System and method for continuous mobile service geochronous validation

• US 9,094,931 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cook, Andrew, Kerr, Jade, Mathur, Mohit, Morrissey, Michael, Smoyer, Clinton
• Primary Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US14/175,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20140155103A1
• Time in Patent Office: 536 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.4, 4554561-4562, 455/414.1, 455/419
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

In one embodiment of the present invention, a system and method may be provided for validating communications permissions for an in progress communication. The system and method may include receiving location information, at a service provider, from a wireless communications device. The location information may be communicated to a database that is able to determine communications permissions based upon some predetermined criteria, such as time, date, and location. Based upon the received location information and a related database record, permissions for the wireless communications device may be determined. The determined permissions may be communicated to the service provider. The wireless communications device may be notified about restrictions on its communications, in response to receiving the permissions. The permissions determination may be repeated, as necessary, in response to receiving updated location information.

Claims

1. A database management system, said database management system comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

data;

said data being stored by the memory and accessible by the processor;

said processor configured to;

receive location information associated with a wireless communications device from a service provider;

determine permissions, based upon the received location information and a related database record, the permissions indicating particular types of communications that the wireless communications device is allowed to have or is restricted from having at a location associated with the received location information, wherein the location information is compared against one or more location boundaries associated with the related database record to determine whether the location information is within the one or more location boundaries, wherein the one or more location boundaries comprise at least one corner or at least one vertex of a shape that is input by a user using a user interface, the at least one corner or the at least one vertex of the shape delineating boundaries of a restricted location, wherein each corner or vertex of the shape corresponds to geographical coordinates;

communicate the determined permissions to the service provider; and

repeat the permissions determination, in response to receiving updated location information.

2. The database management system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to notify the wireless communications device about restrictions on communications, in response to receiving the communicated determined permissions.

3. The database management system according to claim 2, wherein, in notifying the wireless communications device about restrictions, the database management system is further configured to notify the wireless communications device that no text messaging capabilities are presently allowed.

4. The database management system according to claim 1, wherein, in receiving the location information of a wireless communications device, the processor is further configured to receive one or more updates of current location coordinates.

5. The database management system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to notify a user, currently using an application on the wireless communications device, that use of the application is currently being restricted.

6. The database management system according to claim 5, wherein the notification is a message displayed on the wireless communications device.

7. The database management system according to claim 1, wherein, in determining permissions, the database management system is further operable to determine whether a wireless communications device, continuing on the same trajectory, is anticipated to enter a location where a restriction upon permissions is in place.

8. The database management system according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to notify a user of the wireless communications device that a restriction will likely be put in place if the user continues on the same trajectory.

9. The database management system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to queue time insensitive communications while restrictions on communicating the time insensitive communications are currently in place.

10. The database management system according to claim 9, wherein the time insensitive communications include in-bound text messages.

11. A method for validating communications permissions for an in progress communication, said method comprising:

receiving location information, at a service provider, from a wireless communications device;

communicating the location information to a database operable to determine communications permissions based upon predetermined criteria;

determining permissions, based upon the received location information and a related database record, the permissions indicating particular types of communications that the wireless communications device is allowed to have or is restricted from having at a location associated with the received location information, wherein the location information is compared against one or more location boundaries associated with the related database record to determine whether the location information is within the one or more location boundaries, wherein the one or more location boundaries comprise at least one corner or at least one vertex of a shape that is input by a user using a user interface, the at least one corner or the at least one vertex of the shape delineating boundaries of a restricted location, wherein each corner or vertex of the shape corresponds to geographical coordinates;

communicating the determined permissions to the service provider; and

repeating the permissions determination, in response to receiving updated location information.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising notifying the wireless communications device about restrictions on communications, in response to receiving the communicated determined permissions.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein notifying the wireless communications device about restrictions includes notifying the wireless communications device that no text messaging capabilities are presently allowed.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein receiving the location information, includes receiving one or more updates of current location coordinates.

15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising notifying a user, currently using an application on the wireless communications device, that use of the application is currently being restricted.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein notifying the user includes displaying a message on the wireless communications device.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein determining permissions further includes determining whether a wireless communications device continuing on the same trajectory is anticipated to enter a location where a restriction upon permissions is in place.

18. The method according to claim 17, further including notifying a user of the wireless communications device that a restriction will likely be put in place if the user continues on the same trajectory.

19. The method according to claim 11, further including queuing time insensitive communications while restrictions on communicating the time insensitive communication are currently in place.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein time insensitive communication includes inbound text messages.