Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for saving and resuming a state of a collaborative interaction session between devices based on their positional relationship

• US 9,191,798 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Dearman, David A.
• Primary Examiner(s): BURGESS, BARBARA N
• Application Number:
  US13/416,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20130238712A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/204, 709/205, 709/223, 709/224, 709/227
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for saving and resuming a state of a collaborative interaction session between devices based on the positional relationship of the devices. A method may include determining, in an instance in which a first device and at least one second device are engaged in a collaborative interaction session, a first positional relationship. The method may further include receiving an indication of termination of the collaborative interaction session, determining the collaborative interaction session state and causing that state to be stored. The method may further include determining a second positional relationship and causing the collaborative interaction session to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state based upon a relationship between the first positional relationship and the second positional relationship. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a processor, in an instance in which a first device and at least one second device are engaged in a collaborative interaction session, a first positional relationship between the first device and the at least one second device, wherein the first positional relationship is based at least in part on a first orientation relationship of the first device relative to the at least one second device, wherein the first orientation relationship is defined by at least a first direction that a portion of the first device faces relative to a portion of the second device;

receiving an indication of termination of the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device;

determining the collaborative interaction session state;

causing the collaborative interaction session state to be stored;

determining a second positional relationship between the first device and the at least one second device, wherein the second positional relationship is based at least in part on a second orientation relationship of the first device relative to the at least one second device, wherein the second orientation relationship is defined by at least a second direction that the portion of the first device faces relative to the portion of the second device; and

causing the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state in an instance in which the second positional relationship satisfies the first positional relationship within a predetermined positional relationship tolerance.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the first positional relationship further comprises determining the first positional relationship based at least in part on the proximity of the first device to the at least one second device, and wherein determining the second positional relationship further comprises determining the second positional relationship based at least in part on the proximity of the first device to the at least one second device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving an indication of termination of the collaborative interaction session comprises receiving an indication from the first device or the at least one second device that the collaborative interaction session is terminated.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving an indication of termination of the collaborative interaction session comprises determining a third positional relationship between the first device and the at least one second device based at least in part on orientation of the first device relative to the at least one second device and determining an instance in which the third positional relationship does not satisfy the first positional relationship within a pre-determined positional relationship tolerance.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein causing the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state comprises automatically causing the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state in an instance in which the second positional relationship satisfies the first positional relationship within the predetermined positional relationship tolerance.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising causing a user of the first device or the at least one second device to be prompted as to whether the collaborative interaction session should be resumed at the stored collaborative interaction session state, and wherein causing the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state comprises causing the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state in an instance in which the user indicates that the collaborative interaction session should be resumed at the stored collaborative interaction session state.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second positional relationship satisfies the first position relationship within the predetermined positional relationship tolerance in an instance in which, at least, the second orientation relationship is within a predetermined orientation relationship tolerance of the first orientation relationship.

8. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine, in an instance in which a first device and at least one second device are engaged in a collaborative interaction session, a first positional relationship between the first device and the at least one second device, wherein the first positional relationship is based at least in part on a first orientation relationship of the first device relative to the at least one second device, wherein the first orientation relationship is defined by at least a first direction that a portion of the first device faces relative to a portion of the second device;

receive an indication of termination of the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device;

determine the collaborative interaction session state;

cause the collaborative interaction session state to be stored;

determine a second positional relationship between the first device and the at least one second device, wherein the second positional relationship is based at least in part on a second orientation relationship of the first device relative to the at least one second device, wherein the second orientation relationship is defined by at least a second direction that the portion of the first device faces relative to the portion of the second device; and

cause the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state in an instance in which the second positional relationship satisfies the first positional relationship within a predetermined positional relationship tolerance.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the first positional relationship by further determining the first positional relationship based at least in part on the proximity of the first device to the at least one second device, and wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the second positional relationship by further determining the second positional relationship based at least in part on the proximity of the first device to the at least one second device.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to receive an indication of termination of the collaborative interaction session by receiving an indication from the first device or the at least one second device that the collaborative interaction session is terminated.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to receive an indication of termination of the collaborative interaction session by determining a third positional relationship between the first device and the at least one second device based at least in part on orientation of the first device relative to the at least one second device and determining an instance in which the third positional relationship does not satisfy the first positional relationship within a pre-determined positional relationship tolerance.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to cause the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state by automatically causing the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state in an instance in which the second positional relationship satisfies the first positional relationship within the redetermined.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to cause a user of the first device or the at least one second device to be prompted as to whether the collaborative interaction session should be resumed at the stored collaborative interaction session state, and wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to cause the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state by causing the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state in an instance in which the user indicates that the collaborative interaction session should be resumed at the stored collaborative interaction session state.

14. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the second positional relationship satisfies the first position relationship within the predetermined positional relationship tolerance in an instance in which, at least, the second orientation relationship is within a predetermined orientation relationship tolerance of the first orientation relationship.

15. Computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable memory having program code portions stored thereon, the program code portions being

a computer readable medium and configured when said program product is run on a computer or network device, to:

determine, in an instance in which a first device and at least one second device are engaged in a collaborative interaction session, a first positional relationship between the first device and the at least one second device, wherein the first positional relationship is based at least in part on a first orientation relationship of the first device relative to the at least one second device, wherein the first orientation relationship is defined by at least a first direction that a portion of the first device faces relative to a portion of the second device;

receive an indication of termination of the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device;

determine the collaborative interaction session state;

cause the collaborative interaction session state to be stored;

determine a second positional relationship between the first device and the at least one second device, wherein the second positional relationship is based at least in part on a second orientation relationship of the first device relative to the at least one second device, wherein the second orientation relationship is defined by at least a second direction that the portion of the first device faces relative to the portion of the second device; and

cause the collaborative interaction session between the first device and the at least one second device to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state n an instance in which the second positional relationship satisfies the first positional relationship within a predetermined positional relationship tolerance.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the second positional relationship satisfies the first position relationship within the predetermined positional relationship tolerance in an instance in which, at least, the second orientation relationship is within a predetermined orientation relationship tolerance of the first orientation relationship.