Notifications based on device presence

• US 9,060,345 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2013
• Issued: 06/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Robbins, William, Flynn, Judson, Wohlert, Randolph
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Application Number:
  US13/867,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20130244650A1
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.4, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455404- 1, 455/404.2, 455/414.1, 455/432.3, 455/435.1, 709/222, 709/223, 709/224, 709/203, 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/06 De-registration or detaching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

An architecture is provided that can facilitate and/or transmit notifications based upon device presence techniques in connection with a wireless communications network. For example, when certain mobile devices register with a particular network entity (e.g., a femtocell) that services a particular target location (e.g., place of residence), then such registration can be leveraged to indicate presence at the target location. Accordingly, notifications can be delivered to custodian devices that indicate the presence information if certain predetermined conditions or criteria are satisfied.

Claims

1. A femtocell device, comprising:

a memory to store executable instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising;

receiving status data representing a defined state of a premises, wherein the femtocell device provides a communication service and serves a defined coverage area comprising at least a portion of the premises;

facilitating a registration procedure for a first mobile device at the defined area, wherein the registration procedure relates to the first mobile device registering to use the communication service provided by the femtocell device;

in response to the registration procedure being determined to have completed, updating presence data representing an indication of presence of the first mobile device; and

transmitting a notification to a second mobile device that differs from the first mobile device in response to the presence data being determined to satisfy a first condition and the status data being determined to satisfy a second condition, wherein the notification comprises a description of the presence data and the status data.

2. The femtocell device of claim 1, wherein the registration procedure relates to the first mobile device requesting use of the communication service.

3. The femtocell device of claim 1, wherein the registration procedure relates to termination of the communication service for the first mobile device.

4. The femtocell device of claim 1, wherein the defined state of the premises relates to a state of a locking mechanism at the premises.

5. The femtocell device of claim 1, wherein the status data is received from a device that monitors the premises.

6. The femtocell device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise configuring the first condition based on input received from a user interface device.

7. The femtocell device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise configuring the second condition based on input received from a user interface device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise exporting the first condition to a third mobile device that differs from the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, registration data related to a registration protocol between a first mobile device and a femtocell device that services a defined area that comprises at least a portion of a premises;

updating, by the system, presence information representing an indication of presence of the first mobile device based on the registration data;

receiving, by the system, status information relating to a status of the premises; and

initiating, by the system, a transmission of a notification to a second mobile device, differing from the first mobile device and the femtocell device, in response to the presence information being determined to satisfy a first condition and the status information being determined to satisfy a second condition different than the first condition, wherein the notification comprises a description of the presence data and the status data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving the registration data further comprises receiving the registration data in response to the first mobile device being determined to have connected to a communication network via the femtocell device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving the registration data further comprises receiving the registration data in response to a termination of a connection between the first mobile device and the femtocell device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving the registration data further comprises receiving the registration data in response to the first mobile device connecting to a communication network via another access point device different than the femtocell device.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising configuring, by the system, the first condition based on input received from a user interface device.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising configuring, by the system, the second condition based on input received from a user interface device.

15. A network device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving, from femtocell device that services a defined area, registration data related to a registration between a first mobile device and the femtocell device;

modifying presence information for the mobile device based on the registration data;

receiving, from a monitoring device, status information relating to a status of a premises comprising at least a portion of the defined area serviced by the femtocell device; and

transmitting a notification to a second mobile device that differs from the first mobile device in response to the presence information being determined to satisfy a first condition and the status information being determined to satisfy a second condition different than the first condition, wherein the notification comprises a description of the presence data and the status data.

16. The network device of claim 15, wherein the registration data relates to the first mobile device connecting to a wireless communication network comprising the network device via the femtocell device.

17. The network device of claim 15, wherein the registration data relates to the first mobile device connecting to a wireless communication network via another femtocell device different than the femtocell device.

18. The network device of claim 15, wherein the registration data relates to the first mobile device disconnecting from the femtocell device.

19. The network device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprises configuring the first condition or the second condition.

20. The network device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprises importing or exporting data representing the first condition or the second condition.