System for automatic selection of profile based on location

• US 8,594,642 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (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:
  US13/239,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20120009922A1
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/417
• 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 server comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising;

receiving an indication of a location of a wireless device;

determining a distance between the location and a designated base location;

selecting, from a plurality of predetermined personas, based on the determined distance, a persona associated with the wireless device, wherein the persona comprises preferences for routing a communication based on a source of the communication and a location of a wireless device associated with the persona;

determining a destination address for a communication based upon the location, preferences of the persona, and a source of the communication; and

routing the communication to the determined destination address.

2. The server of claim 1, the operations further comprising tracking a distance of the wireless device from the base location.

3. The server of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

comparing the determined distance to a the proximity threshold; and

routing the communication to the destination address in accordance with a result of the comparison.

4. The server of claim 1, the operations further comprising routing the communication based on presence data pertaining to an availability of the wireless device.

5. The server of claim 1, wherein the preferences comprise at least one of a time period, a predefined location of the wireless device, or a destination address for the communication.

6. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a location of a wireless device;

determining a distance between the location and a designated base location;

selecting, from a plurality of predetermined personas, based on the determined distance, a persona associated with the wireless device, wherein the persona comprises preferences for routing a communication based on a source of the communication and a location of a wireless device associated with the persona;

determining a destination address for a communication based upon the location, the preferences of the persona, and a source of the communication; and

routing the communication to the determined destination address.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising tracking the location of the wireless device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising tracking a distance between the wireless device and the base location.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

comparing the determined distance to a proximity threshold; and

routing the communication to the destination address in accordance with a result of the comparison.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising routing the communication based on an indication of presence pertaining to the wireless device.

11. A tangible computer-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

receiving an indication of a location of a wireless device;

determining a distance between the location and a designated base location;

selecting, from a plurality of predetermined personas, based on the determined distance, a persona associated with the wireless device, wherein the persona comprises preferences for routing a communication based on a source of the communication and a location of a wireless device associated with the persona;

determining a destination address for a communication based upon the location, the preferences of the persona, and a source of the communication; and

routing the communication to the determined destination address.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the operations further comprising tracking the location of the wireless device.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising tracking a distance between the wireless device and the base location.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising:

comparing the determined distance to a proximity threshold; and

routing the communication to the destination address in accordance with a result of the comparison.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the operations further comprising routing the communication based on an indication of presence pertaining to the wireless device.