Personalized location-based services for users

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10382579-B2
Application number	US-201715444839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2017
Priority date	Feb 28, 2017
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention include methods, systems and computer program products. The method includes a detecting, by a processor, a presence of a user at a location. The method further includes detecting, by the processor, a presence of one or more sensors at the location, where the one or more sensors are communicatively coupled together and to the processor. The method further includes determining, by the processor, that the user can be sensed by the one or more sensors at the location. The method further includes notifying, by the processor, the user that a selectable personalized service is available to the user at the location. The method further includes providing, by the processor, the selectable personalized service to the user at the location, where the selectable personalized service notifies the user as to an existence of any anomalies with respect to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
detecting, by a processor, a user at a location, where the location comprises a vehicle parking facility; and
wherein the vehicle parking facility comprises an egress gate for entry to and exit from the parking facility;
detecting, by the processor, one or more sensors at the location, wherein the one or more sensors are communicatively coupled together and to the processor;
determining, by the processor, that the user is sensed by the one or more sensors at the location;
identifying, by the processor, a vehicle of the user based on sensor data obtained from the one or more sensors at the location;
determining, by the processor, a parking location of the vehicle of the user based at least in part on the sensor data;
analyzing, by the processor, the parking location to determine that the one or more sensors are able to provide one or more selectable personalized services for the vehicle in the parking location;
responsive to determining that the one or more sensors are able to provide the one or more selectable personalized services for the vehicle in the parking location, notifying, by the processor, the user that the one or more selectable personalized services are available to the user with the user at the location, where the one or more selectable personalize services include a vehicle security service; and
responsive to receiving a selection of at least one of the one or more selectable personalized services, providing, by the processor, the selected personalized service to the user at the location, where the selected personalized service notifies the user as to detection of any anomalies with respect to the user; and
responsive to detecting any anomalies, providing sensor data corresponding to the any anomalies, from the one or more sensors at the location, to the user, wherein the any anomalies comprise an unauthorized movement of the vehicle of the user; and
preventing the egress gate from opening based at least in part on the unauthorized movement of the vehicle of the user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , where the location comprises a vehicle parking facility.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , where the detecting, by a processor, a presence of a user at a location further comprises detecting, by the processor, a presence of a vehicle of the user at the vehicle parking facility.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , where detecting, by the processor, a presence of a vehicle of the user at the vehicle parking facility, further comprises utilizing one or more cameras located at the vehicle parking facility to visually determine a presence of a vehicle of the user at the vehicle parking facility.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , where notifying, by the processor, the user that a selectable personalized service is available to the user with the user at the location, further comprises responding, by the processor, to a response from the user to select the personalized service to be provided to the user.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user, the processor, and the one or more sensors are communicatively couple together in an Internet of Things network configuration.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein providing, by the processor, the selectable personalized service to the user at the location further comprises utilizing, by the processor one or more inputs including a user profile.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , where a processing device associated with the user allows the user to interact with the processor.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , where the processor is located in a cloud computing environment, and where the method is implemented in software run by the processor located in the cloud computing environment.

10. A computer system comprising:
a memory having program instructions stored therein;
a processor in communication with the memory, the program instructions when executed by the processor, causing the computer system to:
detect a user at a location, where the location comprises a vehicle parking facility; and
wherein the vehicle parking facility comprises an egress gate for entry to and exit from the parking facility;

detect one or more sensors at the location, where the one or more sensors are communicatively coupled together and to the processor;
determine that the user is sensed by the one or more sensors at the location;
identify a vehicle of the user based on sensor data obtained from the one or more sensors at the location;
determine a parking location of the vehicle of the user based at least in part on the sensor data;
analyze the parking location to determine that the one or more sensors are able to provide one or more selectable personalized services for the vehicle in the parking location;
responsive to determining that the one or more sensors are able to provide the one or more selectable personalized services for the vehicle in the parking location, notify the user that the one or more selectable personalized services are available to the user with the user at the location, where the one or more selectable personalized services include a vehicle security service; and
in response to receiving a selection of at least one of the one or more selectable personalized services, provide the selected personalized service to the user at the location, where the selected personalized service notifies the user as to detection of any anomalies with respect to the user; and

responsive to detecting any anomalies, providing sensor data corresponding to the any anomalies, from the one or more sensors at the location, to the user, wherein the any anomalies comprise an unauthorized movement of the vehicle of the user; and
prevent the egress gate from opening based at least in part on the unauthorized movement of the vehicle of the user.

11. The computer system of claim 10 , where the location comprises a vehicle parking facility.

12. The computer system of claim 11 , where the program instructions causing the system to detect a presence of a user at a location further comprises the program instructions causing the system to detect a presence of a vehicle of the user at the vehicle parking facility.

13. The computer system of claim 12 , where the program instructions causing the system to detect a presence of a vehicle of the user at the vehicle parking facility further comprises the program instructions causing the system to utilize one or more cameras located at the vehicle parking facility to visually determine a presence of a vehicle of the user at the vehicle parking facility.

14. The computer system of claim 10 , where the program instructions causing the system to notify the user that a selectable personalized service is available to the user with the user at the location further comprises the program instructions causing the system to respond to a response from the user to select the personalized service to be provided to the user.

15. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the user, the processor, and the one or more sensors are communicatively couple together in an Internet of Things network configuration.

16. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the program instructions causing the system to provide the selectable personalized service to the user at the location further comprises the program instructions causing the system to utilize one or more inputs including a user profile.

17. The computer system of claim 10 , where a processin

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Mevissen Martin
• Pratsini Eleni
• Russo Giovanni
• Shorten Robert

Classifications

• G06K9/00771

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q10/0637

  Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04W4/33

  for indoor environments, e.g. buildings · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title