Notifications based on device presence

• US 9,503,998 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2015
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Robbins, William S., Flynn, Judson John, Wohlert, Randolph
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Application Number:
  US14/709,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20150245310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.4, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455404- 1, 455/404.2, 455/414.1, 455/432.3, 455/435.1, 709/222, 709/223, 709/224, 709/203, 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/06 De-registration or detaching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

An architecture is provided that can facilitate and/or transmit notifications based upon device presence techniques in connection with a wireless communications network. For example, when certain mobile devices register with a particular network entity (e.g., a femtocell) that services a particular target location (e.g., place of residence), then such registration can be leveraged to indicate presence at the target location. Accordingly, notifications can be delivered to custodian devices that indicate the presence information if certain predetermined conditions or criteria are satisfied.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving de-registration data indicative of a first mobile device de-registering from a first access point device that provides communication service coverage at a first defined area;

determining, based on the de-registration data, that the first mobile device has departed from the first defined area;

updating a presence data structure comprising presence data indicative of a presence of the first mobile device to indicate that the first mobile device has departed from the first defined area; and

facilitating transmission of the presence data to a second mobile device that is not the first mobile device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first access point device is one of:

a femtocell device, a home Node B device, an evolved Node B device, a wireless fidelity access point device, or a Bluetooth-based device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving registration data indicative of the first mobile device registering to a second access point device that is not the first access point device and that provides communication service coverage at a second defined area that is not the first defined area, and wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first mobile device has departed from the first defined area and has arrived at the second defined area.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the facilitating the transmission of the presence data is in response to a determination that the second defined area is not associated with location data representing defined location.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving time data indicative of a time associated with the de-registering of the first mobile device from the first access point device.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first mobile device has departed from the first defined area at the time.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the facilitating the transmission of the presence data is in response to a determination that the time data does not satisfy a defined temporal schedule.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving state data indicative of a state associated with the first defined area.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first mobile device has departed from the first defined area and the first defined area is in the state indicated by the state data.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the facilitating the transmission of the presence data is in response to a determination that the state data does not satisfy a defined state.

11. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving schedule data indicative of a defined time that a first mobile device is scheduled to arrive at a first defined area;

monitoring registration data indicative of mobile devices that register for communication service with a first access point device that services the first defined area;

determining the first mobile device has not arrived at the first defined area by the defined time based on the schedule data and the registration data; and

in response to the determining, instructing transmission of presence data to a second mobile device that differs from the first mobile device, wherein the presence data indicates the first mobile device has not arrived at the first defined area by the defined time.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the determining the first mobile device has not arrived at the first defined area by the defined time comprises determining the first mobile device has not registered for service with the first access point device by the defined time.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise receiving other registration data indicative of the first mobile device registering with a second access point device that differs from the first access point device and provides communication service at a second defined area that differs from the first defined area.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the presence data comprises an indication that the first mobile device has not arrived at the first defined area by the defined time and an indication of the second defined area.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the instructing the transmission of the presence data is in response to a determination that the second defined area is not associated with location data representing a specified location.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device comprising a processor, registration data that indicates a first mobile device has registered with a first access point device that provides communication service at a first defined area;

determining, by the device, that the first mobile device is not at a second defined area that differs from the first defined area based on the registration data; and

transmitting, by the device, presence data to a second mobile device that differs from the first mobile device, wherein the presence data indicates the first mobile device is not at the second defined area.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising comparing, by the device, a time to schedule data indicative of a defined time the first mobile device is scheduled to arrive at the second defined area.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising comparing, by the device, state data indicative of a state of the second defined area to a defined state of the second defined area.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising transmitting, by the device, the state data to the first mobile device or the second mobile device.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

transmitting, by the device, the schedule data to the first mobile device or the second mobile device.