Computer system with proximity based selections

• US 8,855,680 B1
• Filed: 06/11/2011
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Losch, Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Harris Technology LLC
• Inventors: Harris, Scott C.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, TIMOTHY X
• Application Number:
  US13/158,390
• Time in Patent Office: 1,214 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.3
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

A location sensitive to do list on a computer that has location detection capability. The to do list has operations that are ordered by location, and by time of day, and where the priority is increased or decreased based on time of day.

Claims

1. A computer, comprising:

a processor;

memory, used along with said processor for processing information;

a user interface, where said user interface includes at least a display, and an ability to accept commands from a user;

a computer program operating on said computer and using said processor, memory, and user interface, said computer program operating to determine a location of said computer, and said computer program also including a plurality of different operations that said computer can carry out, and said computer programmed to provide a list of operations that can be done on the computer, said list of operations that is provided by said program being based on said determined location and said list of operations provided by said program including a first list when said computer is determined to be located at a first location and including a second list which is different than said first list when said computer is determined to be located at a second location that is different than said first location, each of said lists including multiple items that can be carried out, and said first list including control of a remote device based on said first location, and said second list not including control of said remote device based on said second location,

wherein said list is presented in an order that is based on a current location where said order is a first order for said first location and is a second order for said second location,

and wherein said computer stores information indicative of a history of operations that have been done in the past on the computer, along with times of day when the user has carried out specific operations, and locations where the computer was when it carried out said specific operations, and wherein said order is based on both said times of day and said specific locations, such that a first of said specific operations which was previously done at a first time and location which is similar to a current time and location is presented higher in order in the list relative to a second of said specific operations which was not previously done at said first time and location that is similar to said current time and location.

2. The computer as in claim 1, wherein said computer stores a priority level for each of a plurality of said operations and orders said list based on said priority level with higher priority level items being displayed higher in the list than lower priority level items.

3. The computer as in claim 2, wherein said computer operates to increase a priority level for certain time and location when said operation is carried out at that time and location, and to decrease said priority level for said time and location when said operation is not carried out at said time and location.

4. The A computer as in claim 3, further comprising stored information indicative of advertising for at least one of said operations, and wherein detecting advertising for said one of said operations changes at least one of a rate of increase or decrease of said priority level.

5. The computer as in claim 1, wherein one of said different operations includes download of a file that can be used on the computer, where said download of said file is displayed in an order in said list that is based on a current time and a current location.

6. The computer as in claim 1, wherein said location includes a proximity to said remote device which can be controlled by the computer, and said list of operations includes controlling the remote device only when in proximity to the remote device.

7. A computer, comprising:

a processor;

memory, used along with said processor for processing information;

a user interface, where said user interface includes at least a display, and an ability to accept commands from a user;

a computer program operating on said computer and using said processor, memory, and user interface, said computer program operating to determine a current time, and said computer also including a plurality of different operations that said computer can carry out, and said computer programmed to provide a list of operations that can be carried out on the computer,

said list of operations, for a first universe of possible operations that can be carried out on the computer, being based on said current time and a current location, and including a first list for a first time and location and including a second list which is different than said first list for a second time and location that is different than said first time and location,

each of said lists including multiple items that can be carried out, and said first list including control of a remote device based on said current location, and said second list not including control of said remote device, wherein said list is presented in an order that is based on said current location, where said order is a first order for a first location and is a second order for a second location, and wherein said times are times of day, and said computer stores information indicative of a history of operations that have been done in the past on the computer, along with times of day when the user has carried out specific operations, and locations where the computer was when it carried out said specific operations, and wherein said order is based on both said times of day and said specific locations, such that a first of said specific operations which was previously done at a first time and location which is similar to a current time and location is presented higher in order in the list relative to a second of said specific operations which was not previously done at said first time and location that is similar to said current time and location.

8. The computer as in claim 7, wherein said computer stores a priority level for each of a plurality of said operations and orders said list based on said priority level with higher priority level items being displayed higher in the list than lower priority level items.

9. The computer as in claim 8, wherein said computer operates to increase a priority level for a certain time and location when said operation is carried out at that time and location, and to decrease said priority level for said time and location when said operation is not carried out at said time and location.

10. The computer as in claim 9, further comprising stored information indicative of advertising for at least one of said operations, and wherein detecting advertising for said one of said operations changes at least one of a rate of increase or decrease of said priority level.

11. The computer as in claim 7, wherein one of said different operations includes download of a file that can be used on the computer, where said download of said file is displayed in an order in said list that is based on a current time and a current location.

12. A method of operating a computer, comprising:

detecting a location of the computer as a determined location;

using the computer for displaying a list of operations that can be taken on the computer;

said list of operations being based on said determined location and including a first list that is automatically displayed when the computer is determined to be located at a first determined location and including a second list which is different than said first list that is automatically displayed when the computer is determined to be located at a second determined location that is different than said first location,

each of said lists including multiple items that can be carried out, and said first list including control of a remote device based on said first location, and said second list not including control of said remote device based on said second location, wherein said list is presented in an order that is based on a current location where said order is a first order for said first location and is a second order for said second location, and

wherein said computer stores information indicative of a history of operations that have been done in the past on the computer, along with times of day when a user has carried out specific operations, and locations where the computer was when it carried out said specific operations, and wherein said order is based on both said times of day and said specific locations, such that a first of said specific operations which was previously done at a first time and location which is similar to a current time and location is presented higher in order in the list relative to a second of said specific operations which was not previously done at said first time and location that is similar to said current time and location.

13. The method as in claim 12, wherein said computer operates to increase a priority level for certain time and location when said operation is carried out at that time and location, and to decrease said priority level for said time and location when said operation is not carried out at said time and location.

14. The method as in claim 12, wherein said computer operates to increase a priority level for a certain location when said operation is carried out at that location, and to decrease said priority level for said location when said operation is not carried out at said location.

15. The method as in claim 12, wherein said location includes a proximity to said remote device which can be controlled by the computer, and said list of operations includes controlling the remote device only when in proximity to the remote device.