Position-based automatic configuration of portable device
A method for automatically configuring a portable device comprises determining a position of the portable device and automatically configuring the portable device based on the determined position.
1. A method for configuring a portable device, comprising:
monitoring location of the portable device to determine whether a current position of the portable device has changed from a previous position;
connecting to a local network located at the current position;
subsequent to the current position being determined to have changed from the previous position, dynamically determining all currently available external resources at the current position by immediately scanning for all available external resources connected to the local network at the current position, and
automatically configuring the portable device to access at least one of the available external resources based on the dynamically determined currently available external resources at the current position and on one or more resource preferences stored in memory of the portable device, wherein configuring the portable device to access at least one of the available external resources includes selecting a mode of access to a network for use with the portable device, configuring access rights to one or more files, and disabling one or more port or peripherals.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring location of the portable device comprises determining the current position based on a global positioning system (GPS) determination.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring location of the portable device comprises determining the current position based on determination using a cellular network.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the currently available external resources includes one or more peripherals and wherein configuring the portable device includes selecting the one or more peripherals for use by the portable device.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more peripherals includes a network-accessible storage device located at the current position and connected to the local network.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more resource preferences include at least one of a preference to use a type of peripheral device, a restriction not to use a type of peripheral device, and a default type of peripheral device.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring location of the portable device to determine whether the current position has changed from the previous position is performed upon detecting the local network.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring location of the portable device to determine whether the current position has changed from the previous position is performed substantially continuously.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the position is one of a plurality of areas.
10. A portable device, comprising:
a location module to monitor a location of the portable device to determine whether a current position of the portable device has changed from a previous position; and
a processor to, subsequent to the current position being determined to have changed from the previous position, dynamically determine all currently available external resources at the current position by immediately scanning for all available external resources connected to a local network at the current position,
wherein the processor automatically configures the portable device to access at least one of the available external resources based on the dynamically determined currently available external resources at the current position and on one or more resource preferences stored in memory of the portable device, selects a mode of access to a network for use with the portable device, configures access rights to one or more files, and disables one or more ports or peripherals.
11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the location module uses the global positioning system (GPS).
12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the location module uses a cellular network to determine the current position.
13. The device of claim 10 , wherein the currently available external resources include one or more peripherals and wherein the processor automatically configures the portable device by selecting the one or more peripherals for use by the portable device.
14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the one or more peripherals includes a network-accessible storage device located at the current position and connected to the local network.
15. The device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more resource preferences include at least one of a preference to use a type of peripheral device, a restriction not to use a type of peripheral device, and a default type of peripheral device.
16. The device of claim 10 , wherein the location module monitors location of the portable device to determine whether the position has changed from the previous position upon detecting the local network.
17. The device of claim 10 , wherein the location module monitors location of the portable device to determine whether the position has changed from the previous position substantially continuously.
18. The device of claim 10 , wherein the position is one of a plurality of areas.
19. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, for configuring a portable device, comprising:
computer code for monitoring location of the portable device to determine whether a current position of the portable device has changed from a previous position;
computer code for connecting to a local network located at the current position;
computer code for, subsequent to the current position being determined to have changed from the previous position, dynamically determining all currently available external resources at the current position by immediately scanning for all available external resources connected to the local network at the current position; and
computer code for automatically configuring the portable device to access at least one of the available external resources based on the dynamically determined currently available external resources at the current position and on one or more resource preferences stored in memory of the portable device, selecting a mode of access to a network for use with the portable device, configuring access rights to one or more files, and disabling one or more ports or peripherals.
20. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the computer code for monitoring location of the portable device to determine the current position uses a global positioning system (GPS) determination.
21. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the computer code for monitoring location of the portable device to determine the current position uses a cellular network to determine the current position.
22. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the currently available external resources include one or more peripherals and wherein the computer code for configuring includes computer code for selecting the one or more peripherals for use by the portable device.
23. The computer program product of claim 22 , wherein the one or more peripherals includes a network-accessible storage device located at the current position and connected to the local network.
24. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the one or more resource preferences included at least one of a preference to use a type of peripheral device, a restriction not to use a type of peripheral device, and a default type of peripheral device.
25. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the computer code for monitoring location of the portable device to determine whether the current position has portable changed from the previous position determines position upon detecting the local network.
26. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the computer code for monitoring location of the portable device to determine whether the current position has changed from the previous position determines position substantially continuously.
27. The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the position is one of a plurality of areas.