System for automatic selection of profile based on location

• US 8,989,722 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2013
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• 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 M., Adamczyk, Maria
• Primary Examiner(s): Sobutka, Philip
• Application Number:
  US14/076,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20140080512A1
• Time in Patent Office: 498 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. An apparatus 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;

determining a distance between a location of a device and a designated location;

selecting, based on the determined distance, a persona associated with the device, the persona comprising communications routing preferences based on a location of the device;

determining a destination address based upon the location of the device and the communications routing preferences of the persona; and

routing a communication to the determined destination address.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the operations further comprising tracking the location of the device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, the operations further comprising tracking a distance of the device from the base location.

4. The apparatus 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 comparing.

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

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

7. A method comprising:

determining, by a processor, a distance between a location of a device and a designated location;

selecting, by the processor, based on the determined distance, a persona associated with the device, the persona comprising communications routing preferences based on a location of the device;

determining, by the processor, a destination address based upon the location of the device and the communications routing preferences of the persona; and

routing a communication to the determined destination address.

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

9. The method of claim 7, the operations further comprising tracking a distance of the device from the base location.

10. The method of claim 7, 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.

11. The method of claim 7, the operations further comprising routing the communication based on presence data pertaining to an availability of the device.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein preferences further comprise at least one of a time period, a predefined location of the device, or a destination address for the communication.

13. An apparatus 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;

facilitating a determination of a distance between a location of the apparatus and a designated base location;

subsequent to the facilitating, receiving a communication based on a persona selected from a plurality of personas associated with the apparatus, wherein each persona of the plurality of personas comprises a communications routing preference based on a location of the apparatus.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, the operations further comprising facilitating tracking the location of the apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, the operations further comprising facilitating tracking the distance of the apparatus from the base location.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the communication is provided to the apparatus based on a result of a comparison between the determined distance and a proximity threshold.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the communication is provided to the apparatus based on presence data pertaining to an availability of the apparatus.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein preferences further comprise at least one of a time period, a predefined location of the device, or a destination address for the communication.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus comprises a wireless communication device.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the base location comprises one of a work location or a home location.