Verifying calendar information through proximate device detection
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorHåkan Lars Emanuel Jonsson
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Abstract
A device stores a context aware application, and a calendar application that further stores data related to a scheduled meeting. The device receives local connectivity identification (LCID) information from one or more other devices that are proximate to the device. The device determines a likelihood that a user of the device is present at the scheduled meeting based on data related to the received LCID information from the one or more other devices that are proximate to the device. The device selectively executes a function associated with a context aware application based on the likelihood that the user is present at the scheduled meeting.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- obtaining, at a mobile device associated with a user, local connectivity identification (LCID) information over first wireless connections from one or more devices that are proximate to the mobile device;
- retrieving a list of invited participants to a meeting from a calendar application installed at the mobile device;
- obtaining a confidence value that is associated with a likelihood that the user is physically present at the meeting based on data related to the LCID information;
- determining whether the meeting is a valid context for the user based on the confidence value;
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- selectively executing one or more functions associated with at least one context aware application installed at the mobile device based on whether the meeting is a valid context for the user.
A device, comprising:
- a memory configured to store a context aware application and a calendar application that further stores data related to a scheduled meeting;
- a first communication interface configured to receive local connectivity identification (LCID) information from one or more other devices that are proximate to the device;
- and
- a processing unit configured to:
- determine a likelihood that a user of the device is present at the scheduled meeting based on data related to the received LCID information from the one or more other devices that are proximate to the device, and
- selectively execute a function associated with a context aware application based on the likelihood that the user is present at the scheduled meeting.
A computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processing unit, the computer readable medium comprising:
- one or more instructions for managing calendar information associated with a calendar application installed at a mobile device;
- one or more instructions for obtaining local connectivity identification (LCID) information over wireless connections from one or more devices that are proximate to the mobile device;
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- one or more instructions for verifying at least a portion of the calendar information based on the obtained LCID information from the one or more devices that are proximate to the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.