System for automatic selection of profile based location

• US 8,032,143 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Issued: 10/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Silver, Edward Michael, Adamczyk, Maria
• Primary Examiner(s): Sobutka; Philip
• Application Number:
  US12/415,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20090181668A1
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Systems for automatically selecting a user'"'"'s profile based on location include a device adapted to being tracked by location and a database that includes a user'"'"'s preferences for routing calls. The user'"'"'s calls are routed to the user based on the user'"'"'s call routing preferences and the location of the device. Other systems and methods are also provided.

Claims

1. A system for automatic routing of a call, the system comprising:

a wireless device configured to provide an indication of a proximity of the wireless device to a base location; and

a database, external to the wireless device, the database comprising;

a configurable persona associated with the base location; and

configurable settings associated with the persona for routing the call based on the settings, an indicator of a source of the call, and the proximity of the wireless device to the base location.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a communications network operatively coupled to the wireless device, the communications network configured to track the proximity of the wireless device to the base location.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the communications network further comprises a GPS location/positioning system.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the GPS location/positioning system further comprises a position/location processor for storing location information obtained by the wireless device.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the communications network is further configured to:

determine a destination address, via the database, based upon the proximity of the wireless device to the base location;

interrupt processing of a call; and

switch the call to the determined destination address.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a presence processor adapted to communicate presence information for the wireless device.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising an application processor operatively coupled to the presence processor, the application processor configured to automatically determine call routing, in accordance with the persona, based upon the proximity of the wireless device to the base location.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the database further comprises at least one additional persona, wherein each at least one additional persona is associated with an additional base location.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein, when two or more personas are present in the database, a persona to utilize is selected based upon at least one of the base location, the proximity of the wireless device to the base location, priorities stored in an application server, or time of day.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein, when two or more personas are present in the database, a persona to utilize is selected based upon information associated with a source of an incoming call.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the settings comprise entries for hours, days, locations, preferences for call routing, proximity thresholds, or destination addresses.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless device further comprises at least one of a wireless telephone, a personal data assistant (PDA), a laptop computer, a pager, an internet protocol (IP) device or a watch.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising a processor for selecting call routing preference based on a position of the wireless device.

14. The system of claim 2, wherein the communications network is further configured to determine call routing in accordance with the persona, based upon the proximity of the wireless device to the base location.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the communications network further comprises a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN), the PSTN adapted to provide an advanced intelligent network (AIN), the AIN operative to switch calls to a service control point (SCP), and the SCP configured to switch the calls in accordance with the persona, based upon the proximity of the wireless device to the base location.

16. A method for automatic routing of a call, the method comprising:

receiving, via a network, an indication of a location of a device;

determining preferences representative of a database external to the device;

determining a call termination location in accordance with the determined preferences; and

routing a telephone call to the call termination location in accordance with the determined preferences, an origin indicator of the telephone call, and the indication of the location of the device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising providing a presence indication for the device.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising tracking the location of the device.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein routing the telephone call further comprises interrupting call processing of the telephone call and routing the telephone call to the call termination location in accordance with the determined preferences and the indication of the location of the device.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein:

the determined preferences are associated with a proximity threshold and a base location;

the indication of the location of the device is further indicative of a proximity of the device to the base location; and

the telephone call is routed to the call termination location in accordance with the determined preferences and the proximity of the device to the base location.

21. A system for automatic routing of a call, the system comprising:

means for tracking a proximity of a device to a base location;

means for obtaining call routing preferences from a database external to the means for tracking the proximity of the device to the base location;

a server for storing the database; and

means for interrupting processing of a call and for switching the call to a destination location, wherein the destination location is determined based upon the call routing preferences, an origin of the call, and the proximity of the device to the base location.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for determining the location of the device.

23. The system of claim 21, further comprising means for routing a telephone call based on the call routing preferences and the proximity of the device to the base location.