IP Library Granted Patent US 10,015,047
Granted Patent B2
US 10,015,047 · App. 14/444,281 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Autonomic computer configuration based on location

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,015,047
App. No.
14/444,281
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and apparatus for noticing and creating relational settings, actions, profiles, and tasks by tying resources to a location based on user behavior.

Claims (29)

1. A computer readable storage medium that is not a transitory signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

identify a location of a first device based at least in part on data from a sound sensor; and

based at least in part on the identification of the location, automatically execute at least one task at the first device, wherein the at least one task that is automatically executed comprises permitting only other devices with encrypted data to connect to the first device while the first device is at the location.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to identify the location of the first device based at least in part which user is logged in to the first device.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to identify the location of the first device based at least in part ambient noise around the first device.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to present a prompt on a display responsive to a determination that the at least one configuration has been established, while the first device is at the location, at least a threshold number of times greater than one.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the at least one task that is automatically executed comprises permitting only storage devices containing appropriate security key information to connect to the first device while the first device is at the location.

6. A first device, comprising:

a processor;

a display accessible to the processor; and

storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a location of the first device based at least in part which user is logged in to the first device; and

automatically establish at least one configuration of the first device based on identification the location, wherein the at least one configuration that is automatically established comprises permitting only storage devices containing appropriate security key information to connect to the first device while the first device is at the location.

7. The first device of claim 6 , comprising a sound sensor; wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to identify the location of the first device based at least in part on data from the sound sensor.

8. The first device of claim 6 , comprising a sound sensor, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to identify the location of the first device based at least in part on ambient noise data from the sound sensor.

9. The first device of claim 6 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

present a prompt on the display for whether to establish the location as a location for which configurations of the first device are to be automatically established based on the location.

10. The first device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one configuration that is automatically established comprises permitting only other devices with encrypted data to connect to the first device while the first device is at the location.

11. The first device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to present the prompt on the display responsive to a determination that the at least one configuration has been established, while the first device is at the location, at least a threshold number of times greater than one.

12. A method, comprising:

identifying a location of a first device based at least in part which user is logged in to the first device; and

automatically executing at least one task responsive to identification of the location, wherein the at least one task that is automatically executed comprises permitting only other devices with encrypted data to connect to the first device while the first device is at the location.

13. The method of claim 12 , comprising:

identifying the location of the first device based at least in part on data from a sound sensor.

14. The method of claim 12 , comprising identifying the location of the first device based at least in part on ambient noise.

15. The method of claim 12 , comprising:

presenting a prompt on a display for whether to establish the location as a location for which tasks are to be automatically executed based on the location.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the at least one task that is automatically executed comprises permitting only storage devices containing appropriate security key information to connect to the first device while the first device is at the location.

17. The method of claim 15 , comprising presenting the prompt on the display responsive to determining that the at least one task has been executed, while the first device is at the location, at least a threshold number of times greater than one.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2019
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049690/0658 →