Method for Dynamic Changes to a User Profile Based on External Service Integration

• US 20120003931A1
• Filed: 07/02/2010
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Eisinger, Jacob D., Hollinger, Michael C., King, Jennifer E., Lauridsen, Christina K., Morgan, Fabian F.
• Granted Patent: US 8,498,573 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, system, and program product for dynamic changes to a user profile based on external service integration. The method, system and program product comprise establishing a direct two-way communication between a first mobile device and a second mobile device when a first mobile device direct transceiver and a second mobile device direct transceiver are within a range of each other. A number of data is gathered from a number of internal sources or a number of external sources. An analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first device is performed. A modified first list is generated based on the analysis. The modified first list is automatically sent from the first mobile device to the number of second devices responsive to establishing the direct two-way communication between the first mobile device and a number of second devices.

Claims

1. A method for providing dynamic changes to a user profile based on monitoring requests in a shared direct communication environment, the method comprising:

establishing a direct two-way communication between a first mobile device and a second mobile device when a first mobile device direct transceiver and a second mobile device direct transceiver are within a range of each other;

gathering a number of data from a number of internal sources or a number of external sources;

performing an analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first device;

generating a modified first list based on the analysis; and

responsive to establishing the direct two-way communication between the first mobile device and a number of second devices, automatically sending the modified first list from the first mobile device to the number of second devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of performing an analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first mobile device further comprises:

responsive to receiving a number of second lists at the first device, analyzing, by a processor in the first device, a number of requests in the number of second lists to determine which of the number of requests meet or fail to meet a number of criteria, wherein the number of internal sources comprise the number of second lists received from each of the number of second devices at an approximate time when the first list is sent to the number of second devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating a modified first list based on the analysis further comprises:

responsive to a determination that a portion of the requests meet or fail to meet a number of criteria, modifying the first list based on the portion of requests, wherein the number of internal sources comprise the number of second lists received from each of the number of second devices at an approximate time when the first list is sent to the number of second device.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

configuring the criteria to be a location from which a request originated, a type of mobile device from which the request originated, or a number of a number of requests that are the same in the number of lists.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

wherein the step of performing an analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first mobile device further comprises;

responsive to receiving the number of data from the number of external sources, analyzing, by a processor in the first mobile device, the number of data to determine which of the number of data meet or fail to meet a number of external criteria.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of generating a modified first list based on the analysis further comprises:

responsive to a determination that a portion of the number of data meet or fail to meet a number of criteria, modifying the first list based on the portion of the external data.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

configuring each mobile device in the shared environment to pull data from a number of applications external to the shared environment using an indirect transceiver in each of the devices, wherein the external sources comprise a number of applications on a server or a personal computer, and wherein an application of the number of applications comprises a financial application providing credit card transaction data, a travel application providing flight reservation data, a calendar application that provides data on event times, or a tracking application providing locations of the first mobile device from a geophysical positioning system in the first device.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

configuring each mobile device in the shared environment to pull data from a number of external computing systems, wherein the number of external computing systems include a vendor computing system that is configured to transmit an incentive or a product information on an indirect transceiver.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing a secure two-way communication between the first mobile device and each of the number of second devices by exchanging a number of signals transmitted between a first mobile device direct transceiver in the first mobile device and a second mobile device direct transceiver in each of the second devices, wherein the number of signals identify to each mobile device that the other mobile device is participating in the shared environment.

10. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

displaying a graphical representation of a number of requests from a particular location, a number of requests from a particular mobile device, and a number of requests that are the same and meet a hit threshold;

responsive to displaying the graphical representation, receiving a selection of the number of requests from the particular location, the number of requests from the particular mobile device, or the hit threshold.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein first list is a list of categories of information or a list of necessary information.

12. A computer system for providing dynamic changes to a user profile based on monitoring requests in a shared environment, the system comprising:

a processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions for establishing a direct two-way communication between a first mobile device and a second mobile device when a first mobile device direct transceiver and a second mobile device direct transceiver are within a range of each other;

second program instructions for gathering a number of data from a number of internal sources or a number of external sources;

third program instructions for performing an analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first device;

fourth program instructions for generating a modified first list based on the analysis; and

fifth program instructions for responsive to establishing the direct two-way communication between the first mobile device and a number of second devices, automatically sending, the modified first list from the first mobile device to the number of second devices;

wherein the first, second, third, fourth and fifth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for running by the processor via the computer readable memory.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the third program instruction for performing an analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first mobile device further comprises:

responsive to receiving a number of second lists at the first device, analyzing, by a processor in the first device, a number of requests in the number of second lists to determine which of the number of requests meet or fail to meet a number of criteria, wherein the number of internal sources comprise the number of second lists received from each of the number of second devices at an approximate time when the first list is sent to the number of second devices.

14. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the fourth program instructions for generating a modified first list based on the analysis further comprises:

responsive to a determination that a portion of the requests meet or fail to meet a number of criteria, modifying the first list based on the portion of requests, wherein the number of internal sources comprise the number of second lists received from each of the number of second devices at an approximate time when the first list is sent to the number of second devices.

15. The computer system of claim 12 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for configuring the criteria to be a location from which a request originated, a type of mobile device from which the request originated, or a number of a number of requests that are the same in the number of lists; and

wherein the third program instructions for performing an analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first mobile device further comprise;

responsive to receiving the number of data from the number of external sources, analyzing, by the processor, the number of data to determine which of the number of data meet or fail to meet a number of external criteria; and

wherein the fourth program instructions for generating a modified first list based on the analysis further comprise;

responsive to a determination that a portion of the number of data meet or fail to meet a number of criteria, modifying the first list based on the portion of the external data.

16. The computer system of claim 12, further comprising:

seventh program instructions for configuring each mobile device in the shared environment to pull data from a number of applications external to the shared environment using an indirect transceiver in each of the devices, wherein the external sources comprise a number of applications on a server or a personal computer, and wherein an application of the number of applications comprises a financial application providing credit card transaction data, a travel application providing flight reservation data, a calendar application that provides data on event times, or a tracking application providing locations of the first mobile device from a geophysical positioning system in the first device;

wherein the seventh program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for running by the processor via the computer readable memory.

17. The computer system of claim 12 further comprising:

eighth program instructions for configuring each mobile device in the shared environment to pull data from a number of external computing systems, wherein the number of external computing systems include a vendor computing system that is configured to transmit an incentive or a product information on an indirect transceiver;

wherein the eighth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for running by the processor via the computer readable memory.

18. The computer system of claim 12 further comprising:

ninth program instructions for providing a secure two-way communication between the first mobile device and each of the number of second devices by exchanging a number of signals transmitted between a first mobile device direct transceiver in the first mobile device and a second mobile device direct transceiver in each of the second devices, wherein the number of signals identify to each mobile device that the other mobile device is participating in the shared environment;

wherein the ninth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for running by the processor via the computer readable memory.

19. The computer system of claim 12 further comprising:

tenth program instructions for displaying a graphical representation of a number of requests from a particular location, a number of requests from a particular mobile device, and a number of requests that are the same and meet a hit threshold;

eleventh program instructions for responsive to displaying the graphical representation, receiving a selection of the number of requests from the particular location, the number of requests from the particular mobile device, or the hit threshold;

wherein the tenth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for running by the processor via the computer readable memory.

20. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the first list is a list of categories of information or a list of necessary information.

21. A computer program product for providing dynamic changes to a user profile based on monitoring requests in a direct communication shared environment, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions for establishing a direct two-way communication between a first mobile device and a second mobile device when a first mobile device direct transceiver and a second mobile device direct transceiver are within a range of each other;

second program instructions for gathering a number of data from a number of internal sources or a number of external sources;

third program instructions for performing an analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first device;

fourth program instructions for generating a modified first list based on the analysis; and

fifth program instructions for responsive to establishing the direct two-way communication between the first mobile device and a number of second devices, automatically sending the modified first list from the first mobile device to the number of second devices;

wherein the first, second, third, fourth and fifth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the third program instruction for performing an analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first mobile device further comprises:

responsive to receiving a number of second lists at the first device, analyzing, by a processor in the first device, a number of requests in the number of second lists to determine which of the number of requests meet or fail to meet a number of criteria, wherein the number of internal sources comprise the number of second lists received from each of the number of second devices at an approximate time when the first list is sent to the number of second device; and

wherein the fourth program instructions for generating a modified first list based on the analysis further comprises;

responsive to a determination that a portion of the requests meet or fail to meet a number of criteria, modifying the first list based on the portion of requests, wherein the number of internal sources comprise the number of second lists received from each of the number of second devices at an approximate time when the first list is sent to the number of second devices.

23. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for configuring the criteria to be a location from which a request originated, a type of mobile device from which the request originated, or a number of a number of requests that are the same in the number of lists; and

wherein the third program instructions for performing an analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first mobile device further comprises;

responsive to receiving the number of data from the number of external sources, analyzing, by the processor, the number of data to determine which of the number of data meets or fails to meet a number of external criteria; and

wherein the fourth program instructions for generating a modified first list based on the analysis further comprises;

responsive to a determination that a portion of the number of data meet or fail to meet a number of criteria, modifying the first list based on the portion of the external data;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.

24. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising:

seventh program instructions for configuring each mobile device in the shared environment to pull data from a number of applications external to the shared environment using an indirect transceiver in each of the devices, wherein the external sources comprise a number of applications on a server or a personal computer, and wherein an application of the number of applications comprises a financial application providing credit card transaction data, a travel application providing flight reservation data, a calendar application that provides data on event times, or a tracking application providing locations of the first mobile device from a geophysical positioning system in the first device;

eighth program instructions for configuring each mobile device in the shared environment to pull data from a number of external computing systems, wherein the number of external computing systems include a vendor computing system that is configured to transmit an incentive or a product information on an indirect transceiver;

ninth program instructions for providing a secure two-way communication between the first mobile device and each of the number of second devices by exchanging a number of signals transmitted between a first mobile device direct transceiver in the first mobile device and a second mobile device direct transceiver in each of the second devices, wherein the number of signals identify to each mobile device that the other mobile device is participating in the shared environment;

tenth program instructions for displaying a graphical representation of a number of requests from a particular location, a number of requests from a particular mobile device, and a number of requests that are the same and meet a hit threshold; and

eleventh program instructions for, responsive to displaying the graphical representation, receiving a selection of the number of request from the particular location, the number of requests from the particular mobile device, or the hit threshold;

wherein the seventh through the eleventh program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.

25. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising:

wherein the first list is a list of categories of information or a list of necessary information.