Facilitating content management based on profiles of members in an environment

• US 9,819,764 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2017
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• 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: Davis, Braxton
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Kyung H
• Application Number:
  US15/425,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20170149927A1
• Time in Patent Office: 281 Days
• Field of Search: 165203, 165202, 62157, 236 1 B, 455415, 4551611, 4551612, 715758
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00064 for sending air streams of different temperatures into the passenger compartment
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01536 using ultrasonic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/253 Grammatical analysis; Style critique
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096888 where input information is obtained using learning systems, e.g. history databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

Concurrent provisioning of preferences for members of an environment is facilitated. A method identifies a characteristic of an environment, wherein the characteristic is based on profile information associated with entities in the environment. The method also determines control information associated with providing preferences associated with the characteristic. In another case, an apparatus stores first profile for a first entity, wherein the first profile information is configured to be evaluated, along with second profile information associated with a second entity, by a receiving device in an environment. In another case, an apparatus retrieves, from a device in an environment, profile information associated with entities in the environment. The apparatus can determine support care based on the profile information.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a first device comprising a processor, control information used in providing preferences associated with a defined characteristic of an environment to entities in the environment, wherein profile information associated with the entities comprises first profile information associated with a first entity of the entities and second profile information associated with a second entity of the entities; and

determining, by the first device, incompatibility information associated with an incompatibility with concurrently providing a first preference and a second preference of the preferences within the environment based on a first age of the first entity, wherein the second profile information associated with the second entity comprises a first numerical value associated with a second age of the second entity, and wherein the incompatibility is that the second entity has the second age of the first numerical value and that the first preference of the first entity is associated with a first broadcasting station device configured to broadcast content comprising subject matter typed as being inappropriate for first entities of the entities aged equal to the first numerical value of the second entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the control information comprises:

determining that the first profile information and the second profile information indicate distinct preferences of the preferences associated with the defined characteristic;

determining the first preference and the second preference; and

determining information associated with providing the first preference associated with the defined characteristic to the first entity of the entities.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the control information comprises providing the second preference associated with the defined characteristic to the second entity of the entities, wherein the first preference is provided within a first region of the environment proximate to the first entity, and wherein the second preference is provided within a second region of the environment proximate to the second entity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the control information comprises:

determining that the first profile information and the second profile information indicate a same preference associated with the defined characteristic; and

determining preference information associated with concurrently providing the same preference to the entities.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the control information comprises:

determining that the first profile information and the second profile information indicate distinct preferences of the preferences associated with the defined characteristic;

determining the first preference and the second preference; and

providing the second preference associated with the defined characteristic to the entities.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the control information comprises:

determining that the first profile information and the second profile information indicate distinct preferences associated with the defined characteristic; and

determining the first preference and the second preference.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

selecting, by the first device for the second entity, a third preference instead of the second preference, wherein the selecting the third preference is based on the incompatibility; and

determining, by the first device, preference information associated with providing the first preference associated with the defined characteristic to the first entity of the entities.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing, by the first device, the third preference associated with the defined characteristic to the second entity of the entities, wherein the first preference is provided within a first region of the environment proximate to the first entity, and wherein the third preference is provided within a second region of the environment proximate to the second entity.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the first device, preference information associated with concurrently providing the first preference to the first entity and the second entity based on the incompatibility.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the first device, the profile information based on external information received via a wireless channel between the first device and second devices associated with respective ones of the entities.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second devices comprise a radio frequency identification device associated with one of the entities.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the first device, the profile information based on biometric information obtained from the entities.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the defined characteristic comprises a temperature of the environment, wherein the determining the control information comprises determining a first temperature to be provided in a first region of the first entity of the entities and determining a second temperature to be provided in a second region of the second entity of the entities, and wherein the first temperature is to be provided in the first region concurrently with the second temperature being provided in the second region.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining, by the first device, a defined level of sun tinting of a window in the first region of the environment to provide the first temperature in the first region and controlling the sun tinting to effectuate the defined level.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the defined characteristic comprises broadcast information in the environment, and wherein the determining the control information comprises:

determining a first preferred broadcast station device associated with the first entity of the entities,

determining a second preferred broadcast station device associated with the second entity of the entities, and

determining that the first preferred broadcast station device is incompatible with the second entity based on biographical information of the second entity.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

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

determining first profile information associated with a first entity of the entities and second profile information associated with a second entity of the entities; and

determining incompatibility information associated with an incompatibility with concurrently providing a first preference and a second preference of preferences of the entities within the environment based on a demographic of the first entity, wherein the incompatibility is based on ages of the entities and that the first entity has a first age and that the second entity has a second age different than the first age, and that the first preference of the first entity is associated with a first broadcasting station device configured to broadcast content comprising subject matter typed as being inappropriate for the second entity based on the second entity being aged at least equal to the first numerical value.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the incompatibility is associated with content of a broadcast station provided in the environment.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is a mobile device.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining control information used in providing preferences associated with a defined characteristic of an environment to entities in the environment, wherein profile information associated with the entities comprises first profile information associated with a first entity of the entities and second profile information associated with a second entity of the entities; and

determining incompatibility information associated with an incompatibility with concurrently providing a first preference and a second preference of the preferences within the environment based on a first age of the first entity, wherein the second profile information associated with the second entity comprises a first numerical value associated with a second age of the second entity, and wherein the incompatibility is that the second entity has the second age of the first numerical value and that the first preference of the first entity is associated with a first broadcasting station device configured to broadcast content comprising subject matter typed as being inappropriate for first entities of the entities aged equal to the first numerical value of the second entity.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium 19, wherein the determining the control information comprises:

determining that the first profile information and the second profile information indicate distinct preferences of the preferences associated with the defined characteristic;

determining the first preference and the second preference; and

determining information associated with providing the first preference associated with the defined characteristic to the first entity of the entities.