System for automatic selection of profile based on location

• US 7,532,884 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2006
• Issued: 05/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Silver, Edward Michael, Adamczyk, Maria
• Primary Examiner(s): SOBUTKA, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US11/610,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20070082668A1
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 455/432.3, 455/461, 455/417, 455/414.1, 4554561- 6, 455/457, 455/557, 455/556.1
• US Class Current: 455/432.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Systems for automatically selecting a user'"'"'s profile based on location include a device adapted to being tracked by location and a database that includes a user'"'"'s preferences for routing calls. The user'"'"'s calls are routed to the user based on the user'"'"'s call routing preferences and the location of the device. Other systems and methods are also provided.

Claims

1. A system for an automatic selection of profile based on location, comprising:

a server adapted to receive location information from a device adapted to being tracked by location; and

a database external from the device having user preferences for routing calls based on the location of the device,

wherein the server is adapted to determine if a wireless phone of a wireless number in the database is active on the network, interrupt call processing, and to switch the call to a call termination location identified in the database based upon the location of the device.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a communications network operatively coupled to the device, the communications network adapted to track the location of the device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the communications network further comprises a GPS location/positioning system.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the GPS location/positioning system further comprises a position/location processor for storing location information obtained on the device.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the communications network is adapted to interrupt call processing and to switch the call to a destination identified in the database based upon the location of the device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the database further comprises a customer profile database.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the customer profile database further comprises at least one of hours, days, locations,user'"'"'s preferences for call routing or destination addresses.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a presence processor adapted to communicate presence information on the device.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising an application processor operatively coupled to the presence processor, the application processor adapted to provide logic for automatically selecting the information from the database for routing calls to a user based on where the device is located.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises at least one of a wireless telephone, a personal data assistant (PDA), a laptop computer, a pager, an internet protocol (IP) device or a watch.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a processor for selecting the user'"'"'s call routing preference based on a position of the device.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a communications network for routing a call to a destination based on the user'"'"'s call routing preferences in the database and the position of the device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the communications network further comprises a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN), the PSTN is adapted to provide an advanced intelligent network (AIN), the AIN is operative to switch calls to a service control point (SCP), and the SCP is adapted to switch the calls to the destination identified in the user'"'"'s call routing preferences based upon the location of the device.

14. A system for an automatic selection of profile based on location, comprising:

means for tracking a wireless device;

means for obtaining a user'"'"'s call routing preferences from a database external from the means for tracking the wireless device based upon a location of the wireless device;

means for determining if a wireless phone of a wireless number in the database is active on the network; and

means for interrupting call processing and for switching the call to a call termination location identified in the database based upon the location of the wireless device.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising means for determining the location of the wireless device.

16. The system of claim 14, further comprising means for routing a telephone call to the user based on the user'"'"'s call routing preferences and the location of the wireless device.

17. A method for an automatic selection of profile based on location, comprising:

determining the location of a wireless device;

obtaining a user'"'"'s preferences in a database external from the wireless device;

determining if a wireless phone of a wireless number in the database is active on the network;

interrupting call processing; and

switching a telephone call to a call termination location identified in the database based on the user'"'"'s preferences and the location of the wireless device.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising providing a presence indication for the wireless device.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising tracking the location of the wireless device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the routing a telephone call to the user based on the user'"'"'s preferences and the location of the wireless device further comprises interrupting call processing for the telephone call and routing the telephone call to a destination based upon the user'"'"'s preferences in the database and the location of the wireless device.