PRESENCE-BASED DEVICE MODE MODIFICATION

• US 20160219144A1
• Filed: 04/07/2016
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IP3 2017, Series 200 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: UR, Shmuel
• Granted Patent: US 9,769,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• 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 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• 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 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

In some examples, a first device may detect the presence of a second device or a particular person and, when a triggering event related to the second device or the particular person applies, the first device may change from a first mode to a second mode.

Claims

1. A method to change mode of operation of a first device associated with a first user, the method comprising:

receiving, by the first device associated with the first user, information indicating a presence of a second user, wherein the information indicating the presence of the second user is based at least on an audible determination of the presence of the second user, a visual determination of the presence of the second user, or a determination of a presence of a second device associated with the second user;

determining, by the first device associated with the first user, based at least on the received information, whether the second user is present within a predetermined range of distance from the first device;

identifying, based at least on the determination, by the first device associated with the first user, a triggering event that requires a change in mode of operation of the first device from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation; and

changing, by the first device associated with the first user, mode of operation of the first device from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation based at least on the identified triggering event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the audible determination of the presence of the second user is based on auditory information captured by one or more sensors, and the one or more sensors include one or more microphones, and

wherein the audible determination includes comparing the auditory information to stored audio data to determine the presence of the second user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual determination of the presence of the second user is based on visual information captured by one or more sensors, and the one or more sensors include one or more cameras, and

wherein the visual determination includes comparing the visual information to stored visual data to determine the presence of the second user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of the presence of the second device associated with the second user is based on one or more signals generated from the second device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more signals generated from the second device include one or more signals generated from the second device and sent to the first device or sent to a third device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined range of distance from the first device is a range of operation of one or more microphones of the first device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the information indicating the presence of the second user includes:

receiving, by the first device, an identification of the second user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device includes a first application and the first application receives the information indicating the presence of the second user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicating the presence of the second user is received from a third device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event includes one or more user-defined parameters, and wherein the one or more user-defined parameters include one or more identifiers associated with one or more users or one or more time periods.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the stored audio data includes generic sounds.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the triggering event include a predetermined period of time,

wherein the identifying the triggering event includes determining whether the predetermined period of time has elapsed subsequent to a determination that the second user is present within a predetermined range of distance from the first device, and

wherein the changing mode of operation of the first device includes, responsive to determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed, changing, by the first device associated with the first user, mode of operation of the first device from the second mode of operation to the first mode of operation or to a third mode of operation.

13. A device associated with a first user, comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

receive information indicating a presence of a second user, wherein the information indicating the presence of the second user is based at least on an audible determination of the presence of the second user, a visual determination of the presence of the second user, or a determination of a presence of another device associated with the second user;

determine, based at least on the received information, whether the second user is present within a predetermined range of distance from the device;

identify, based at least on the determination, a triggering event that requires a change in mode of operation of the device from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation; and

change mode of operation of the first device from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation based at least on the identified triggering event,

wherein the device further comprises one or more sensors configured to capture auditory information or visual information and the audible determination or the visual determination is based at least on the captured auditory information or visual information.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein each of the device and the another device is a mobile device.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the one or more sensors include one or more microphones configured to capture auditory information and the audible determination includes comparing the auditory information captured by the one or more microphones to stored audio data, and wherein the one or more sensors include one or more cameras configured to capture visual information and the visual determination includes comparing the visual information to stored visual data to determine the presence of the second user.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein the determination of the presence of the second device associated with the second user is based on one or more signals generated from the second device.

17. The device of claim 13, wherein the information is received from a server.

18. The device of claim 13, further comprising:

a mode data base configured to store mode of operations including notification mode, power saving mode, and airplane mode, wherein the notification mode includes a normal operation mode, a selective silent mode, a meeting mode and a silent mode.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium hosted on a first device associated with a first user to store one or more executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the first device, information indicating a presence of a second user, wherein the information indicating the presence of the second user is based at least on an audible determination of the presence of the second user, a visual determination of the presence of the second user, or a determination of a presence of a second device associated with the second user;

determining, by the first device, based at least on the received information, whether the second user is present within a predetermined range of distance from the first device;

identifying, based at least on the determination, by the first device, a triggering event that requires a change in mode of operation of the first device from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation, wherein the triggering event includes a passage of predetermined period of time and the identifying includes identifying whether the predetermined period of time has elapsed subsequent to a determination that the second user is present within the predetermined range of distance from the first device; and

in response to identifying that the predetermined period of time has elapsed, changing, by the first device, mode of operation of the first device from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the triggering event further includes one or more identifiers associated with one or more users.