US 12,143,894 B2
Monitoring tool for detecting violations of user physical location constraints
Tomer Shachar, Omer (IL); Yevgeni Gehtman, Modi'in (IL); and Maxim Balin, Gan Yavne (IL)
Assigned to EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed by EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,572.
Prior Publication US 2023/0065791 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04W 4/33 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining at least one processor-readable user-specific constraint on a physical location of at least one user within a building, wherein the at least one processor-readable user-specific constraint specifies one or more restrictions on the physical location of the at least one user, within the building, relative to a physical location within the building of at least one other person;
evaluating one or more network signals from a processing device of the at least one user to identify a physical port that connects the processing device of the at least one user to a network at least partially within the building;
obtaining a mapping of the physical port to a physical location within the building to determine the physical location of the at least one user within the building;
determining if the physical location of the at least one user within the building violates the at least one processor-readable user-specific constraint; and
initiating one or more automated actions in response to a result of the determining;
wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.