specific to the device and the stored customization input.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor further identifies that a new location no longer corresponds to any of the specified locations, and disables the location-based operation.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor further defines the specified locations to include at least one location associated with a brand.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor further defines the specified locations based on proximity to another device.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the other device is mobile.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor further defines the specified locations based on one or more parameters.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor further initiates polling of one or more other devices or networks for information regarding the device.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the location-based operation is associated with at least one specified service.

18. The device of claim 10, wherein the location-based operation includes providing a specified type of information.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for location-based device customization, the method comprising:

receiving customization input at a mobile device, wherein the customization input specifies a location-based operation of the mobile device to be enabled at one or more specified locations, wherein the location-based operation is disabled at another location;

storing the customization input in association with the specified locations in memory;

identifying that a current location of the mobile device corresponds to one of the specified locations; and

enabling the location-based operation of the mobile device based on the current location of the mobile device corresponding to one of the specified locations, wherein the enabled location-based operation is performed in accordance with stored data specific to the mobile device and the stored customization input.