Hot desk setup using geolocation

• US 9,435,875 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2012
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Masters, Jon
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHIL K
• Application Number:
  US13/590,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20140052974A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,478 Days
• Field of Search: 713/1, 713/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4406 Loading of operating system
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A geolocation system determines a location of a user mobile device. The geolocation system identifies a hot desk policy associated with the location of the user mobile device and automatically configures a workspace according to the hot desk policy associated with the location of the user mobile device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining a location of a user mobile device;

comparing the location of the user mobile device to a workspace location represented in a hot desk policy;

in response to the location of the user mobile device matching the workspace location, identifying, by a processing device, the hot desk policy associated with the workspace location;

identifying a security policy associated with the location of the user mobile device;

verifying the location of the user mobile device with data from an application associated with a user by determining that the application indicates an expected location of the user that matches the location of the user mobile device;

configuring a workspace at the workspace location according to the hot desk policy associated with the workspace location, wherein the workspace is separate from the user mobile device; and

configuring a security system at the workspace location to grant access to the user of the user mobile device according to the security policy.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the location of the user mobile device comprises:

receiving coordinates of the user mobile device;

determining a street address of the user mobile device in view of the coordinates; and

resolving the location of the user mobile device in view of the street address.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the hot desk policy comprises looking up the location of the user mobile device in a hot desk policy database.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the workspace according to the hot desk policy comprises:

loading a user profile, including user preferences, desktop files, configuration settings, and frequently used files, onto a computer in the workspace; and

routing incoming telephone phone calls to a telephone in the workspace.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the security system according to the security policy comprises granting the user access to a building and floor where the workspace is located.

6. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to;

determine a location of a user mobile device;

compare the location of the user mobile device to a workspace location represented in a hot desk policy;

in response to the location of the user mobile device matching the workspace location, identify a hot desk policy associated with the workspace location;

identify a security policy associated with the workspace location of the user mobile device;

verify the location of the user mobile device with data from an application associated with a user, wherein to verify the location of the user mobile device, the processing device to determine that the application indicates an expected location of the user that matches the location of the user mobile device;

configure a workspace at the workspace location according to the hot desk policy associated with the workspace location, wherein the workspace is separate from the user mobile device; and

configure a security system at the workspace location to grant access to the user of the user mobile device according to the security policy.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein when the processing device determines the location of the user mobile device, the processing device to:

receive coordinates of the user mobile device;

determine a street address of the user mobile device in view of the coordinates; and

resolve the location of the user mobile device in view of the street address.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein when the processing device is to identify the hot desk policy, the processing device to look up the location of the user mobile device in a hot desk policy database.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein when the processing device configures the workspace according to the hot desk policy, the processing device to:

load, onto a computer in the workspace, a user profile comprising at least one of user preferences, desktop files, configuration settings, or frequently used files; and

route incoming telephone phone calls to a telephone in the workspace.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein when the processing device configures the security system according to the security policy, the processing device to grant the user access to a building and floor where the workspace is located.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause a processing device to:

determine a location of a user mobile device;

compare the location of the user mobile device to a workspace location represented in a hot desk policy;

in response to the location of the user mobile device matching the workspace location, identify, by the processing device, a hot desk policy associated with the workspace location;

identify a security policy associated with the workspace location of the user mobile device;

verify the location of the user mobile device with data from an application associated with the user, wherein to verify the location of the user mobile device, the processing device to determine that the application indicates an expected location of a user that matches the location of the user mobile device;

configure a workspace at the workspace location according to the hot desk policy associated with the workspace location, wherein the workspace is separate from the user mobile device; and

configure a security system at the workspace location to grant access to the user of the user mobile device according to the security policy.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein to determine the location of the user mobile device, the processing device further to:

receive coordinates of the user mobile device;

determine a street address of the user mobile device in view of the coordinates; and

resolve the location of the user mobile device in view of the street address.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein to identify the hot desk policy, the processing device to perform further to look up the location of the user mobile device in a hot desk policy database.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein to configure the workspace according to the hot desk policy, the processing device further to:

load, onto a computer in the workspace, a user profile comprising at least one of user preferences, desktop files, configuration settings, or frequently used files; and

route incoming telephone phone calls to a telephone in the workspace.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein to configure the security system according to the security policy, the processing device further to grant the user access to a building and floor where the workspace is located.