Method to disable use of selected applications based on proximity or user identification

• US 7,490,763 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2005
• Issued: 02/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Keohane, Susann Marie, McBrearty, Gerald Francis, Shieh, Johnny Meng-Han, Mullen, Shawn Patrick, Murillo, Jessica
• Primary Examiner(s): Hess; Daniel A
• Application Number:
  US11/197,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20070029380A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,293 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 726/2, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/410, 380/258
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/006 Identification G06F11/2289 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

An application for disabling the use of selected applications is provided. A server receives identification information from a user. The location of the user is determined. If the user is determined to be in a reserved location, the use of one or more applications is disabled, for the user.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for disabling use of selected applications, the computer implemented method comprising:

receiving identification information from a user;

determining a location of the user to form a determined location;

responsive to a determination that the determined location is a reserved location, determining a meeting associated with the reserved location;

determining one or more applications to disable at the reserved location for the user associated with the identification information based on the meeting; and

disabling use of the one or more applications, at the reserved location, for the user associated with the identification information for a duration of the meeting.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a user identification associated with the identification information.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining whether the user identification is one of a plurality of user identifications, wherein each user identification of the plurality of user identifications is associated with the reserved location.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein the one or more applications to be disabled varies as a function of each user identification of the plurality of user identifications.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more applications to be disabled are associated with the reserved location.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein disabling the use of the one or more applications, at the reserved location, for the user associated with the identification information for a duration of the meeting comprises a service providing server disabling the use of the one or more applications, at the reserved location, for the user associated with the identification information.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein a client data processing system performs the step of disabling the use of the one or more applications for the user associated with the identification information.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the identification information comprises a radio frequency identification.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the identification information comprises a global positioning system device identification.