Invoke facility service and its applications to compound wireless mobile communication services

• US 8,369,841 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2011
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thaddeus John Kobylarz
• Original Assignee: Thaddeus John Kobylarz
• Inventors: Kobylarz, Thaddeus John
• Primary Examiner(s): Agosta, Steve D
• Application Number:
  US12/931,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20110201318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455418-420, 455/466, 455/550.1, 455/556.2, 379/93.23, 379/93.24, 705/39
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Invented is a facility service to be used as a component service for building compound wireless mobile communication services (CWSs). The name ascribed to this facility service is Invoke. The purpose of Invoke is to detect the events signifying that the CWS operation is to commence and then initiate (or invoke) the CWS execution. The events represent variables within a Boolean expression parameter of an Invoke service. The Boolean expression allows Invoke to be very versatile with respect to the possible combination of events for CWS invocation. Versatility is enhanced by the wide variety of events that are recognized; e.g., entering a geographical location, recognizing an audio signal, reaching a time of day, observing a specific caller ID. The Invoke facility service contains other parameters useful at CWS invocation; e.g., CWS password protection, CWS initialization of constants and variables, linkage to other CWSs to acquire data.

Claims

1. A process to invoke the execution of a compound wireless mobile communication service residing on a Smartphone or cellular phone, also known as a Smartphone application or an app, by using a Boolean expression;

such that the Boolean expression is contained within a software service that is uniquely assigned to an associated compound wireless mobile communication service, and the software service belongs to a family of app invocation services that exist in the Smartphone'"'"'s software, wherein the Boolean expression is contained within a service termed Invoke facility service and the Invoke facility service was built as the first component service of the said compound wireless mobile communication service with variables representing events that are interconnected by the logical connectives of “

and”

, “

or”

, “

not”

, “

if X, then Y”

;

such that the events, including the aforementioned events designated as X and Y, are observable by the Smartphone or cellular telephone, and each such event observed by the Smartphone or cellular telephone can assume a “

True”

value, meaning the event has occurred, or a “

False”

value, meaning the event has not occurred, such that when the Boolean expression has an evaluation of “

True”

, then the associated compound wireless mobile communication service will commence its execution;

wherein events, locally observed by the Smartphone or cellular telephone, are;

a) sending an audio signal that matches an audio signal stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, b) sending an audio signal to an address that matches an address stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, c) sending a video signal that matches a video signal stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, d) sending a video signal to an address that matches an address stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, e) sending a text message that matches a text message stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, f) sending a text message to an address that matches an address stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, g) sending a photograph that matches a photograph stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, h) sending a photograph to an address that matches an address stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, i) sending an e-mail with a subject that matches a subject stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, j) sending an e-mail to an address that matches an address stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, k) sending an audio signal, l) sending a video signal, m) sending a text message, n) sending a photograph, o) sending an e-mail, p) connecting to an Internet address that matches an Internet address stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, q) disconnecting from an Internet address that matches an Internet address stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, r) dialing of a telephone number that matches a telephone number stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, s) dialing of a telephone number, t) taking a photograph, u) recording a video, v) a Smartphone or cellular telephone'"'"'s physically entering a geographical location that matches a geographical location stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, w) a Smartphone or cellular telephone'"'"'s physically leaving a geographical location that matches a geographical location stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone.

2. The process of claim 1 further comprising events, not locally observed by the Smartphone or cellular telephone, that are;

a) receiving an audio signal that matches an audio signal stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, b) receiving an audio signal from an address that matches an address stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, c) receiving a video signal that matches a video signal stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, d) receiving a video signal from an address that matches an address stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, e) receiving a text message that matches a text message stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, f) receiving a text message from an address that matches an address stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, g) receiving a photograph that matches a photograph stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, h) receiving a photograph from an address that matches an address stored by the builder in the Smartphone or cellular telephone, i) receiving an e-mail with a subject that matches a subject stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, j) receiving an e-mail from an address that matches an address stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, k) receiving an audio signal, l) receiving a video signal, m) receiving a text message, n) receiving a photograph, o) receiving an e-mail, p) a “

caller ID”

for an incoming voice call that matches a “

caller ID”

stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, q) a “

caller ID”

for an incoming text message that matches a “

caller ID”

stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, r) a “

caller ID”

for an incoming photograph that matches a “

caller ID”

stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, s) a “

caller ID”

for an incoming video signal that matches one stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, t) an incoming signal from a remote Internet site that matches an incoming signal stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, u) an address of an incoming signal from a remote Internet site that matches an address of an incoming signal from a remote Internet site stored by the builder within—

the Smartphone or cellular telephone, v) an incoming signal from a wireless service provider that matches an incoming signal from a wireless service provider stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, w) the date of an incoming e-mail that matches the date of an incoming e-mail stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone, x) an incoming signal value from a transducer, having a communication link with the Smartphone or cellular telephone, that matches a signal value stored by the builder within the Smartphone or cellular telephone.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising transducers that are;

a) biological sensors that convert heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, red blood cell oxygen level, blood glucose, body temperature, or electroencephalogram brain activity into a binary digital signal representation that is communicated to the Smartphone or cellular telephone, b) mechanical sensors that convert acceleration force, deceleration force, temperature in a solid, temperature in a liquid, temperature in a gas, pressure upon a solid, pressure upon a liquid, pressure upon a gas, or altitude into a binary digital signal representation that is communicated to the Smartphone or cellular telephone, c) chemical sensors that convert acidity, specific gravity, temperature of a solution, viscosity of a liquid, or molarity of a chemical solution into a binary digital signal representation that is communicated to the Smartphone or cellular telephone, d) electrical sensors that convert voltage, current, power, magnetic flux, resistance, reactance, impedance, capacitance, inductance, electrical signal bit rate, or electrical signal frequency into a binary digital signal representation that is communicated to the Smartphone or cellular telephone, e) any combination of the aforementioned four sensor types and constituent signals.

4. The process of claim 1, wherein further improvements provide a capability to remotely turn a specific app invocation service “

off”

, meaning that the app invocation service and its associated compound wireless mobile communication service become disabled, and to remotely turn the app invocation service “

on”

, meaning that the app invocation service'"'"'s and its associated compound wireless mobile communication service become enabled.

5. The process of claim 1 with further improvements availing a repetition rate, prescribed by the invocation service builder, for observing whether events have occurred, wherein an event may be designated as “

sustained”

, meaning observations of an event'"'"'s occurrence is repeated according to the repetition rate and for each repeated observation may have a “

True”

value or a “

False”

value depending on the event'"'"'s occurrence, or wherein the duration of an event may be designated as “

momentary”

, meaning an event occurrence only needs to be observed once and thereafter retains a “

True”

value while the app invocation service and its associated Smartphone app execute.

6. The process of claim 1 with further improvements comprising the timing events that occur when;

a) an existing time of day that matches a time of day specified in the Boolean expression, or b) an existing day of the week that matches the day of a week specified in the Boolean expression, or c) an existing day of the month that matches a day of the month specified in the Boolean expression, or d) an existing day of the year that matches a day of the year specified in the Boolean expression, or e) a combination of the aforementioned day types that match a combination of the aforementioned day types specified in the Boolean expression.

7. An interactive graphical compiler, constituting a body of software that resides in and is executed by a Smartphone or cellular telephone, to build the app invocation service, whereby the compiler'"'"'s interactivity guides and simplifies the building the app invocation service as well as its associated app or compound wireless mobile communication service, abbreviated as CWS;

wherein the guiding and simplification is achieved by;

a) requesting builder responses to queries to establish whether an Invoke parameter is to be used and if so, requests the parameter'"'"'s initial values;

b) denying invalid builder responses to the queries;

c) recommending valid alternatives to a builder after a builder'"'"'s invalid response;

d) providing salient “

help”

advice to a builder, relating to a compiler query;

e) availing, to a builder, a description on the use and purpose of an app invocation service;

such that the Invoke parameters and their components, for which compiler interactivity takes place, are;

{OptionalEventExpression}—

establishing event types, event values, and logical connectives between events to assist the creation of a Boolean expression;

(OptionalEventDurationList)—

establishing a list of pairs that designates whether each event is to be “

sustained”

or to be “

momentary”

;

OptionalObservationRepetitionRate—

establishing the rate at which the observations are to be made to determine whether events have occurred;

(OptionalPasswordPair)—

establishing a name and invocation password to protect from unauthorized execution of a CWS;

(OptionalDisableQuadruple)—

establishing a quadruple of parameters that indicate a name for the maximum permitted number of failed password attempts, the value of the maximum permitted number of failed password attempts, a name for the amount of time and the value of the amount of time (in days;

hours;

seconds) the CWS will be disabled if the number of failed attempts reaches the maximum;

OptionalEnablingSwitch—

establishing a parameter that will switch the CWS invocation state to either enabled or disabled;

(OptionalInitialConditionsAssignmentList)—

establishing a list of parameter pairs, each pair consisting of a CWS parameter name (named constants and variables) and the CWS parameter initial value when the CWS begins its execution;

(OptionalLinkedCWSList)—

establishing a list of parameter pairs, each pair consisting of a CWS name to which the Invoke associated CWS is to be linked and the potentially linked CWS address;

(OptionalLinkedCWSPasswords)—

establishing a list of parameter pairs, each pair consisting of a CWS name to which the Invoke associated CWS is to be linked and the potentially linked CWS password required for linking;

(OptionalLinkedCWSData)—

establishing a list of parameter pairs, each pair consisting of a parameter name (constant and variable) and a memory location into which a linked CWS will enter the value of the named parameter;

(OptionalNotifications)—

establishing a list of parameter quadruples to provide notification concerning the operation of the Invoke service, each quadruple consisting of the cause for a notification, the type of address of the notification recipient, the address of the notification recipient and a notification explanation message.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein further improvements provide for bypassing compiler interactivity for those builder selected parameters described in claim 7, such that no compiler dialog is conducted for building the selected parameters and the builder will be able to directly prescribe the properties for these parameters;

with the intent to hasten building a CWS for those building steps that are well understood by the builder.