Presenting information on a mobile communication device

• US 9,600,805 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Lange, Stephan, Janicki, Manuela, Wichmann, Torsten
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan, Yongjia
• Application Number:
  US13/926,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20140380181A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,365 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources

Abstract

Techniques for presenting information on a mobile communication device to an employee of an organization include receiving an indication to present information associated with an organization to an employee of the organization; in response to receiving the indication, determining a current geographic location of the employee; identifying a facility of a plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee; retrieving information associated with the identified facility from a local memory of the mobile communication device; and presenting the retrieved information to the employee.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed with a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

receiving an indication to present information associated with an organization to an employee of the organization, the indication including a particular geographic location associated with two or more situations, each situation associated with a different risk category;

in response to receiving the indication, determining i) a current geographic location of the employee and ii) a status of a data connection of the mobile communication device;

determining that the particular geographic location corresponds to the current geographic location;

in response to determining that the particular geographic location corresponds to the current geographic location, identifying a plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee;

determining a situation associated with each facility of the plurality of facilities;

comparing each situation of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location with the situation associated with each facility of the plurality of facilities;

based on the comparing, identifying i) a first facility from the plurality of facilities that matches a first situation of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location and ii) a second facility from the plurality of facilitates that matches a second situation of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location, the first facility differing from the second facility;

determining that the status of the data connection of the mobile communication device is online;

in response to determining that the status of the data connection is online;

i) receiving, from the mobile communications device, user input indicating a selection of one of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location,

ii) retrieving information associated with the facility associated with the selected situation from a local memory of the mobile communication device, the information including offline links to online content provided by a remote server, and

iii) retrieving online information for the facility associated with the selected situation from the remote server, the online information being retrieved via the offline links to online content; and

providing the retrieved information to the mobile communications device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, for each facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization, information associated with the facility in the local memory of the mobile communication device prior to receiving the indication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving an input from the employee for accessing information associated with the organization.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving a notification from a computing system of the organization to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization, the computing system being remote from the mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining the current geographic location of the mobile communication device using a global positioning system (GPS).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining, for each facility of the plurality of facilities, a distance between a geographic location of the facility and the current geographic location of the employee, the geographic location of the facility being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device; and

identifying the plurality of facilities based on the determined distances.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the retrieved information to the employee comprises:

providing one or more links to information stored in a remote storage medium accessible by the mobile communication device, the one or more links being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the status of the data connection of the mobile communication device is offline and in response, retrieving offline content associated with the facility from the local memory of the mobile communication device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the offline content includes emergency content information associated with the particular facility and the organization, and the online content includes descriptions, floor plans, images, and videos associated with the particular facility.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication to present information associated with an organization to an employee of the organization, the indication including a particular geographic location associated with two or more situations, each situation associated with a different risk category;

in response to receiving the indication, determining i) a current geographic location of the employee and ii) a status of a data connection of the mobile communication device;

determining that the particular geographic location corresponds to the current geographic location;

in response to determining that the particular geographic location corresponds to the current geographic location, identifying a plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee;

determining a situation associated with each facility of the plurality of facilities;

comparing each situation of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location with the situation associated with each facility of the plurality of facilities;

based on the comparing, identifying i) a first facility from the plurality of facilities that matches a first situation of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location and ii) a second facility from the plurality of facilitates that matches a second situation of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location, the first facility differing from the second facility;

determining that the status of the data connection of the mobile communication device is online;

in response to determining that the status of the data connection is online;

i) receiving, from the mobile communications device, user input indicating a selection of one of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location,

ii) retrieving information associated with the facility associated with the selected situation from a local memory of the mobile communication device, the information including offline links to online content provided by a remote server, and

iii) retrieving online information for the facility associated with the selected situation from the remote server, the online information being retrieved via the offline links to online content; and

providing the retrieved information to the mobile communications device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing, for each facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization, information associated with the facility in the local memory of the mobile communication device prior to receiving the indication.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving an input from the employee for accessing information associated with the organization.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving a notification from a computing system of the organization to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization, the computing system being remote from the mobile communication device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein determining the current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining the current geographic location of the mobile communication device using a global positioning system (GPS).

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein identifying the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining, for each facility of the plurality of facilities, a distance between a geographic location of the facility and the current geographic location of the employee, the geographic location of the facility being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device; and

identifying the plurality of facilities based on the determined distances.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein providing the retrieved information to the employee comprises:

providing one or more links to information stored in a remote storage medium accessible by the mobile communication device, the one or more links being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device.

17. A system of one or more computers configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication to present information associated with an organization to an employee of the organization, the indication including a particular geographic location associated with two or more situations, each situation associated with a different risk category;

in response to receiving the indication, determining i) a current geographic location of the employee and ii) a status of a data connection of the mobile communication device;

determining that the particular geographic location corresponds to the current geographic location;

in response to determining that the particular geographic location corresponds to the current geographic location, identifying a plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee;

determining a situation associated with each facility of the plurality of facilities;

comparing each situation of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location with the situation associated with each facility of the plurality of facilities;

based on the comparing, identifying i) a first facility from the plurality of facilities that matches a first situation of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location and ii) a second facility from the plurality of facilitates that matches a second situation of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location, the first facility differing from the second facility;

determining that the status of the data connection of the mobile communication device is online;

in response to determining that the status of the data connection is online;

i) receiving, from the mobile communications device, user input indicating a selection of one of the two or more situations associated with the particular geographic location,

ii) retrieving information associated with the facility associated with the selected situation from a local memory of the mobile communication device, the information including offline links to online content provided by a remote server, and

iii) retrieving online information for the facility associated with the selected situation from the remote server, the online information being retrieved via the offline links to online content; and

providing the retrieved information to the mobile communications device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing, for each facility of the plurality of facilities associated with the organization, information associated with the facility in the local memory of the mobile communication device prior to receiving the indication.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving an input from the employee for accessing information associated with the organization.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein receiving the indication to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization comprises:

receiving a notification from a computing system of the organization to present information associated with the organization to the employee of the organization, the computing system being remote from the mobile communication device.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein determining the current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining the current geographic location of the mobile communication device using a global positioning system (GPS).

22. The system of claim 17, wherein identifying the plurality of facilities associated with the organization based on the determined current geographic location of the employee comprises:

determining, for each facility of the plurality of facilities, a distance between a geographic location of the facility and the current geographic location of the employee, the geographic location of the facility being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device; and

identifying the plurality of facilities based on the determined distances.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein providing the retrieved information to the employee comprises:

providing one or more links to information stored in a remote storage medium accessible by the mobile communication device, the one or more links being previously stored in the local memory of the mobile communication device.