Activating a mobile device based on location of mobile device in a sector of a cell

• US 9,167,380 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2013
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hewitt, Trudy Leigh, Schembari, Francesco Carmine, Wetli, Christina Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, Nathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zewari, Sayed T
• Application Number:
  US14/071,944
• Publication Number:
  US 20140213286A1
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.4, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/457
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

A method for activating mobile device activity is disclosed. A mobile device may receive an action association to a stance, wherein the stance comprises a sector of the mobile device relative to a base, wherein a user specifies an action associated to the stance. The mobile device can receive a signal that the mobile device is present in the sector. Further, the mobile device, responsive to receiving the signal, may perform the action.

Claims

1. A method for activating mobile device activity, the method comprising:

receiving a user-specification of an action associated with at least one stance, wherein the stance comprises a mobile device'"'"'s presence within a single sector of a base among at least four sectors, each sector substantially co-equal in size, and a specific orientation of the mobile device with respect to a force of gravity, among two opposing orientations and wherein the single base comprises a plurality of antennas, wherein the two opposing orientations are selected from among the group consisting of upright and inverted, wherein upright is the mobile device having a ray extend from a center of gravity through a mobile device feature such that the ray is within a tolerance of an opposite direction of gravity, and wherein inverted is the mobile device having the ray within a tolerance of the direction of gravity;

receiving a user identification of the base wherein a user provides the identity of the base with which to coordinate;

wherein receiving the user-specification of the action association further comprises;

receiving a user login;

receiving service resolution parameters; and

receiving a user password;

receiving a signal that the mobile device is present in the single sector, less than 10 meters from any of the plurality of antennas;

responsive to receiving the signal, rendering a prompt requesting confirmation by the user, to transfer of a media file;

receiving an acknowledgment from the user to transfer the media file, based on the prompt; and

performing the action as a media file transfer to or from the mobile device provided the mobile device is within 10 meters of the base and indicating transfer status of the media file transfer to the user, responsive to receiving the acknowledgment from the user to transfer the media file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises communicating to a cloud service other than the base.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises changing an availability of at least one application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the action further comprises rendering data concurrent to the media file transfer.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein concurrent to the media file transfer, is seconds prior to beginning the media file transfer.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein beginning the media file transfer discriminates among files based on a tag associated with the media file.