Mobile device manners propagation and compliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9237205-B2
Application number	US-201113182400-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2011
Priority date	Sep 19, 2006
Publication date	Jan 12, 2016
Grant date	Jan 12, 2016

Abstract

The present invention includes methods and technologies for defining and administering device manners policy (“DMP”), propagating DMP, reception and recognition of, and compliance with DMP. Such policy may be used to communicate to various mobile and other devices the “manners” with which compliance is expected or required. Similar to some of the social manners honored among people, such as with “no smoking” or “employees only” zones, “no swimming” or “no flash photography” areas, and scenarios for “please wash your hands” or “no talking out loud”, devices may recognize and comply with analogous “device manners” policy.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor;
memory coupled to the at least one processor; and
at least one program module stored at least in part in the memory, the computing device configured according to the at least one program module to:
obtain a device manners policy that specifies a particular behavior with which compliance by a plurality of devices that includes the computing device is requested or expected, where the device manners policy is a result of voting among the plurality of devices;
comply with the obtained device manners policy; and
receive a service based on compliance by the computing device with the obtained device manners policy.

2. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the device manners policy is embodied as a watermark.

3. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the obtained device manners policy is obtained via an audio signal.

4. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the compliance is based on self-reconfiguration by the computing device in accordance with the obtained device manners policy.

5. The computing device of claim 1 further configured to provide an indication of the compliance with the obtained device manners policy.

6. The computing device of claim 5 further configured to receive a service provided in response to the provided indication of the compliance with the obtained device manners policy.

7. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the computing device is a mobile device configured for linking to a cellular network.

8. A method performed on a computing device comprising at least one processor, memory, and at least one program module that together are configured for causing the computing device to perform the method comprising:
obtaining, by the computing device, a device manners policy that specifies a particular behavior with which compliance by a plurality of devices that includes the computing device is requested or expected, where the device manners policy is a result of voting among the plurality of devices;
complying, by the computing device, with the obtained device manners policy; and
receiving, by the computing device based on the complying, a service.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the device manners policy is embodied as a watermark.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the obtained device manners policy is obtained via an audio signal.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the compliance is based on self-reconfiguration by the computing device in accordance with the obtained device manners policy.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising providing an indication of the compliance with the obtained device manners policy.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the computing device is a mobile device configured for linking to a cellular network.

14. A system comprising:
a computing device that includes at least one processor and memory; and
at least one program module stored at least in part in the memory,
the computing device configured according to the at least one program module to comply with a device manners policy that specifies a particular behavior with which compliance by a plurality of devices that includes the computing device is requested or expected, where the device manners policy resulted from a vote among the plurality of devices,
the computing device further configured according to the at least one program module to receive a service based on compliance by the computing device with the device manners policy.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the device manners policy is embodied as a watermark.

16. The system of claim 14 where the device manners policy is obtained via an audio signal.

17. The system of claim 14 where the compliance is based on self-reconfiguration by the computing device in accordance with the device manners policy.

18. The system of claim 14 , the computing device further configured to provide an indication of the compliance with the device manners policy.

19. The system of claim 18 , the computing device further configured to receive a service provided in response to the provided indication of the compliance with the device manners policy.

Assignees

• Abel Miller Thomas
• Guday Shai
• Sinclair Michael
• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Abel Miller Thomas
• Guday Shai
• Sinclair Michael

Classifications

• H04L67/30 Primary

  Profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/04

  specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability · CPC title

• H04L63/104

  Grouping of entities · CPC title