System for discovery of devices and connections associated with a device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10091206-B2
Application number	US-201514927963-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for discovery of devices and connections associated with a device. Embodiments access a computing device to determine at least one device or connection associated with the device; determine, based on the determined at least device or connection, at least one new tool or application to download or install on the computing device; and present the at least one new tool or application to a user of the computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for discovery of devices and connections associated with a device, the system comprising:
a memory device;
a communication device connected to a network; and
a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device and the communication device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
authenticate an identity of a user before allowing the user to access a user computer system associated with the user;
locate, via GPS, the user computer system, wherein locating the user computer system comprises monitoring a location of the user computer system;
based on monitoring the location of the user computer system, determine that the user is not located at a first location;
determine a target associated with the user and one or more target attributes of the target, wherein the one or more target attributes comprise a target time period, optimal values of target benefits, and optimal values of one or more control factors associated with at least one device for at least partially completing the target;
access the user computer system to identify the at least one device and one or more selected features of the at least one device located at the first location that has previously connected with the user computer system over the network, wherein the at least one device is not currently connected to the network, and wherein the at least one device may be remotely controlled to at least partially complete the target;
establish a dynamic communication channel to the at least one device located at the first location that has previously connected with the user computer system over the network, wherein the dynamic communication channel is established based on use of the at least one device;
execute an optimization algorithm by varying one or more values of the one or more selected features relative to the target and the one or more target attributes, wherein executing the optimization algorithm further comprises:
determining an impact value associated with the target, wherein the impact value indicates a maximum likelihood of the user accomplishing the target; and
determining an optimum value for the one or more selected features of the at least one device based on the impact value, the target, and the one or more target attributes;
transmit a control signal, via the dynamic communication channel, to the at least one device to turn on and connect to the network;
initiate a presentation of a target interface for display on the user computer system, the target interface comprising the one or more control factors, wherein the target interface enables the user to remotely control the at least one device over the network; and
control the at least one device to modify the one or more control factors associated with the at least one device, wherein modifying the one or more control factors causes at least partial completion of the target, and wherein the optimum value is assigned to the one or more selected features.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein accessing further comprises:
requesting authorization from the user to access the user computer system in order to determine devices that are or have connected with the user computer system; and
receiving authorization from the user to access the user computer system to determine the devices that are or have connected with the user computer system.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein accessing further comprises:
accessing a currently connected devices directory in order to determine devices currently connected with the user computer system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein accessing further comprises:
accessing a previously connected devices directory in order to determine devices previously connected with the user computer system.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein accessing further comprises:
accessing one or more cloud-based device directories in order to determine devices previously or currently connected with the user, the user computer system or the network.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
retrieve a list of devices previously or currently connected with the user computer system.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
associate each of the devices with one or more categories defined to indicate information about the user of the user computer system.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
analyze the one or more categories to determine the information about the user of the user computer system.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
analyze the one or more categories to determine information about the devices previously or currently connected with the user computer system or the network.

10. A computer program product for discovery of devices and connections associated with a device, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
an executable portion configured to authenticate an identity of a user before allowing the user to access a user computer system associated with the user;
an executable portion configured to locate, via GPS, the user computer system, wherein locating the user computer system comprises monitoring a location of the user computer system;
an executable portion configured to, based on monitoring the location of the user computer system associated with the user, determine that the user is not located at a first location;
an executable portion configured to determine a target associated with the user and one or more target attributes of the target, wherein the one or more target attributes comprise a target time period, optimal values of target benefits, and optimal values of one or more control factors associated with at least one device for at least partially completing the target;
an executable portion configured to access the user computer system to identify the at least one device and one or more selected features of the at least one device located at the first location that has previously connected with the user computer system over a network, wherein the at least one device is not currently connected to the network, and wherein the at least one device may be remotely controlled to at least partially complete the target;
an executable portion configured to establish a dynamic communication channel to the at least one device located at the first location that has previously connected with the user computer system over the network, wherein the dynamic communication channel is established based on use of the at least one device;
an executable portion configured to execute an optimization algorithm by varying one or more values of the one or more selected features relative to the target and the one or more target attributes, wherein executing the optimization algorithm further comprises:
determining an impact value associated with the target, wherein the impact value indicates a maximum likelihood of the user accomplishing the target; and
determining an optimum value for the one or more selected features of the at least one device based on the impact value, the target, and the one or more target attributes;
an executable portion configured to transmit a control signal, via the dynamic communication channel, to the at least one device to t

Assignees

• Bank Of America

Inventors

• Jones-Mcfadden Alicia C
• Bullock Caitlin Chrisman
• Hsieh Matthew
• Kumar Jaydev Ajit
• Lyubetsky Yaakov
• Paik Yun Suk
• Xu Heng
• Zheng Jimin

Classifications

• H04L63/08

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04L67/22

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/102 Primary

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• H04L63/10

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title