Patent ID: 8935408
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a central device and by using a first communication technique, a message from a first user device; identifying, by the central device, a profile associated with the first user device; identifying, by the central device, one or more relevant rules in the profile based on the message; identifying, by the central device and in the profile, a second user device that is designated as a primary user device of a user associated with the profile; determining, by the central device, that the second user device is located outside a particular location after identifying that the second user device is designated as the primary user device; determining, by the central device, that instructions from the user are necessary based on a relevant rule of the one or more relevant rules; transmitting, by the central device and by using a second communication technique, a request for the instructions from the user to the second user device based on determining that the instructions from the user are necessary and based on determining that the second user device is located outside the particular location, receiving, by the central device and by using the second communication technique, the instructions from the second user device after transmitting the request for the instructions from the user; and causing, by the central device, the central device, the first user device, the second user device, or a third user device to perform an action based on at least one of the relevant rule or the instructions from the user,