Mobile device sharing facilitation methods and systems

• US 9,838,536 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Diaby, Moustapha
• Application Number:
  US14/042,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20150094035A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,527 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/154 Functional or symbolic dial plan such as license plate numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a network participant or other communication device (smartphone or vehicle, e.g.).

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor device; and

one or more instructions that, when implemented in the at least one processor device, program the at least one processor device to perform one or more operations including at least;

associating a real destination device identifier and one or more virtual device identifiers corresponding to the real destination device identifier with a mobile device including at least configuring the mobile device to be shared by two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings wherein configuring the mobile device includes obtaining from at least one party of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings the real device identifier, the one or more virtual device identifiers, and one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties, the one or more response protocols specifying at least one of enablement or disablement of at least one of incoming or outgoing communications associated with the mobile device;

receiving, from at least one communication device, first communication data including a device identifier;

determining whether the device identifier in the first communication data includes at least one of the real destination device identifier or the one or more virtual device identifiers;

transmitting, to the mobile device, second communication data including the real destination device identifier and an indication of whether the device identifier in the first communication data includes at least one of the real destination device identifier or the one or more virtual device identifiers;

obtaining at least one of image data or voice data sensed in a vicinity of the mobile device associated as a real destination device;

analyzing the at least one of image data or voice data via at least one of face recognition or voice recognition for determining presence of at least one of the two or more parties in the vicinity of the mobile device;

determining at least one attribute of a user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties based at least partly on the presence of at least one of the two or more parties in the vicinity of the mobile device;

selecting a response protocol from the one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties based at least partly on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties; and

causing, at the mobile device, execution of the selected response protocol.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the associating a real destination device identifier and one or more virtual device identifiers corresponding to the real destination device identifier with a mobile device includes:

associating a real phone number and one or more virtual phone numbers with the mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving, from a at least one communication device, first communication data including a device identifier includes:

receiving at least one of phone call data or text message data including either the real destination device identifier or at least one of the one or more virtual device identifiers.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving, from a at least one communication device, first communication data including a device identifier includes:

receiving wireless communication data including either the real destination device identifier or at least one of the one or more virtual device identifiers.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the transmitting, to the mobile device, second communication data including an indication of whether the device identifier in the first communication data includes at least one of the real destination device identifier or the one or more virtual device identifiers-includes:

at least one of;

transmitting communication data including header data indicating whether the device identifier in the first communication data includes at least one of the real destination device identifier or the one or more virtual device identifiers;

or

transmitting communication data including a user identifier associated with either the real destination device identifier or at least one of the one or more virtual device identifiers.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties includes:

determining whether one or more users are logged in to the mobile device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the causing, at the mobile device, execution of the selected response protocol includes:

providing, to the at least one communication device, an indication that a recipient is unavailable when a user indicated by either the real destination device identifier or at least one of the one or more virtual device identifiers is not logged in based at least partially on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the causing, at the mobile device, execution of the selected response protocol includes:

generating, via the mobile device, at least one ring tone selected according to whether the device identifier in the first communication data includes at least one of the real destination device identifier or the one or more virtual device identifiers and the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the causing, at the mobile device, execution of the selected response protocol includes:

providing the communication data to a voicemail system according to whether the communication data included either the real destination device identifier or at least one of the one or more virtual device identifiers and the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the causing, at the mobile device, execution of the selected response protocol includes:

causing execution of a default response protocol when the first communication data includes at least the real destination device identifier; and

causing execution of a user-specific response protocol when the first communication data includes at least one of the one or more virtual device identifiers, wherein the user-specific response protocol is selected based at least partially on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one of;

receiving context data associated with the mobile device;

receiving communication identification data associated with a source of the first communication data;

receiving, via the mobile device, at least one of image data, video streaming data, video teleconferencing data, streaming multimedia content, or audio data;

or

receiving, via the mobile device, at least one of image data video streaming data, video teleconferencing data, streaming multimedia content, or audio data indicative of a presence of a user within a proximity of the mobile device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting a response protocol from the one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties based at least partly on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties includes:

selecting a response protocol according to context data associated with the mobile device and the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more user inputs associating a first response protocol of the mobile device with the real destination device identifier; and

receiving one or more user inputs associating a second response protocol of the mobile device with at least one of the one or more virtual device identifiers.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting a response protocol from the one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties based at least partly on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties includes:

selecting a response protocol that enables at least one of the two or more parties to access WLAN service via an access point while disabling access by other parties based at least partly on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting a response protocol from the one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties based at least partly on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties includes:

selecting a response protocol that switches between a general purpose operating mode and a limited purpose operating mode based at least partly on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the selecting a response protocol from the one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties based at least partly on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties includes:

selecting a response protocol that specifies at least one of enablement or disablement of at least one of incoming or outgoing communications associated with the mobile device based at least partly on at least one of face recognition or voice recognition of information sensed by the mobile device.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device includes:

at least one of a mobile phone, a multimode cellular device, a TDMA device, a GSM device, a spread spectrum device, a CDMA device, a OFDM WiLAN device, a WiFi system device, an internet device, a speakerphone, a speaker, a display device, a video conference unit, a digital television, or a mobile television.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first communication data or the second communication data includes:

at least one of a telephone call, a text message, a video call, audio data content, image data content, video streaming data content, video teleconferencing data content, or streaming multimedia content.

19. A system comprising:

circuitry configured for associating a real destination device identifier and one or more virtual device identifiers corresponding to the real destination device identifier with a mobile device including at least configuring the mobile device to be shared by two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings wherein configuring the mobile device includes obtaining from at least one party of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings the real device identifier, the one or more virtual device identifiers, and one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties, the one or more response protocols specifying at least one of enablement or disablement of at least one of incoming or outgoing communications associated with the mobile device;

circuitry configured for receiving, from at least one communication device, first communication data including a device identifier;

circuitry configured for determining whether the device identifier in the first communication data includes at least one of the real destination device identifier or the one or more virtual device identifiers;

circuitry configured for transmitting, to the mobile device, second communication data including the real destination device identifier and an indication of whether the device identifier in the first communication data includes at least one of the real destination device identifier or the one or more virtual device identifiers;

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one of image data or voice data sensed in a vicinity of the mobile device associated as a real destination device;

circuitry configured for analyzing the at least one of image data or voice data via at least one of face recognition or voice recognition for determining presence of at least one of the two or more parties in the vicinity of the mobile device;

circuitry configured for determining at least one attribute of a user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties based at least partly on the presence of at least one of the two or more parties in the vicinity of the mobile device;

circuitry configured for selecting a response protocol from the one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties based at least partly on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties; and

circuitry configured for causing, at the mobile device, execution of the selected response protocol.

20. A method comprising:

associating a real destination device identifier and one or more virtual device identifiers corresponding to the real destination device identifier with a mobile device including at least configuring the mobile device to be shared by two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings wherein configuring the mobile device includes obtaining from at least one party of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings the real device identifier, the one or more virtual device identifiers, and one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties, the one or more response protocols specifying at least one of enablement or disablement of at least one of incoming or outgoing communications associated with the mobile device;

receiving, from at least one communication device, first communication data including a device identifier;

determining whether the device identifier in the first communication data includes at least one of the real destination device identifier or the one or more virtual device identifiers;

transmitting, to the mobile device, second communication data including the real destination device identifier and an indication of whether the device identifier in the first communication data includes at least one of the real destination device identifier or the one or more virtual device identifiers;

obtaining at least one of image data or voice data sensed in a vicinity of the mobile device associated as a real destination device;

analyzing the at least one of image data or voice data via at least one of face recognition or voice recognition for determining presence of at least one of the two or more parties in the vicinity of the mobile device;

determining at least one attribute of a user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties based at least partly on the presence of at least one of the two or more parties in the vicinity of the mobile device;

selecting a response protocol from the one or more response protocols respectively associated with the two or more parties based at least partly on the at least one attribute of the user set of active or indicated users corresponding to at least one of the two or more parties; and

causing, at the mobile device, execution of the selected response protocol.