System and method for mobile device usability by locational conditions

摘要

Provided is a distributed system and method for enabling new and useful location dependent features and functionality to mobile data processing systems. Mobile data processing Systems (MSs) interact with each other as peers in communications and interoperability. Data is shared between mobile data processing systems to carry out novel Location Based eXchanges (LBX) of data for new mobile applications. Information transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, is in process at, or is application modified at a mobile data processing system triggers processing of actions in accordance with user configured permissions, charters, and other configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a user configurable platform is provided for quickly building well behaving LBX applications at MSs and across a plurality of interoperating MSs. Tools, triggered interfaces and integrated applications are disclosed for a breadth of MS LBX configurations and functionality.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
accepting, by a mobile data processing system, with a configuration user interface of the mobile data processing system, from a user of the mobile data processing system, a locally maintained user specified location based event configuration including:
one or more conditions including a location based condition for comparing by the mobile data processing system to whereabouts data received for processing by the mobile data processing system for the mobile data processing system determining an identified data processing system being located in proximity of a specific location wherein the identified data processing system is identified to the mobile data processing system upon the accepting, andat least one action including an action for the mobile data processing system to modify operations of a user action of at least one user interface of the mobile data processing system from a first behavior processing state to a second behavior processing state wherein the at least one action including the action for the mobile data processing system to modify the operations of the user action is triggered for processing upon the mobile data processing system determining the one or more conditions including the location based condition for comparing by the mobile data processing system to the whereabouts data received for processing by the mobile data processing system for the mobile data processing system determining the identified data processing system being located in proximity of the specific location; storing, by the mobile data processing system, the user specified location based event configuration local to the mobile data processing system for the mobile data processing system determining the one or more conditions including the location based condition for comparing by the mobile data processing system to the whereabouts data received for processing by the mobile data processing system for the mobile data processing system determining the identified data processing system being located in proximity of the specific location; monitoring, by the mobile data processing system, for the one or more conditions including the location based condition for comparing by the mobile data processing system to the whereabouts data received for processing by the mobile data processing system for the mobile data processing system determining the identified data processing system being located in proximity of the specific location; receiving for processing, by the mobile data processing system, the whereabouts data; detecting, by the mobile data processing system, the one or more conditions including the location based condition for comparing by the mobile data processing system to the whereabouts data received for processing by the mobile data processing system for the mobile data processing system determining the identified data processing system being located in proximity of the specific location; invoking, by the mobile data processing system, the at least one action including the action for the mobile data processing system to modify the operations of the user action of the at least one user interface of the mobile data processing system from the first behavior processing state to the second behavior processing state upon the detecting, by the mobile data processing system, the one or more conditions including the location based condition; and modifying, by the mobile data processing system, the operations of the user action of the at least one user interface of the mobile data processing system from the first behavior processing state to the second behavior processing state.