Method and apparatus for automated publishing of customized presence information

• US 8,700,048 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2007
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Kamdar, Kashyap, Ahmed, Mohammed M., Tuli, Amol
• Primary Examiner(s): AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE
• Application Number:
  US11/853,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20090066510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,408 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.5, 455/518, 455/519, 455/414.3, 455/418, 455/419, 455/517, 455/456.6, 455/457, 455/466, 709/203, 709/204, 709/217, 709/218, 709/227
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2044 Group features, e.g. closed user group
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42365 Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method and apparatus for automated publishing of customized presence information to one or more mobile devices in a wireless communication network is provided. The method comprises obtaining (202) location data of a mobile device. Further, the method comprises determining (204) availability of a customized presence tag related to the location data of the mobile device. A customized presence tag includes personalized data associated with a location of a mobile device. The method further comprises publishing (206) the customized presence tag related to the location data of the mobile device, when the customized presence tag is determined to be available for the location data. Moreover, the method comprises publishing (208) a default presence tag for the location data when a customized presence tag for the location data is determined to be unavailable. The publishing of one or more of the customized presence tag and the default presence tag is performed automatically.

Claims

1. A method for automated publishing of presence information in a communication system comprising a plurality of mobile devices, the method comprising:

obtaining location data of at least one of a plurality of mobile devices in the communication system;

determining availability of a customized presence tag corresponding to the location data, wherein a customized presence tag comprises user-defined attendance data associated by the user to a location;

automatically publishing the customized presence tag corresponding to the location data to the at least one mobile device and at least one other of the plurality of mobile devices when the customized presence tag is determined to be available for the location data; and

automatically publishing a default presence tag for the location data to at least one other of the plurality of mobile devices when it is determined that a customized presence tag is unavailable for the location data, wherein the default presence tag for the location data denotes a customized presence tag related to a previous location of the at least one mobile device,

wherein one of the customized presence tag and the default presence tag is automatically published to the at least one mobile device and to the at least one other of the plurality of mobile devices when the at least one mobile device is present in a physical location associated with the location data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining location data of a mobile device comprises receiving mobility data of the mobile device and updating the location data using the mobility data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a customized presence tag corresponding to a location of the mobile device; and

storing the customized presence tag corresponding to the location of the mobile device in a database.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving an updated customized presence tag corresponding to a location for which a customized presence tag is available; and

updating the customized presence tag with the updated customized presence tag corresponding to the location of the mobile device based on the location data of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location data of the mobile device is obtained from a location service provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized presence tag is one of a plurality of presence tags on a presence tag list, wherein the presence tag list comprises at least one customized presence tag defined by a user of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the presence tag list is stored in one of a database of the mobile device and a database provided in a network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-defined attendance data comprises at least one of a user specific data, a dimensional measures corresponding to the location, an expire time corresponding to the customized presence tag and a schedule information corresponding to the customized presence tag.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a transceiver for receiving location data of a mobile device;

a memory coupled to the transceiver for storing a customized presence tag corresponding to a location and a default tag for locations for which a customized presence tag is unavailable;

wherein a customized presence tag comprises user-defined attendance data associated by a user to the location; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the processor is configured to;

determine availability of the customized presence tag corresponding to the location data;

automatically publish the customized presence tag corresponding to the location data to the mobile device and at least one other of the plurality of mobile devices when the customized presence tag is determined to be available for the location data; and

automatically publish a default presence tag for the location data to at least one other of the plurality of mobile devices when it is determined that a customized presence tag is unavailable for the location data, wherein the default presence tag for the location data denotes a customized presence tag related to a previous location of the mobile device,

wherein one of the customized presence tag and the default presence tag is automatically published to the mobile device and to at least one other of the plurality of mobile devices when the mobile device is present in a physical location associated with the location data.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive an update corresponding to mobility data of the mobile device.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the customized presence tag corresponding to the location of the mobile device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to store the customized presence tag in a database in the memory.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive an updated customized presence tag corresponding to the location for which a customized presence tag is available.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to update the customized presence tag with the updated customized presence tag corresponding to the location of the mobile device.

15. A method comprising:

receiving a customized presence tag corresponding to a location of a mobile device, wherein a customized presence tag comprises user-defined attendance data associated by a user to a location;

retrieving a location data corresponding to the location of the mobile device in response to receiving the customized presence tag;

creating an association between the customized presence tag and the location data corresponding to the location of the mobile device;

automatically publishing the customized presence tag corresponding to the location data of the mobile device to the mobile device and to at least one other of the plurality of mobile devices when the mobile device is present in a physical location associated with the location data; and

automatically publishing a default presence tag for the location data to at least one other of the plurality of mobile devices when it is determined that a customized presence tag is unavailable for the location data, wherein the default presence tag for the location data denotes a customized presence tag related to a previous location of the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein creating comprises replacing a customized presence tag associated with the location data of the mobile device with the updated customized presence tag.