Method and apparatus for changing electronic device status

An apparatus comprising:

• a sensor configured to monitor and detect user movement;
• a processor coupled to the sensor and adapted to execute one or more processes;
• a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module configured to operate in peripheral mode;
• and
• a memory configured to store a meeting mode module executable by the processor, the meeting mode module, when executed, operable to:
• obtain schedule information from an online calendar, the schedule information corresponding to a user of the electronic device;
• obtain user movement data from the sensor detecting movement of the electronic device exceeding a predetermined threshold at a predetermined time proximate to a scheduled event in the online calendar;
• in response to detecting movement of the electronic device beyond the predetermined threshold, identifying a user location and determine whether the user location is consistent with a location associated with the scheduled event in the online calendar;
• and
• in response to the user location being consistent with the scheduled event location:
• change a status of the electronic device based on the scheduled event, wherein the electronic device status is changed to place the electronic device in a meeting mode of operation in response to the scheduled event being a meeting;
• monitor for nearby electronic devices with a scheduled event identification message consistent with the scheduled event from the online calendar;
• determine when one or more nearby electronic devices with the scheduled event identification message has a received signal strength indication (RSSI) above a predefined threshold value;
• and
• in response to determining that the one or more nearby electronic devices with the scheduled event identification message do not have the RSSI above the predefined threshold value, exiting the meeting mode on the electronic device.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage media;
• and
• program code on the computer readable storage media that when executed by a processor of an electronic device configures the electronic device to perform the functions of:
• obtaining, at the electronic device, schedule information from an online calendar, the schedule information corresponding to a user of the electronic device;
• monitoring for user movement by detecting movement of the electronic device exceeding a predetermined threshold at a predetermined time proximate to a scheduled event in the online calendar;
• in response to detecting movement of the electronic device beyond the predetermined threshold, identifying a user location and determining whether the user location is consistent with a location associated with the scheduled event in the online calendar;
• and
• in response to determining the user location is consistent with the scheduled event location:
• changing a status of the electronic device based on the scheduled event, wherein the electronic device status is changed to place the electronic device in a meeting mode of operation in response to the scheduled event being a meeting;
• monitoring for nearby electronic devices with a scheduled event identification message consistent with the scheduled event from the online calendar;
• determining when one or more nearby electronic devices with the scheduled event identification message has a received signal strength indication (RSSI) above a predefined threshold value;
• and
• in response to determining that the one or more nearby electronic devices with the scheduled event identification message do not have the RSSI above the predefined threshold value, exiting the meeting mode on the electronic device.