System and method for assignment of context classifications to mobile stations

• US 20040192269A1
• Filed: 03/26/2003
• Published: 09/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hill, Thomas Casey
• Application Number:
  US10/397,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20040192269A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42195 Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy H04M3/48

Abstract

There is presented a mobile station (160, 162, 164, 166) in communication with a remote device (160, 162, 164, 166, 180) and a method of operating the same. The mobile station receives (410) context classifications associated with an application (214, 314) from the remote device. When the mobile station detects (420) an event, the mobile station determines (430), its current state and selects a particular classification based on its current state. The mobile station provides (450) the particular classification to the remote device for utilization by the application. The mobile station may also communicate (540) appropriate classifications to different applications.

Claims

1. A method of operating a mobile station in communication with a remote device, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a plurality of context classifications associated with an application from a remote device;

detecting an event of the mobile station;

determining, in response to detecting the event, a current state of the mobile station;

selecting a particular classification of the plurality of context classifications based on the current state of the mobile station; and

providing the particular classification to the remote device for utilization by the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving a plurality of context classifications associated with an application from a remote device includes receiving the plurality of context classifications via a wireless communication network; and

providing the particular classification to the remote device for utilization by the application includes providing the particular classification via the wireless communication network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting an event of the mobile station includes detecting a change of state of the mobile station.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a current state of the mobile station includes determining the current state in terms of at least one of user operation, time, temperature, location, velocity, direction and altitude.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a plurality of context classifications associated with an application from a remote device includes receiving at least one of user classes, a device types and an application types.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a plurality of context classifications associated with an application from a remote device includes receiving user classes that identify one of family relations, work relations and application relations of the mobile station relative to another entity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a plurality of context classifications associated with an application from a remote device includes receiving device types that identify functional capabilities of at least one of the mobile station and another entity.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a plurality of context classifications associated with an application from a remote device includes receiving application types that identify the application to be one of an entertainment application and a security application.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving an output from the remote device that the application has generated based on the particular classification; and

providing the output to an output component of the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein providing the output to an output component of the mobile device includes providing the output to at least one of a visual output component and an audio output component of the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the particular classification to the remote device for utilization by the application comprises:

collecting supplemental information from at least one other mobile station;

combining the supplemental information with the particular classification; and

providing the combined supplemental information and the particular classification to the remote device for utilization by the application.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising attaching at least one of the current state and the particular classification to another application before providing the particular classification to the remote device for utilization by the application.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising combining the particular classification with another classification before providing the particular classification to the remote device for utilization by the application.

14. A method of operating a mobile station in communication with a remote device, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting an event of the mobile station;

ascertaining a current classification of a variable device characteristic based upon the event;

correlating the current classification with a plurality of predefined classifications associated with the variable device characteristic; and

communicating the respective appropriate classifications to different applications.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein communicating the respective appropriate classifications to different applications includes communicating with applications associated with different variable device characteristic.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of receiving the plurality of predefined classifications associated with a variable device characteristic from a remote device.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein communicating the respective appropriate classifications to different applications includes communicating with applications residing with different remote devices.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein communicating the respective appropriate classifications to different applications includes communicating with the different applications via a wireless communication network.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein detecting an event of the mobile station includes detecting the event in terms of at least one of user operation, time, temperature, location, velocity, direction and altitude.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein ascertaining a current classification of a variable device characteristic based upon the event includes identifying the variable device characteristic in terms of user classes, device types and application types.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein ascertaining a current classification of a variable device characteristic based upon the event includes ascertaining a user class that identifies at least one of a family relation, a work relation and an application relation of the mobile station relative to another entity.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein ascertaining a current classification of a variable device characteristic based upon the event includes ascertaining a device type that identifies a functional capability of one of the remote device and another entity.

23. The method of claim 14, wherein ascertaining a current classification of a variable device characteristic based upon the event includes ascertaining an application type that identifies at least one of the different applications to be one of an entertainment application and a security application.

24. The method of claim 14, wherein communicating the respective appropriate classifications to different applications comprises:

collecting supplemental information from at least one other mobile station;

combining the supplemental information with the respective appropriate classifications; and

communicating the combined supplemental information and the respective appropriate classifications to the different applications.

25. The method of claim 14, further comprising attaching at least one of the current classification and the particular classification to another application before communicating the respective appropriate classifications to different applications.

26. The method of claim 14, further comprising combining each of the respective appropriate classifications with another classification before communicating the respective appropriate classifications to different applications.

27. A mobile station in communication with a remote device comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a plurality of context classifications associated with an application from the remote device;

a sensor configured to detect an event of the mobile station; and

a processor, coupled to the transceiver and responsive to detection of the event by the sensor, configured to determine a current state of the mobile station and select a particular classification of the plurality of context classifications based on the current state of the mobile station, wherein the transceiver circuit provides the particular classification to the remote device for utilization by the application.

28. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein the transceiver receives the plurality of context classifications via a wireless communication network, and provides the particular classification via the wireless communication network.

29. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein the sensor detects a change of state of the mobile station.

30. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein the current state is at least one of user operation, time, temperature, location, velocity, direction and altitude.

31. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein the context classifications are one of user classes, a device types and an application types.

32. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein the context classifications are user classes that identify one of family relations, work relations and application relations of the mobile station relative to another entity.

33. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein the context classifications are device types that identify functional capabilities of at least one of the mobile station and another entity.

34. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein the context classifications are application types that identify the application to be one of an entertainment application and a security application.

35. The mobile station of claim 27, further comprising an output component of the mobile device, coupled to at least one of the transceiver and the processor, configured to provide an output received by the transceiver from the remote device to a user associated with the mobile station, wherein the application generates the output based on the particular classification selected by the processor.

36. The mobile station of claim 35, wherein the output component is at least one of a visual output component and an audio output component of the mobile device.

37. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein:

the transceiver collects supplemental information from at least one other mobile station;

the processor combines the supplemental information with the particular classification; and

the transceiver provides the combined supplemental information and the particular classification to the remote device for utilization by the application.

38. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein the processor attaches at least one of the current state and the particular classification to another application.

39. The mobile station of claim 27, wherein the processor combines the particular classification with another classification