Non-intrusive proximity based advertising and message delivery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11140534-B2
Application number	US-201715840087-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2017
Priority date	Oct 10, 2015
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

Provided are techniques for controlling message delivery corresponding to a near field communication (NFC) device, comprising establishing, on a mobile computing device, a rule-based session corresponding to a NFC device; executing an application, corresponding to the NFC device, in conjunction with the session; and responsive to detecting a condition meeting a criterion corresponding to the rule-based session, limiting execution of the application on the mobile computing device in conformity with the criterion.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for controlling message delivery corresponding to a near field communication (NFC) device, comprising:
establishing, on a mobile computing device of a user, a rule-based session corresponding to a NFC device;
detecting, by the mobile computing device, that an application associated with the session is approved by the user based on a prior user approval of a prior session with the NFC device where the user granted future permissions while creating the prior session in response to a gesture performed by the user, wherein the gesture comprises shaking the mobile computing device to indicate user approval; and
responsive to detecting a first condition meeting a first criterion corresponding to the rule-based session, limiting, with respect to communication between the NFC device and the mobile computing device, execution of the application on the mobile computing device in conformity with the first criterion, wherein the limiting execution of application comprises preventing the application from transmitting a notification to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that a second NFC device is not associated with a second session; and
limiting communication with the second NFC device in response to the determining.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the limiting of execution of the application comprises preventing the mobile computing device from displaying a message corresponding to the NFC device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting the first criterion based upon interactions by a user of the mobile computing device.

5. The method of claim 1 , the first criterion selected from a list, the list consisting of:
a time constraint; and
an application specific constraint corresponding to an application associated with the NFC device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NFC device is a beacon.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the application is not loaded on the mobile computing device; and
in response to the determining that the application is not loaded, downloading the application onto the mobile computing device.

8. An apparatus for controlling message delivery corresponding to a near field communication (NFC) device, comprising:
a processor;
a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor; and
instructions, stored on the computer-readable storage medium and executed on the processor, to perform a method, the method comprising:
establishing, on a mobile computing device of a user, a rule-based session corresponding to a NFC device;
detecting, by the mobile computing device, that an application associated with the session is approved by the user based on a prior user approval of a prior session with the NFC device where the user granted future permissions while creating the prior session in response to a gesture performed by the user, wherein the gesture comprises shaking the mobile computing device to indicate user approval; and
responsive to detecting a first condition meeting a first criterion corresponding to the rule-based session, limiting, with respect to communication between the NFC device and the mobile computing device, execution of the application on the mobile computing device in conformity with the first criterion, wherein the limiting execution of application comprises preventing the application from transmitting a notification to the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , the method further comprising:
determining that a second NFC device is not associated with a second session; and
limiting communication with the second NFC device in response to the determining.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the limiting of execution of the application comprises preventing the mobile computing device from displaying a message corresponding to the NFC device.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising adjusting the first criterion based upon interactions by a user of the mobile computing device.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the NFC device is a beacon.

13. A computer programming product for controlling message delivery corresponding to a near field communication (NFC) device, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a plurality of processors to perform a method comprising:
establishing, on a mobile computing device of a user, a rule-based session corresponding to a NFC device;
detecting, by the mobile computing device, that an application associated with the session is approved by the user based on a prior user approval of a prior session with the NFC device where the user granted future permissions while creating the prior session in response to a gesture performed by the user, wherein the gesture comprises shaking the mobile computing device to indicate user approval; and
responsive to detecting a first condition meeting a first criterion corresponding to the rule-based session, limiting, with respect to communication between the NFC device and the mobile computing device, execution of the application on the mobile computing device in conformity with the first criterion, wherein the limiting execution of application comprises preventing the application from transmitting a notification to the user.

14. The computer programming product of claim 13 , the method further comprising:
determining that a second NFC device is not associated with a second session; and
limiting communication with the second NFC device in response to the determining.

15. The computer programming product of claim 13 , wherein the limiting of execution of the application comprises preventing the mobile computing device from displaying a message corresponding to the NFC device.

16. The computer programming product of claim 13 , further comprising adjusting the first criterion based upon interactions by a user of the mobile computing device.

17. The computer programming product of claim 13 , wherein the NFC device is a beacon.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Brunn Jonathan F
• Hoy Jeffrey R
• Imsdahl Marit L
• Silva Asima

Classifications

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04L67/141

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title

• H04W4/21

  for social networking applications · CPC title