Computing system with configuration update mechanism and method of operation thereof

• US 9,271,117 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Pierce, Jeffrey Scott, Walendowski, Alan John, Aylesworth, William, Lee, Chunkwok
• Primary Examiner(s): Nealon, William
• Application Number:
  US14/039,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20150094093A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.3, 455/405, 709/208, 715/753
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/10 Architectures or entities
• 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 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A computing system includes: a context module configured to determine a contextual information for representing the contextual information relative to a device; a zone module, coupled to the context module, configured to determine a proximity zone for identifying further devices within the proximity zone relative to the device; a proximate-device module, coupled to the zone module, configured to determine proximate-device identities for identifying the further devices relative to the device; and a configuration transfer module, coupled to the proximate-device module, configured to communicate a transferable configuration setting with a communication unit using the proximate-device identities for updating the device based on the transferable configuration setting and the contextual information for displaying on the device.

Claims

1. A computing system comprising:

a processor configured to;

determine a contextual information for representing the contextual information relative to a device;

determine a proximity zone for identifying further devices within the proximity zone relative to the device;

determine proximate-device identities for identifying the further devices relative to the device;

determine an uploading-device profile and a downloading-device profile for representing the device and the further devices;

generate a transferable configuration setting based on the uploading-device profile and the downloading-device profile for communicating the transferable configuration setting; and

a communication unit including microelectronics, coupled to the processor, configured to communicate the transferable configuration setting using the proximate-device identities for updating the device based on the transferable configuration setting and the contextual information.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the processor is configured to determine a future context for updating the device;

the communication unit is configured to communicate the transferable configuration setting based on the future context.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the processor is configured to;

determine a contextual time-mark for temporally representing a future context;

calculate a transfer offset relative to the contextual time-mark; and

the communication unit is configured to communicate the transferable configuration setting according to the transfer offset and the contextual time-mark.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the processor is configured to detect a trigger metric; and

the communication unit is configured to communicate the transferable configuration setting based on the trigger metric without previously displaying a configuration notification.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the processor is configured to;

determine a future context for describing an event surrounding the device, the further devices, or a combination thereof;

set a downloading-device profile based on the transferable configuration setting for configuring the device based on the transferable configuration setting; and

the communication unit is configured to communicate the transferable configuration setting based on the future context for communicating the transferable configuration setting from the further devices to the device.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the processor configured to:

determine an access privilege for describing the device, the further devices, or a combination thereof; and

determine a communication mode based on the access privilege for communicating the transferable configuration setting.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the processor configured to:

determine an uploading-device profile for representing the further devices, the uploading-device profile including an accessible setting, a limited-access setting, or a combination thereof; and

generate the transferable configuration setting based on the accessible setting, the limited-access setting, or a combination thereof.

8. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the processor is configured to determine the proximate-device identities based on a device-selection mechanism for selecting the further devices.

9. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein:

the processor is configured to identify a setting-change flag for representing a change in the further devices; and

the communication unit is configured to communicate the transferable configuration setting based on the setting-change flag.

10. A method of operation of a computing system comprising:

determining a contextual information for representing the contextual information relative to a device;

determining a proximity zone for identifying further devices within the proximity zone relative to a device;

determining a proximate-device identities for identifying the further devices relative to the device;

determining an uploading-device profile and the downloading-device profile for representing the device and the further devices;

generating a transferable configuration setting based on the uploading-device profile and the downloading-device profile for communicating the transferable configuration setting; and

communicating the transferable configuration setting with a communication unit using the proximate-device identities for updating the device based on the transferable configuration setting.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein:

determining the contextual information includes determining a future context for updating the device; and

communicating the transferable configuration setting includes communicating the transferable configuration setting based on the future context.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10 further comprising:

determining a contextual time-mark for temporally representing a future context;

calculating a transfer offset relative to the contextual time-mark; and

wherein;

communicating the transferable configuration setting includes communicating the transferable configuration setting according to the transfer offset and the contextual time-mark.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10 further comprising:

detecting a trigger metric; and

wherein;

communicating the transferable configuration setting includes communicating the transferable configuration setting based on the trigger metric without previously displaying a configuration notification.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions comprising:

determining a contextual information for representing the contextual information relative to a device;

determining a proximity zone for identifying further devices within the proximity zone relative to a device;

determining proximate-device identities for identifying the further devices relative to the device;

determining an uploading-device profile and the downloading-device profile for representing the device and the further devices;

generating a transferable configuration setting based on the uploading-device profile and the downloading-device profile for communicating the transferable configuration setting; and

communicating the transferable configuration setting using the proximate-device identities for updating the device based on the transferable configuration setting.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 14 wherein:

determining the contextual information includes determining a future context for updating the device; and

communicating the transferable configuration setting includes communicating the transferable configuration setting based on the future context.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 14 further comprising:

determining a contextual time-mark for temporally representing the future context;

calculating a transfer offset relative to the contextual time-mark; and

wherein;

communicating the transferable configuration setting includes communicating the transferable configuration setting according to the transfer offset and the contextual time-mark.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 14 further comprising:

detecting a trigger metric; and

wherein;

communicating the transferable configuration setting includes communicating the transferable configuration setting based on the trigger metric without previously displaying a configuration notification.