Wireless service platforms

• US 9,148,759 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2014
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sweeney, Jeffrey, Rooks, Kelsyn
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROSARIO, NELSON M
• Application Number:
  US14/281,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20140256359A1
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 455/432.3, 455/435.1, 455/435.2, 455/404.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/440, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/45, 455/6.3, 455/456.6, 705/5, 705/6, 709/224, 709/206
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• 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 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosed invention include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for performing automated events using a multi-wireless detection device service platform. For example, in one embodiment, a method for performing automated events in an office environment is disclosed. The method may include logging, by the office management system, a user onto a network data processing system located within an office within the office environment using an account associated with the user in response to receiving a notification message from a wireless detection device. In one embodiment, the communication between the wireless detection device and the office management system to log the user onto the network data processing system located within the office is performed in response to a user-initiated request that indicates that the wireless device is within the office.

Claims

1. A method for performing automated events in an office environment, the method comprising:

registering, with a computer, a wireless device corresponding to a user;

receiving, at the computer, a first notification message, from a wireless detection device, the first notification message indicating presence of the wireless device at a first location;

receiving, with the computer, a second notification message, from the wireless detection device, the second notification message indicating absence of the wireless device from the first location;

determining, with the computer, whether a third notification message has been received from a second wireless detection device, located at a second location, within a specified amount of time;

notifying, with the computer, a second user that a user corresponding to the wireless device did not arrive at the second location within the specified amount of time, based on a determination that the third notification message has not been received within the specified amount of time; and

notifying, with the computer, the second user that the user corresponding to with the wireless device safely arrived at the second location, based on a determination that the third notification message has been received within the specified amount of time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first wireless detection device is a femto cell.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user interface to receive input defining one or more actions to take upon receiving one or more notification messages from one or more wireless detection devices.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more actions depend upon a time of day at which the one or more notifications are received.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface is provided through a web portal.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface receives input for registering the wireless device, the input including a mobile identification number.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying a user comprises notifying a user via electronic mail message or short message service (SMS) message.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

logging, with the computer, the user onto a network data processing system at the first location in response to receiving the first notification message; and

logging, with the computer, the user off of the network data processing system in response to receiving the second notification message.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

logging, with the computer, the user onto a telephone system at the first location, using a telephone account associated with the user, in response to receiving the notification message from the wireless detection device located within the office;

logging, with the computer, the user off of the telephone system at the first location, in response to receiving the second notification message from the wireless detection device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first location is an office environment, the method further comprising updating, with the computer, an office directory to indicate that the user is located at an office in the office environment.

11. A computer system, comprising:

a data storage unit that stores user account information, wireless detection device location information, and wireless detection device identifiers;

a network interface that receives communications from a plurality of wireless detection devices located within an office environment;

a processing component; and

a memory component that stores instructions executable by the processing component, the instructions comprising;

instructions to register a wireless device corresponding to a user;

instructions to receive a first notification message, from a wireless detection device, the first notification message indicating presence of the wireless device at a first location;

instructions to receive a second notification message, from the wireless detection device, the second notification message indicating absence of the wireless device from the first location;

instructions to determine whether a third notification message has been received from a second wireless detection device, located at a second location, within a specified amount of time;

instructions to notify a second user that a user corresponding to the wireless device did not arrive at the second location within the specified amount of time, in response to a determination that the third notification message has not been received within the specified amount of time; and

instructions to notify the second user that the user corresponding to with the wireless device safely arrived at the second location, in response to a determination that the third notification message has been received within the specified amount of time.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the first wireless detection device is a femto cell.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to provide a user interface to receive input defining one or more actions to take upon receiving one or more notification messages from one or more wireless detection devices.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the one or more actions depend upon a time of day at which the one or more notifications are received.

15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the user interface is provided through a web portal.

16. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the user interface receives input for registering the wireless device, the input including a mobile identification number.

17. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the instructions to notify a user comprise instructions to notify a user via electronic mail message or short message service (SMS) message.

18. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions to log the user onto a network data processing system at the first location in response to receiving the first notification message; and

instructions to log the user off of the network data processing system in response to receiving the second notification message.

19. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further comprise:

instructions to log the user onto a telephone system at the first location, using a telephone account associated with the user, in response to receiving the notification message from the wireless detection device located within the office;

instructions to log the user off of the telephone system at the first location, in response to receiving the second notification message from the wireless detection device.

20. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the first location is an office environment, and wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to update an office directory to indicate that the user is located at an office in the office environment.