Context aware device disconnection

• US 9,516,696 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Locker, Howard, Cromer, Daryl, Hunt, John Miles, Nicholson, John Weldon
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Application Number:
  US13/306,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20130138797A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,834 Days
• Field of Search: 709221-226, 709/205, 709/219, 709/227, 340/3.42, 370/229, 726/1, 455/418, 455/419, 455/466, 455/557
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/143 Termination or inactivation of sessions, e.g. event-controlled end of session
• 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 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release

Abstract

Systems, methods and products directed toward context aware device disconnection are provided herein. One aspect includes obtaining one or more physical measurements of an information handling device connected to one or more external systems, the one or more physical measurements being measured using one or more physical characteristic measurement elements; analyzing the one or more physical measurements using one or more policy settings configured in one or more disconnection policies stored on the information handling device; and initiating one or more disconnection events responsive to the one or more physical measurements matching the one or more policy settings. Other embodiments are described herein.

Claims

1. An information handling device comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors;

wherein, responsive to execution of program instructions stored in said memory, the one or more processors;

identify a connection between the information handling device and one or more external systems;

obtain one or more physical measurements of the information handling device using one or more physical characteristic measurement elements; and

responsive to the one or more physical measurements matching one or more disconnection policy settings, wherein the one or more disconnection policy settings comprises movement of the information handling device exceeding a predetermined time frame and an acceleration of the information handling device exceeding a predetermined value, terminate the connection between the information handling device and the one or more external systems.

2. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more physical measurements comprise a location of the information handling device.

3. The information handling device according to claim 2, wherein the location of the information handling device comprises a geographic location.

4. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors prompt a user to maintain or terminate the connection between the information handling device and an external system.

5. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more policy settings comprises movement of the information handling device outside of a specified geographic location.

11. An information handling device of claim 1, wherein the information handling device comprises a mobile information handling device.

12. An information handling device of claim 1, wherein to connect comprises a connection using a long-range wireless communication protocol.

6. A method comprising:

obtaining one or more physical measurements of an information handling device having a connection to one or more external systems, the one or more physical measurements being measured using one or more physical characteristic measurement elements; and

responsive to the one or more physical measurements matching one or more disconnection policy settings, wherein the one or more disconnection policy settings comprises movement of the information handling device exceeding a predetermined time frame and an acceleration of the information handling device exceeding a predetermined value terminating the connection between the information handling device and the one or more external systems.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the one or more physical measurements comprise a location of the information handling device.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the location of the information handling device comprises a geographic location.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising prompting a user to maintain or terminate the connection between the information handling device and an external system.

10. A program product comprising:

a storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising;

program code that obtains one or more physical measurements of an information handling device having a connection to one or more external systems, the one or more physical measurements being measured using one or more physical characteristic measurement elements; and

program code that, responsive to the one or more physical measurements matching one or more disconnection policy, wherein the one or more disconnection policy settings comprises movement of the information handling device exceeding a predetermined time frame and an acceleration of the information handling device exceeding a predetermined value, terminates the connection between the information handling device and the one or more external systems.