Patent ID: 8737950
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining, at a mobile device associated with a user, local connectivity identification (LCID) information over short range wireless protocol connections from one or more proximate mobile user devices, carried by one or more other users, that are proximate to the mobile device; retrieving a list of invited participants to a meeting from a calendar application installed at the mobile device; obtaining user identification information associated with ones of the invited participants that are associated with the one or more proximate mobile user devices from which the LCID information was obtained over the short range wireless protocol connections; obtaining a confidence value that is associated with a likelihood that the user is physically present at the meeting based on data related to the LCID information; determining whether the meeting is a valid context for the user based on the confidence value; and selectively executing one or more functions associated with at least one context aware application installed at the mobile device based on whether the meeting is a valid context for the user.