US 11,729,584 B2
On-demand creation of contextually relevant and location-aware ephemeral services
Julie Allen, Sioux Falls, SD (US); Fernando Molina Rodriguez, Fresno, CA (US); Andi Bridgett Cho, Discovery Bay, CA (US); Matthew L. Sommer, Millington, MI (US); Gonzalo Salgueiro, Raleigh, NC (US); and Pascale Delaunay, La Verne, CA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/350,567.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408217 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
storing user configuration information indicating, for one or more users of a plurality of users, a plurality of user identifiers each of which is associated with a respective user of the one or more users, and settings that determine which user identifier of the plurality of user identifiers is displayed on devices of one or more other users in communication sessions on behalf of one or more location/venue entities according to a geographic location of a mobile device associated with the respective user and/or time of day of the communication sessions;
obtaining information about a geographic location of the mobile device of a first user of the plurality of users;
correlating the geographic location of the mobile device of the first user with the one or more location/venue entities;
joining the first user to a particular communication session based on the correlating; and
causing to be displayed on devices of one or more other users in the particular communication session to which the first user is joined, one of the plurality of user identifiers for the first user according to the user configuration information for the first user,
wherein the user configuration information for the first user causes a different user identifier of the plurality of user identifiers of the first user to be displayed on devices of one or more other users in the particular communication session depending on venue type of the geographic location of the mobile device of the first user and/or time of day.