Switching of electronic social presence between devices

• US 9,614,922 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2014
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Limburn, Jonathan, White, Graham
• Primary Examiner(s): Vostal, O. C.
• Application Number:
  US14/512,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 709203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A processor implemented method, system, and/or computer program product switches an electronic social presence between a first device and a second device. An electronic signal indicating a signing in to a social presence server by the first device is received. A determination is made as to whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a predetermined distance. In response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the predetermined distance, the first device signs out from the social presence server, the second device signs in to the social presence server, and a history associated with the electronic social presence is transferred from the first device to the second device.

Claims

1. A method for switching an electronic social presence between a first device and a second device, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, an electronic signal indicating a signing in to a social presence server by the first device;

determining, by one or more processors, whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a first predetermined distance, wherein said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance is determined by a Bluetooth™

sensor that detects a presence of, or absence of, a Bluetooth™

connection between the first device and the second device, wherein the Bluetooth™

connection is used exclusively to determine whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, and wherein a WiFi communication mechanism is used to transfer the history associated with the electronic social presence from the first device to the second device;

determining, by one or more processors, whether the second device complies with a company security standard required to receive information from the social presence server;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance and in response to determining that the second device complies with the company security standard, one or more processors signing out from the social presence server on the first device, signing in to the social presence server on the second device, and transferring a history associated with the electronic social presence from the first device to the second device;

initiating, by one or more processors, a file download onto the first device;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, one or more processors pausing the file download onto the first device without continuing the file download on the second device; and

in response to subsequently determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the first predetermined distance of each other, one or more processors resuming the file download onto the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, whether the first device and the second device are physically located within a second predetermined distance of each other; and

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the second predetermined distance of each other, the one or more processors signing out from the social presence server on the second device, signing in to the social presence server on the first device, and transferring the history associated with the electronic social presence from the second device to the first device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance is performed by a position determination hardware system utilizing a stored home location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance is performed by an accelerometer utilizing a stored home location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a first predetermined distance is performed by a first agent executing on the first device and a second agent executing on the second device; and

said signing in, signing out, and transferring the history are carried out by the first agent and the second agent.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device is initially coupled to a docking station, and wherein the method further comprises:

detecting, by one or more processors, that the second device is physically removed from the docking station; and

in response to detecting that the second device is physically removed from the docking station, signing in, by one or more processors, to the social presence server by the second device.

6. A system for switching of electronic social presence between a first device and a second device, the system comprising:

a signing in detecting hardware device for detecting a signing in to a social presence server by the first device;

a determination hardware device for determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a first predetermined distance and for determining whether the second device complies with a company security standard required to receive information from the social presence server, wherein said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance is determined by a near field communication sensor that detects a presence of, or absence of, a near field communications (NFC) connection between the first device and the second device, wherein the NFC connection is used exclusively to determine whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, and wherein a WiFi communication mechanism is used to transfer the history associated with the electronic social presence from the first device to the second device;

a first signing in/out hardware device for, in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance and in response to determining that the second device complies with the company security standard, signing out from the social presence server on the first device, signing in to the social presence server on the second device, and transferring a history associated with the electronic social presence from the first device to the second device; and

one or more processors configured for;

initiating a file download onto the first device;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, pausing the file download onto the first device without continuing the file download on the second device; and

in response to subsequently determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the first predetermined distance of each other, resuming the file download onto the first device.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a physical location determination hardware device for determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located within a second predetermined distance of each other; and

a second signing in/out hardware device for, in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the second predetermined distance of each other, signing out from the social presence server on the second device, signing in to the social presence server on the first device, and transferring the history associated with the electronic social presence from the second device to the first device.

8. A computer program product for switching of electronic social presence between a first device and a second device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and wherein the program code is readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a signal indicating a signing in to a social presence server by the first device;

determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a first predetermined distance, wherein said determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance is determined by a Bluetooth™

sensor that detects a presence of, or absence of, a Bluetooth™

connection between the first device and the second device, wherein the Bluetooth™

connection is used exclusively to determine whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, and wherein a WiFi communication mechanism is used to transfer the history associated with the electronic social presence from the first device to the second device;

determining whether the second device complies with a company security standard required to receive information from the social presence server;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance and in response to determining that the second device complies with the company security standard, signing out from the social presence server on the first device, signing in to the social presence server on the second device, and transferring a history associated with the electronic social presence from the first device to the second device;

initiating a file download onto the first device;

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the first predetermined distance, pausing the file download onto the first device without continuing the file download on the second device; and

in response to subsequently determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the first predetermined distance of each other, resuming the file download onto the first device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the first device and the second device are physically located within a second predetermined distance of each other; and

in response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located within the second predetermined distance of each other, signing out from the social presence server on the second device, signing in to the social presence server on the first device, and transferring the history associated with the electronic social presence from the second device to the first device.