Direction coupling discrimination of networked exchanges

• US 9,179,246 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hewitt, Trudy Leigh, Schembari, Francesco Carmine, Wetli, Christina Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, Nathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zewari, Sayed T
• Application Number:
  US13/753,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20140213281A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.4, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/457
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

A computer implemented method, data processing system or computer program product for activating mobile device activity is disclosed. A mobile device may receive an action association to a stance, wherein the stance comprises a sector of the mobile device relative to a base, wherein a user specifies an action associated to the stance. The mobile device can receive a signal that the mobile device is present in the sector. Further, the mobile device, responsive to receiving the signal, may perform the action.

Claims

1. A computer program product for activating mobile device activity, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to receive a user-specification of an action associated with a stance, wherein the stance comprises a mobile device'"'"'s presence within a sector of a single base, and a orientation of the mobile device with respect to a force of gravity, among two opposing orientations and a mobile device orientation selected from the group consisting of within a up range of 50 degrees of up and within a down range of 50 degrees of down; and

wherein the action is performed, in part, in response to a determination that the mobile device is positioned in an orientation selected from the group consisting of within 50 degrees of up and within 50 degrees of down, wherein up references the mobile device placed with its largest display screen faced up within the up range, and wherein down references the mobile device placed with its largest display faced down within the down range, and wherein the single base comprises a plurality of antennas;

computer readable program code configured to receive a user identification of the base, wherein the user provides the identity of the base with which to coordinate;

wherein the computer readable program code configured to receive the user-specification of the action association further comprises;

computer readable program code configured to receive a user login;

computer readable program code configured to receive service resolution parameters; and

computer readable program code configured to receive a user password;

computer readable program code configured to receive a signal that the mobile device is present in the sector, less than 10 meters from any of the plurality of antennas;

computer readable program code configured to render a prompt requesting confirmation, by a user, to transfer of a media file, responsive to receiving the signal;

computer readable program code configured to receive an acknowledgment from the user to transfer the media file; and

computer readable program code configured to perform the action as a media file transfer to or from the mobile device provided the mobile device is within 10 meters of the base and indicate transfer status of the media file transfer to the user, responsive to receiving the acknowledgment from the user to transfer the media file.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the action comprises:

computer readable program code configured to communicate to a networked device other than the base.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code configured to perform the action comprises:

computer readable program code configured to render a prompt;

computer readable program code configured to receive an acknowledgment; and

computer readable program code configured to perform substantive data exchange, responsive to receiving the acknowledgment.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the action comprises changing an availability of at least one application.

5. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein the action further comprises rendering data concurrent to a file upload.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein concurrent to the file upload, is seconds prior to beginning transmission of the file.

7. The data processing system of claim 6, wherein the computer readable program code configured to begin transmission of the file discriminates among files based on a tag associated with the file.

12. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code configured to perform the action as the media file transfer to or from the mobile device performs the action provided the mobile station is detected as oriented according to the stance.

8. A data processing system comprising:

a bus;

a computer readable tangible storage device connected to the bus, wherein computer usable code is located in the computer readable tangible storage device;

a communication unit connected to the bus; and

a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code for activating mobile device activity, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to receive a user-specification of an action associated with a stance, wherein the stance comprises a mobile device'"'"'s presence within a sector a single base, and a orientation of the mobile device with respect to a force of gravity, among two opposing orientations a mobile device orientation selected from the group consisting of within a up range of 50 degrees of up and within a down range of 50 degrees of down; and

wherein the action is performed, in part, in response to a determination that the mobile device is positioned in an orientation selected from the group consisting of within 50 degrees of up and within 50 degrees of down, wherein up references the mobile device placed with its largest display screen faced up within the up range, and wherein down references the mobile device placed with its largest display faced down within the down range, and wherein the single base comprises a plurality of antennas;

receive a user identification of the base, wherein the user provides the identity of the base with which to coordinate;

wherein in executing the computer usable code to receive the user-specification of the action association further comprises the processing unit executing computer usable code to receive a user login;

receive service resolution parameters; and

receive a user password;

receive a signal that the mobile device is present in the sector, less than 10 meters from any of the plurality of antennas;

render a prompt requesting confirmation, by a user, to transfer of a media file, responsive to receiving the signal;

receive an acknowledgment from the user to transfer the media file; and

perform the action as a media file transfer to or from the mobile device provided the mobile device is within 10 meters of the base and indicate transfer status of the media file transfer to the user, responsive to receiving the acknowledgment from the user to transfer the media file.

9. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the action comprises communicating to a networked device other than the base.

10. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the processing unit, in executing computer readable program code to receive the action association, further executes computer readable program code configured to:

render a prompt;

receive an acknowledgment; and

perform substantive data exchange, responsive to receiving the acknowledgment.

11. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the processing unit, in executing computer readable program code to perform the action, further executes computer readable program code to providing feedback to the user of the substantive data exchange, wherein the substantive data exchange comprises a media file having at least one of audio and photo data.

13. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to perform the action as the media file transfer to or from the mobile device performs the action provided the mobile station is detected as oriented according to the stance.