Method and apparatus for dynamically managing user profiles and status change information

• US 10,390,190 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2018
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2014
• 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: Dowlatkhah, Sangar, Shaw, Venson, Khajavi, Afsaneh
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzalez, Amancio
• Application Number:
  US16/018,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20180302762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 420 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• 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 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving status change information from a first communication device of a first user over a network; adjusting a user profile of a second user responsive to the status change information; and providing the status change information to a group of second communication devices of the second user to cause the group of second communication devices to adjust operational parameters according to the status change information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing system including a processor, status change information from a first communication device of a first user over a network, wherein the first communication device determines the status change information based on a type of communication service being provided to the first communication device;

adjusting, by the processing system, a user profile of the first user responsive to the status change information, the user profile being stored in a memory accessible to the processing system, wherein the adjusting of the user profile of the first user is performed without user intervention; and

sending, by the processing system, configuration information according to the user profile to a second communication device of the first user, wherein the second communication device adjusts an operation of the second communication device based on the configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the status change information is determined by the first communication device based on detecting the second communication device being in proximity to the first communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the processing system, verification information from the second communication device, the verification information being received without user intervention by the first user; and

analyzing, by the processing system, the verification information to determine an accuracy of the status change information associated with the first user that was determined by the first communication device,

wherein the adjusting of the user profile of the first user is performed responsive to a determination by the processing system that the status change information associated with the first user is accurate.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the processing system, a request for a status update from a third communication device of the first user; and

providing, by the processing system, the status change information to the third communication device to cause the third communication device to adjust operational parameters according to the status change information,

wherein the receiving of the request for status update and the providing of the status change information is performed without user intervention by the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the user profile of the first user comprises adjusting a group of user profiles that are each associated with a different persona of the first user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the different persona of the first user are associated with different sets of end user devices of the first user, and wherein the adjusting of the group of user profiles according to the status change information is different for each of the group of user profiles.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication device comprises a set top box, and wherein the second communication device comprises a mobile communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the status change information to a group of additional communication devices of the first user to cause the group of additional communication devices to adjust operational parameters according to the status change information, wherein the providing of the status change information to the group of additional communication devices is performed without user intervention by the first user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the adjusting of the user profile of the first user and the providing of the status change information to the group of additional communication devices is performed without user intervention by the first user.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the adjusting of the operational parameters enables access to an unavailable communication service that was unavailable at the group of additional communication devices prior to the adjusting of the user profile of the first user, and

wherein the providing of the status change information to the group of additional communication devices is performed responsive to a determination by the processing system that the status change information associated with the first user is accurate.

11. A communication device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

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

detecting another communication device in proximity to the communication device, the other communication device being associated with a second user different than a first user associated with the communication device;

determining status change information associated with the second user based on the detecting of the other communication device; and

providing the status change information to a server, wherein the providing of the status change information to the server causes an adjusting of a user profile of the second user by the server according to the status change information, and wherein the adjusting of the user profile of the second user is performed without user intervention by the second user.

12. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the determining the status change information is further based on a type of communication service being utilized by the communication device at a time of the detecting of the other communication device, and

wherein the detecting of whether the other communication device is in proximity to the communication device is according to wireless communications between the communication device and the other communication device.

13. The communication device of claim 12, wherein the other communication device comprises a mobile communication device, and wherein the type of communication service being utilized by the communication device at the time of the detecting of the other communication device comprises presenting video content.

14. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the providing of the status change information to the server causes the server to provide the status change information to a group of additional communication devices of the second user to enable adjusting operational parameters according to the status change information, and wherein the providing of the status change information to the group of additional communication devices is performed without user intervention by the second user.

15. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the providing of the status change information to the server causes the server to adjust a second user profile of a first user of the communication device according to the status change information and causes the server to provide the status change information to a group of communication devices of the first user.

16. The communication device of claim 15, wherein the adjusting of the second user profile of the first user comprises adjusting a group of other user profiles that are each associated with a different persona of the first user, wherein the adjusting of the group of other user profiles according to the status change information is different for each of the group of other user profiles.

17. The communication device of claim 16, wherein the different persona of the first user comprises a work persona and a home persona, wherein the communication device comprises a set top box.

18. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

instructing a first communication device to detect the processing system being in proximity to the first communication device, wherein a detection of the processing system in proximity to the first communication device causes the first communication device to make a first determination of status change information for a second user of the processing system, and wherein the first determination of the status change information causes the first communication device to provide the status change information to a server for adjusting a user profile of the second user according to the status change information; and

providing verification information to the server without user intervention by the second user, wherein the providing of the verification information causes the server make a second determination of an accuracy of the status change information associated with the second user that was determined by the first communication device, wherein the adjusting of the user profile of the second user is performed responsive to the second determination by the server that the status change information associated with the second user is accurate;

receiving the status change information of the second user from the server; and

adjusting operational parameters of the processing system according to the status change information to enable access to a communication service that was unavailable at the processing system prior to the adjusting of the user profile of the second user.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the first determination of the status change information for the second user is based on a type of communication service being utilized by the first communication device at a time of the detecting of the processing system, and wherein providing the status change information to the server enables adjusting operational parameters of a group of processing systems according to the status change information.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the adjusting of the user profile of the second user further comprises adjusting a group of user profiles that are each associated with a different persona of the second user, and wherein the adjusting of the group of user profiles according to the status change information is different for each of the group of user profiles.