Situation sensitive information push

• US 9,277,360 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2014
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fay, Luke, Zustak, Frederick
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Minjung
• Application Number:
  US14/148,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

A method involves an MNO receiving data from a mobile device representing a current situation of a user of the device. The MNO stores data characterizing products and services represented in a solution knowledgebase. The MNO stores data characterizing the user in a user knowledgebase. An inference engine analyzes the data in order to determine if the data corresponds to an actionable event relevant to the user. If so, a search of information relevant to the event and the mobile device data at least in the solution knowledgebase is conducted and the results are pushed to the mobile device. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Claims

1. A mobile network operator (MNO), comprising:

a receiver configured to receive location data from a mobile device representing a current situation of a user of the mobile device;

a solution knowledgebase configured to store data characterizing products and services;

a situational analysis engine to analyze the location data from the mobile device to determine whether the data from the mobile device corresponds to an actionable event relevant to the user;

a processor programmed with instructions to conduct a search of information relevant to the actionable event;

the processor programmed with instructions to;

determine, using the location data, whether the mobile device has been continuously traveling for a threshold period at a speed indicating confinement without a stop;

responsive to determining that the mobile device has been continuously traveling for the threshold period at a speed indicating confinement without a stop, providing on the mobile device at least one alert of an existence of an actionable event.

2. The MNO according to claim 1, where the search further searches for incentives available to the user, and where the processor is configured to push the incentives from the MNO to the mobile device.

3. The MNO according to claim 1, where when an actionable event is identified the processor is configured to push an alert from the MNO to the mobile device.

4. The MNO according to claim 3, where the MNO receiver is configured to receive a signal from the mobile device as a result of user input in order to authorize a push of search results from the MNO to the mobile device.

5. The MNO according to claim 3, where the data from the mobile device comprises sensor data.

6. A method comprising:

receiving location data from a mobile device;

accessing information related to products and services;

analyzing the location data from the mobile device to determine whether data from the mobile device corresponds to an actionable event relevant to a user;

searching information relevant to the actionable event;

determining, using the location data, whether the mobile device has been continuously traveling for a threshold period at a speed indicating confinement without a stop; and

responsive to determining that the mobile device has been continuously traveling for the threshold period at a speed indicating confinement without a stop, providing on the mobile device at least one alert of an existence of an actionable event.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising searching for incentives available to the user, and pushing the incentives to the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein responsive to identifying an actionable event, the method comprises pushing an alert to the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 6, comprising receiving a signal from the mobile device as a result of user input to authorize a push of search results to the mobile device.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the data from the mobile device comprises sensor data.

11. At least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor for:

receiving location data from a mobile device;

accessing information related to products and services;

analyzing the location data from the mobile device to determine whether data from the mobile device corresponds to an actionable event relevant to a user;

searching information relevant to the actionable event;

determining, using the location data, whether the mobile device has been continuously traveling for a threshold period at a speed indicating confinement without a stop; and

responsive to determining that the mobile device has been continuously traveling for the threshold period at a speed indicating confinement without a stop, providing on the mobile device at least one alert of an existence of an actionable event.

12. The computer memory of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable for searching for incentives available to the user, and pushing the incentives to the mobile device.

13. The computer memory of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable for, responsive to identifying an actionable event, pushing an alert to the mobile device.

14. The computer memory of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable for receiving a signal from the mobile device as a result of user input to authorize a push of search results to the mobile device.

15. The computer memory of claim 11, wherein the data from the mobile device comprises sensor data.