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

• US 7,712,660 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2009
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• 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:
  US12/350,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 235/382, 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 program product comprising a computer usable medium including computer usable program code for disabling use of selected applications, the computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code for receiving identification information from a user;

computer usable program code for determining a location of the user to form a determined location;

computer usable program code, responsive to a determination that the determined location is a reserved location, for determining a meeting associated with the reserved location;

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

computer usable program code for 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 program product of claim 1, further comprising:

computer usable program code for determining a user identification associated with the identification information.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer usable program code for 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 program product 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 program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more applications to be disabled are associated with the reserved location.

6. The computer program product 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 program product of claim 1, wherein the computer usable program code for disabling the use of the one or more applications, at the reserved location, for the user associated with the identification information for the duration of the meeting, is executed by a client data processing system.

8. A data processing system for disabling use of selected applications, the data processing system comprising:

a storage device, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code; and

a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code to receive identification information from a user;

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

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

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

disable 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.

9. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the processor further executes computer usable program code to determine a user identification associated with the identification information.

10. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the processor further executes computer usable program code to determine 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.

11. The data processing system of claim 10, wherein the one or more applications to be disabled varies as a function of each user identification of the plurality of user identifications.