Method and apparatus for controlling access to information and applications between clients in a telecommunications network

• US 9,021,024 B1
• Filed: 10/14/2013
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hai Yu, Xueming Tang
• Original Assignee: Hai Yu, Xueming Tang
• Inventors: Tang, Xueming, Yu, Hai
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, KENNY S
• Application Number:
  US14/052,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106427A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• 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 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

An information system that provides information exchange and application services based on the location and relationships between a landmark client and a service user client. The information service system first builds up direct referral link between a landmark client account and a declared landmark location. The landmark account stores information and applications associated to the landmark client. A service user connects to the information service system via a user client account that stores information and applications associated to the user client. The information service system determines a relationship between the landmark client and the user client using the location and navigation data of the clients as well as their identity and configuration information. The service next builds up information exchange and system control connections between the landmark client and the service user client according to their specified information access and usage rules under prescribed relationship situations.

Claims

1. A method for controlling access to information and applications between two clients of an information service system comprising:

creating a first client account for a first client for storing information and applications;

creating a second client account for a second client for using said information service system;

forming at least one first relationship situations for said first client account, wherein each of said first relationship situation associates a set of information and applications with a first relationship condition;

forming at least one second relationship situations for said second client account, wherein each of said second relationship situation associates a permissible class of information and applications with a second relationship condition;

determining client location for each of said first client and said second client;

determining a relationship between said first client and said second client wherein said relationship comprising relation circumstances generated based on the determined locations of said first client and said second client;

for said first client account, verifying said relationship satisfies at least one of said first relationship situations for which access to said associated set of information and applications is authorized by satisfying said first relationship condition associated to said at least one of the first relationship situations;

for said second client account, verifying said relationship satisfies at least one of said second relationship situations for which access to said associated class of information and applications is permitted by satisfying said second relationship condition associated to said at least one of the second relationship situations;

establishing information service connection between said first client and said second client; and

permitting said second client to access said first client account for services on information and applications that belong to both the authorized set and the permissible class.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one of said first client and said second client is a landmark client and one of said first client account and said second client account is a landmark client account with identifying location attribute defined by a declared landmark.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the client location for said landmark client is determined by retrieving said identifying location attribute of said landmark client account.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said landmark client account has client identity comprising at least one attribute from a set of attribute terms including name attribute, type attribute, location attribute, social relationship and organization attribute, and category attribute;

and wherein said location attribute for said landmark client account comprises the declared location and shape of the landmark client.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein one of said first client and said second client is a user client and said one of said first client account and said second client account is a user client account, wherein said user client gets access to said information service system using a client terminal device system.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the client location for said user client is determined based on received navigation data from said client terminal device system.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said user client account has client identity comprising at least one attribute from a set of attribute terms including name attribute, type attribute, location attribute, social relationship and organization attribute, and category attribute;

and wherein said location attribute for said user client account comprises the determined location of said user client.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said first client account or said second client account has configuration comprising at least one attribute from a set of attribute terms including client authority attribute, system and method attribute, relationship attribute.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said relationship attribute of said first client account comprises at least one said first relationship condition;

and said relationship attribute of said second client account comprises at least one said second relationship condition; and

wherein each of said first relationship condition and said second relationship condition comprises a set of relationship terms including social relationship, spatial relationship, time relationship, environmental relationship and behavioral relationship.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said each of said first relationship condition and said second relationship condition define a set of relation circumstances to be satisfied comprising at least one circumstance from said set of relationship terms.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said first client or said second client comprises a plurality of clients;

and wherein the method further comprising;

creating and managing a plurality of landmark client accounts, each landmark account has unique landmark identity attributes with identifying location attribute defined by at least one stationary or dynamic landmark; and

creating and managing a plurality of user accounts, each user account is used by at least one user client to access information services from at least one client terminal device system.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said first client or said second client has client terminal device system to execute said services on information and applications.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining a relationship between said first client and said second client further comprises:

receiving and storing client navigation data to keep a navigation history record for at least one of said first client and said second client;

determining the client navigation behavior and motion based on received navigation data and said navigation history record for at least one of said first client and said second client;

determining a relationship between said first client and said second client, wherein said relationship comprising relation circumstances generated based on said client navigation behavior and motion of at least one of said first client and said second client.

14. A system for controlling access to information and applications between two clients of an information service system comprising:

memory, configure to store a program of instructions;

at least one processor operably coupled to said memory and a communication network, configured to execute said program of instructions, wherein when said program of instruction is executed, carries out the steps of;

creating a first client account for a first client for storing information and applications;

creating a second client account for a second client for using said information service system;

forming at least one first relationship situations for said first client account, wherein each of said first relationship situation associates a set of information and applications with a first relationship condition;

forming at least one second relationship situations for said second client account, wherein each of said second relationship situation associates a permissible class of information and applications with a second relationship condition;

determining client location for each of said first client and said second client;

determining a relationship between said first client and said second client wherein said relationship comprising relation circumstances generated based on the determined locations of said first client and said second client;

for said first client account, verifying said relationship satisfies at least one of said first relationship situations for which access to said associated set of information and applications is authorized by satisfying said first relationship condition associated to said at least one of the first relationship situations;

for said second client account, verifying said relationship satisfies at least one of said second relationship situations for which access to said associated class of information and applications is permitted by satisfying said second relationship condition associated to said at least one of the second relationship situations;

establishing information service connection between said first client and said second client; and

permitting said second client to access said first client account for services on information and applications that belong to both the authorized set and the permissible class.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein one of said first client and said second client is a landmark client and one of said first client account and said second client account is a landmark client account with identifying location attribute defined by a declared landmark.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the client location for said landmark client is determined by retrieving said identifying location attribute of said landmark client account.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said landmark client account has client identity comprising at least one attribute from a set of attribute terms including name attribute, type attribute, location attribute, social relationship and organization attribute, and category attribute;

and wherein said location attribute for said landmark client account comprises the declared location and shape of the landmark client.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein one of said first client and said second client is a user client and said one of said first client account and said second client account is a user client account, wherein said user client gets access to said information service system using a client terminal device system.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the client location for said user client is determined based on received navigation data from said client terminal device system.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said user client account has client identity comprising at least one attribute from a set of attribute terms including name attribute, type attribute, location attribute, social relationship and organization attribute, and category attribute;

and wherein said location attribute for said user client account comprises the determined location of said user client.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein said first client account or said second client account has configuration comprising at least one attribute from a set of attribute terms including client authority attribute, system and method attribute, relationship attribute.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said relationship attribute of said first client account comprises at least one said first relationship condition;

and said relationship attribute of said second client account comprises at least one said second relationship condition; and

wherein each of said first relationship condition and said second relationship condition comprises a set of relationship terms including social relationship, spatial relationship, time relationship, environmental relationship and behavioral relationship.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein said each of said first relationship condition and said second relationship condition define a set of relation circumstances to be satisfied comprising at least one circumstance from said set of relationship terms.

24. The system of claim 14, wherein said first client or said second client comprises a plurality of clients;

and wherein said program of instruction further comprising the steps of;

creating and managing a plurality of landmark client accounts, each landmark account has unique landmark identity attributes with identifying location attribute defined by at least one stationary or dynamic landmark; and

creating and managing a plurality of user accounts, each user account is used by at least one user client to access information services from at least one client terminal device system.

25. The system of claim 14, wherein said first client or said second client has client terminal device system to execute said services on information and applications.

26. The system of claim 14, wherein said determining a relationship between said first client and said second client further comprises the steps of:

receiving and storing client navigation data to keep a navigation history record for at least one of said first client and said second client;

determining the client navigation behavior and motion based on received navigation data and said navigation history record for at least one of said first client and said second client;

determining a relationship between said first client and said second client, wherein said relationship comprising relation circumstances generated based on said client navigation behavior and motion of at least one of said first client and said second client.