Method and apparatus for dynamically altering the operational characteristics of a wireless phone by monitoring the phone's movement and/or location
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCary Bates, Paul Day
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and program product for dynamically altering the behavior of a wireless phone based on the movement and/or location of the phone is provided. The present invention further provides caller-initiated control over the behavior of a wireless phone.
Claims31
A method for dynamically changing an operational characteristic of a wireless phone, the method comprising the steps of:
- periodically monitoring the wireless phone for motion;
- and
- changing the operational characteristic of the wireless phone based upon the monitored motion.
A method for dynamically changing an operational characteristic of a wireless phone, the method comprising the steps of:
- periodically monitoring the wireless phone for locational indicia;
- and
- changing the operational characteristic of the wireless phone based upon the locational indicia and the intention of a caller initiating a call to a holder of the wireless phone.
An apparatus for changing an operational characteristic of a wireless phone, the apparatus comprising:
- a position detector for determining a set of locational indicia for the wireless phone;
- a memory for storing a call routing program;
- a processor, which upon executing the call routing program, is configured to:
- receive an incoming call;
- determine an originating phone number for the incoming call;
- compare the originating phone number against a set of controlling phone numbers associated with the wireless phone to determine if the call is originating from a controlling phone;
- compare the set of locational indicia from the wireless phone against a set of predefined locational/movement restrictions to determine if the wireless phone is currently restricted from receiving the call;
- and
- defer the routing of the call to the wireless phone if the call is originating from a controlling phone and if the wireless phone is currently restricted from receiving the call.
An apparatus for changing an operational characteristic of a wireless phone, the apparatus comprising:
- a position detector for determining a movement of the wireless phone;
- a memory for storing a call routing program;
- a processor, which upon executing the call routing program, is configured to:
- receive an incoming call;
- determine an originating phone number for the incoming call;
- compare the movement of the wireless phone against a set of predefined movement restrictions to determine if the wireless phone is currently restricted from receiving the call;
- and
- defer the routing of the call to the wireless phone wireless phone is currently restricted from receiving the call.
A method for deploying computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer readable code into a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing the following:
- receiving an incoming wireless phone call from a calling phone destined for a receiving phone;
- determining an originating phone number for the calling phone;
- comparing the originating phone number of the calling phone against a set of controlling phone numbers associated with the receiving phone to determine if the call is originating from a controlling phone;
- comparing a set of current locational indicia from the receiving phone against a set of predefined locational/movement restrictions to determine if the wireless phone is currently restricted from receiving the call;
- and
- deferring the routing of the call to the receiving phone if the call is originating from a controlling phone and if the receiving phone is currently restricted from receiving the call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.