Automatic response to localized input

• US 9,445,394 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2014
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bi, Haifeng
• Primary Examiner(s): SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL
• Application Number:
  US14/516,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20150038176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 370/395.2, 370/310, 455/435.1, 455/411, 455/415, 455/456.3, 726/3, 726/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Automatic response to localized input is provided. Where a first user equipment enters a service area, the presence of the first user equipment can be determined from an identification information. The identification information can be employed to access information relating to the identification information. Where either the identification information or the information associated with the identification information satisfy one or more predetermined rules, a response can be determined. The determined response can be made accessible. As such, a second user equipment can receive the response based, at least in part, on the first user equipment entering the service area.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving proximity information related to a proximity of a first user equipment to an access point device;

receiving account information associated with the first user equipment in response to the first user equipment being determined to satisfy a temporal rule related to an elapsed time during which the first user equipment is determined to have satisfied a boundary condition with respect to a zone corresponding to a service area of the access point device;

receiving consumer identification information based on the account identification information;

determining, in response to the consumer identification information satisfying an identity condition of an identity rule, notification information based on the proximity information, wherein the rule measures a level of similarity between configurable consumer identity information and the account information; and

facilitating access to the notification information by a second user equipment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the boundary condition relates to the first user equipment transitioning the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the boundary condition relates to a time that the first user equipment has been determined to have occupied the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the boundary condition relates to a number of times the first user equipment has been determined to have transitioned the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining a notification priority based on the consumer identification information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise facilitating access to the notification information for a third user equipment based on the notification priority.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the facilitating the access of the notification information by the second user equipment comprises selecting a process from defined processes for access of information of the system based on the notification priority.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the defined processes comprise electronic messaging.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the defined processes comprise email messaging.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the defined processes comprise telephone calling.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the defined processes comprise interaction via a web site hosted by a web site server device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the identity rule relates to determining that a portion of the account information matches another portion of the configurable consumer identification information.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the portion of the account information comprises a variation of a spelling of a name associated with the other portion of the configurable consumer identification information.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device comprising a processor, proximity information related to a proximity of a first user equipment to an access point device;

receiving, by the device, account information associated with the first user equipment in response to the first user equipment being determined to have satisfied a temporal rule related to an elapsed time over which the first user equipment is determined to satisfy a boundary condition with respect to a zone corresponding to a service area of the access point device;

receiving, by the device, consumer identification information based on the account identification information;

determining by the device, in response to the consumer identification information being determined to have satisfied an identity condition of an identity rule, notification priority information based on the proximity information, wherein the rule determines corresponding information between a consumer profile associated with configurable consumer identity information and the account information; and

facilitating, by the device, access to notification information by a second user equipment based on the notification priority information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving the account information is in response to the first user equipment being determined to have transitioned the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving the account information is in response to the first user equipment being determined to occupy the zone corresponding to the service area of the access point device for a defined period of time.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving the consumer identification information comprises determining that a first portion of the account information matches a second portion of the consumer profile.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first portion of the account information comprises a variation of a spelling of a name associated with the second portion of the consumer profile.

19. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving proximity information related to a proximity of a first user equipment to an access point device;

receiving account information associated with the first user equipment in response to the first user equipment being determined to have satisfied a temporal rule related to an elapsed time according to which the first user equipment is determined to satisfy a boundary condition with respect to a zone corresponding to a service area of the access point device;

receiving consumer identification information based on a portion of the account identification information being determined to be same as another portion of a consumer profile associated with the consumer identification information;

in response to the consumer identification information satisfying an identity condition of an identity rule, determining notification priority information based on the proximity information, wherein the rule relates to configurable consumer identity information; and

facilitating access to notification information by a second user equipment based on the notification priority information.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the facilitating the access comprises selecting a technology, based on the notification priority information, from technologies related to accessing the notification information by the second user equipment.