System and method for control and management of resources for consumers of information
A system and method is provided for using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. This determination may be used to control and manage the actions that the device is asked to carry out by or on behalf of the user.
1. A service delivery platform, comprising:
a resource map storing a representation of an environment of a plurality of mobile devices each associated with a user, each of the representations being based on information obtained from the respective mobile devices, the information including (i) attributes of external resources available to the respective mobile devices and (ii) state information concerning the environment of the respective mobile devices obtained from one or more sensors associated with the respective mobile devices;
a resource profile unit containing pattern matching rules for matching access policies of the mobile devices with the representation of the environment for the mobile devices stored in the resource map; and
a recognition unit for controlling user access to a service based on the matching.
2. The service delivery platform of claim 1 , wherein the recognition unit is configured to limit access to the service when the state information obtained from the one or more sensors indicates that the mobile device is in a pre-defined physical environment.
3. The service delivery platform of claim 2 , wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the mobile device from which the information was received.
4. The service delivery platform of claim 1 , wherein the service is provisioned by the external resource.
5. The service delivery platform of claim 4 , wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the mobile device from which the information was received.
6. The service delivery platform of claim 1 , wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a user selected preference.
7. The service delivery platform of claim 1 , wherein the external resource includes a monitor device located in an automobile.
8. The service delivery platform of claim 1 , wherein the external resource includes a network resource.
9. The service delivery platform of claim 1 , wherein the network resource is generated by an automobile.
10. The service delivery platform of claim 1 , wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a service provider policy.
11. The service delivery platform of claim 1 , wherein the attributes are received by the mobile device via an out-of-band process.
12. A method for controlling access to services to be delivered to a plurality of users each associated with a respective mobile device, comprising:
receiving service requests from the mobile devices;
allowing or disallowing each of the users to access the respective requested service based on an application of pre-defined pattern matching rules for matching access policies of the respective mobile devices with a representation of an environment for each of the mobile devices, each of the representations being based on information obtained from the respective mobile devices, the information including (i) attributes of one or more external resources available to the respective mobile devices and (ii) state information concerning the environment of the respective mobile devices obtained from one or more sensors associated with the respective mobile devices.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein allowing or disallowing a selected one of the user to access a selected one of the requested services includes re-directing delivery of one of the selected requested service to an external resource specified in tone of the representations.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein allowing or disallowing at least one of the users to access a requested service includes disallowing access to the requested service if the state information indicates that the mobile device is in a pre-defined physical environment.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the service is provisioned by one of the external resources.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the mobile device from which the information was received.
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the mobile device from which the information was received.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a user selected preference.
19. The method of claim 12 , wherein one of the external resources includes a monitor device located in an automobile.
20. The method of claim 12 , wherein one of the external resources includes a network resource.
21. The method of claim 12 , wherein one of the network resources is generated by an automobile.
22. The method of claim 12 , wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a service provider policy.
23. The method of claim 12 , wherein the attributes received by the mobile device via an out-of-band process.
24. A method for controlling access to services to be delivered to a plurality of users each associated with a respective mobile device, comprising:
receiving service requests from the mobile devices;
allowing or disallowing each of the users to access the respective requested service based on an application of pre-defined pattern matching rules for matching access policies of the respective mobile devices with a representation of an environment for each of the mobile devices, each of the representations being based on information obtained from the respective mobile devices, the information including (i) attributes of one or more external resources available to the respective mobile devices and (ii) state information concerning the environment of the respective mobile devices obtained from one or more sensors associated with the respective mobile devices and (iii) dynamic updates to the representation that include updates concerning the external resources that are available to the mobile devices.
25. The method of claim 24 , wherein allowing or disallowing a selected one of the users to access a selected one of the requested services includes re-directing delivery of one of the selected requested services to one of the external resources specified in one of the representations.
26. The method of claim 24 , wherein allowing or disallowing at least one of the users to access a requested service includes disallowing access to the requested service if the state information indicates that the mobile device is in a pre-defined physical environment.
27. The method of claim 24 , wherein the service is provisioned by one of the external resources.
28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the mobile device from which the information was received.
29. The method of claim 24 , wherein the service is delivered to the user associated with the mobile device from which the information was received.
30. The method of claim 24 , wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a user selected preference.
31. The method of claim 24 , wherein one of the external resources includes a monitor device located in an automobile.
32. The method of claim 24 wherein one of the external resources includes a network resource.
33. The method of claim 32 , wherein the network resource is generated by an automobile.
34. The method of claim 24 , wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a service provider policy.
35. The method of claim 24 , wherein the attributes are received by the mobile device via an out-of-band process.
36. The method of claim 24 , wherein the representation of the environment of at least two of the mobile devices have a common one of the external resources available to them such that the common external resource is sharable between the at least two of the mobile devices.