Determining presence status based on user analytics data

• US 9,026,649 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2012
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Delos Reyes, Emerando M., Parker, Benjamin J., Ait-Ameur, Samir, Kakadia, Deepak
• Primary Examiner(s): Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Assistant Examiner(s): FIORILLO, JAMES N
• Application Number:
  US13/567,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20140040345A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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

Abstract

A first server is configured to receive data associated with a first user device. The first user device may send the data to the first server via a network device without user interaction, and the data may relate to activity associated with the first user device. The first server is further configured to determine a status, associated with the first user device, based on the data, store information regarding the status, receive permissions for the information regarding the status of the first user device, apply the permissions for the information regarding the status to form an advertised status, and send the advertised status to the network device. The network device may be capable of sending the advertised status to a client device or a second user device based on the permissions.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first server device, data associated with a first user device,

the first user device sending the data to the first server device via a network device without user interaction, and

the data relating to user analytics associated with the first user device,

the user analytics including;

an identifier associated with the first user device,

geographic information associated with the first user device, and

call information associated with the first user device;

determining, by the first server device and based on the data, a status associated with the first user device;

storing, by the first server device, information regarding the status;

receiving, by the first server device, permissions for the information regarding the status,

the permissions for the information regarding the status being based on the identifier, the geographic information associated with the first user device, and the call information associated with the first user device, and the permissions including;

a first permission, associated with the geographic information, indicating a first quantity of user devices, identified based on information received from the first user device, that are authorized to receive the geographic information, and

a second permission, associated with the call information, indicating a second quantity of user devices, identified based on information received from the first user device, that are authorized to receive the call information;

applying, by the first server device, the permissions for the information regarding the status to form an advertised status associated with the first user device; and

sending, by the first server device, the advertised status to the network device,

the network device being capable of sending the advertised status to a client device or a second user device based on the permissions for the information regarding the status, and

the first user device, the second user device, and the client device being associated with different parties.

2. The method of claim 1, where the permissions for the information regarding the status include:

an instruction to permit the transmission of the advertised status to an authorized device, and

an instruction to prevent a transmission of the advertised status to a device which is not authorized.

3. The method of claim 1, where

the information regarding the status includes a first status type and a second status type, and

when applying the permissions for the information regarding the status, the method includes:

applying permissions to the first status type and the second status type.

4. The method of claim 1, where the call information includes information associated with one of:

an idle status, an on call status, or a busy status.

5. The method of claim 1, where the data relating to the user analytics associated with the first user device includes information relating to non-call activity being performed by the first user device.

6. The method of claim 1, where the data relating to the user analytics associated with the first user device includes information relating to calendar event data associated with the first user device.

7. The method of claim 1, where the advertised status is based on the geographic information associated with the first user device, and

the advertised status includes information of a merchant that is associated with the geographic information associated with the first user device.

8. A system comprising:

a first server device to;

receive data associated with a first user device,

the first user device sending the data to the first server device via a network device without user interaction, and

the data relating to user analytics associated with the first user device,

the user analytics including;

an identifier associated with the first user device, geographic information associated with the first user device, and call information associated with the first user device;

determine, based on the data, a status associated with the first user device;

store information regarding the status;

receive permissions for the information regarding the status of the first user device,

the permissions for the information regarding the status of the first user device being based on the identifier, the geographic information associated with the first user device, and the call information associated with the first user device, and the permissions including;

a first permission, associated with the geographic information, indicating a first quantity of user devices, identified based on information received from the first user device, that are authorized to receive the geographic information, and

a second permission, associated with the call information, indicating a second quantity of user devices, identified based on information received from the first user device, that are authorized to receive the call information;

apply the permissions for the information regarding the status to form an advertised status associated with the first user device; and

send the advertised status to the network device, the network device being capable of sending the advertised status to a client device or a second user device based on the permissions for the information regarding the status.

9. The system of claim 8, where the permissions for the information regarding the status include:

an instruction to permit transmission of the advertised status to an authorized device, and

an instruction to prevent transmission of the advertised status to a device which is not authorized.

10. The system of claim 8, where the information regarding the status includes a first status type and a second status type, and

when applying the permissions for the information regarding the status, the first server device is further to:

apply permissions to the first status type and the second status type.

11. The system of claim 8, where the first user device, the second user device, and the client device are associated with different parties.

12. The system of claim 8, where the call information includes information associated with one of:

an idle status, an on call status, or a busy status.

13. The system of claim 8, where the data relating to the user analytics associated with the first user device includes information relating to non-call activity being performed by the first user device.

14. The system of claim 8, where the data relating to the user analytics associated with the first user device includes information relating to calendar event data associated with the first user device.

15. The system of claim 8, where the advertised status is based on the geographic information associated with the first user device, and

the advertised status includes information of a merchant that is associated with the geographic information associated with the first user device.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors associated with a first server device, cause the one or more processors to;

receive data associated with a first user device,

the first user device sending the data to the first server device via a network device without user interaction, and

the data relating to user analytics associated with the first user device, the user analytics including;

an identifier associated with the first user device, geographic information associated with the first user device, and call information associated with the first user device;

determine, based on the data, status associated with the first user device;

store information regarding the status;

receive permissions for the information regarding the status of the first user device,

the permissions for the information regarding the status of the first user device being based on the identifier, the geographic information associated with the first user device, and the call information associated with the first user device, and

the permissions including;

a first permission, associated with the geographic information, indicating a first quantity of user devices, identified based on information received from the first user device, that are authorized to receive the geographic information, and

a second permission, associated with the call information, indicating a second quantity of user devices, identified based on information received from the first user device, that are authorized to receive the call information;

apply the permissions for the information regarding the status to form an advertised status associated with the first user device; and

send the advertised status to the network device, the network device being capable of sending the advertised status to a client device or a second user device based on the permissions,

and the permissions for the information regarding the status include an instruction to permit a transmission of the advertised status to an authorized device and to prevent the transmission of the advertised status to a device which is not authorized.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, where

the information regarding the status includes a first status type and a second status type, and

the one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to apply the permissions for the information regarding the status include:

one or more instructions to apply permissions to the first status type and the second status type.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the first user device, the second user device, and the client device are associated with different parties.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the call information includes information associated with one of:

an idle status, an on call status, or a busy status.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the data relating to the user analytics associated with the first user device includes information relating to non-call activity being performed by the first user device.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the advertised status is based on the geographic information associated with the first user device, and

the advertised status includes information of a merchant that is associated with the geographic information associated with the first user device.