System and method for control and management of resources for consumers of information

• US 9,681,254 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2016
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sensoriant, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sensoriant, Inc.
• Inventors: Naqvi, Shamim A.
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US15/244,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20160360517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 294 Days
• Field of Search: 4554323, 4554561, 4555501, 455450
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/34 using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4016 involving fraud or risk level assessment in transaction processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 : Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 : dummy group

Abstract

A system and method is provided for using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. This determination may be used to control and manage the actions that the device is asked to carry out by or on behalf of the user.

Claims

1. A service delivery platform, comprising:

a resource map storing a representation of an environment of each of a plurality of user devices, each of the representations being based on information obtained from resource updates received from the respective user devices, the information including (i) a capabilities list (CL) stored in a resource registry associated with the respective user devices, each of the CLs specifying one or more attributes of one or more external resources available to and in proximity with the respective user devices and (ii) state information concerning a physical environment of the respective user devices obtained from one or more sensors associated with the respective user devices;

a resource profile unit containing pre-defined pattern matching rules for matching access policies of the respective user devices with the representation of the environment for the respective user devices stored in the resource map; and

a recognition unit for causing allowance and disallowance of access to one or more of the external resources available to and in proximity with the respective user devices based on the matching.

2. The service delivery platform of claim 1, wherein the resource update is received with a home location register location update from the user device.

3. The service delivery platform of claim 1, wherein the recognition unit causes access to the one or more of the external resources to be allowed and is further configured to specify a service with which the one or more external resources is to be associated.

4. The service delivery platform of claim 3, wherein the recognition unit is further configured to specify a network path over which the service is to be delivered.

5. The service delivery platform of claim 3, wherein the recognition unit is further configured to request permission from the user device before associating the specified service with the one or more external resources.

6. The service delivery platform of claim 1, wherein the recognition unit is further configured to enable or disable one or more applications available within the user device based on the matching.

7. The service delivery platform of claim 1, wherein the access to the one or more external resources allows a service to be delivered by the one or more external resources to a user associated with the user device from which the resource update was received.

8. The service delivery platform of claim 7 wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a service provider policy.

9. The service delivery platform of claim 7 wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a preference of a user associated with the user device from which the resource update was received.

10. The service delivery platform of claim 1 wherein the one or more external resources includes a monitor device located in an automobile.

11. The service delivery platform of claim 1 wherein the one or more external resources includes a network resource.

12. The service delivery platform of claim 11 wherein the network resource is generated by an automobile.

13. The service delivery platform of claim 1 wherein the capabilities list is received by the user device via an out-of-band process.

14. A service delivery platform, comprising:

a resource map storing a representation of an environment of each of a plurality of user devices each associated with a user, each of the representations being based on information obtained from resource updates periodically received from the respective user devices, the information including (i) a capabilities list (CL) associated with the respective user devices, each of the CLs specifying one or more attributes of external resources in proximity with the respective user devices and (ii) state information concerning a physical environment of the respective user devices obtained from one or more sensors associated with the respective user devices;

a resource profile unit containing pre-defined pattern matching rules for matching access policies of the respective user devices with the representation of the environment for the respective user devices stored in the resource map; and

a recognition unit for controlling user access to a service based on the matching.

15. The service delivery platform of claim 14, wherein the recognition unit is configured to limit access to the service when the state information obtained from the one or more sensors indicates that the user device is in a pre-defined physical environment.

16. The service delivery platform of claim 14, wherein the service is provisioned by the external resource.

17. The service delivery platform of claim 16, wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the user device from which the resource update was received.

18. The service delivery platform of claim 14, wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the user device from which the resource update was received.

19. The service delivery platform of claim 14 wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a user selected preference.

20. The service delivery platform of claim 14 wherein the external resource includes a monitor device located in an automobile.

21. The service delivery platform of claim 14 wherein the external resource includes a network resource.

22. The service delivery platform of claim 14 wherein the network resource is generated by an automobile.

23. The service delivery platform of claim 14 wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a service provider policy.

24. The service delivery platform of claim 14 wherein the capabilities list is received by the user device via an out-of-band process.

25. A method for controlling access to services to be delivered to a plurality of users each associated with a respective user device, comprising:

receiving service requests from the user devices;

allowing or disallowing each of the users to access the respective requested service based on an application of pre-defined pattern matching rules for matching access policies of the respective user devices with a respective representation of an environment for each of the user devices, each of the representations being based on information obtained from resource updates received from the respective user devices, the information including (i) a capabilities list (CL) stored in a resource registry associated with the respective user devices, each of the CLs specifying one or more attributes of an external resource in proximity with the respective user devices and (ii) state information concerning a physical environment of the respective user devices obtained from one or more sensors associated with the respective user devices.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein allowing or disallowing a selected one of the user to access a selected one of the requested services includes re-directing delivery of one of the selected requested service to an external resource specified in the representation for the selected user device.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein allowing or disallowing at least one of the users to access a requested service includes disallowing access to the requested service if the state information indicates that the user device is in a pre-defined physical environment.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the service is provisioned by the external resource.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the user device from which the resource update was received.

30. The method of claim 25, wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the user device from which the resource update was received.

31. The method of claim 25 wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a user selected preference.

32. The method of claim 25 wherein the external resource includes a monitor device located in an automobile.

33. The method of claim 25 wherein the external resource includes a network resource.

34. The method of claim 25 wherein the network resource is generated by an automobile.

35. The method of claim 25 wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a service provider policy.

36. The service delivery platform of claim 25 wherein the capabilities list is received by the user device via an out-of-band process.