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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Hong Xiao, Acton, MA (US);
Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
Robert H. Liao, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Paul O. Perry, Lexington, MA (US);
Punita Mishra, Potomac, MD (US);
Lee N. Goodman, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Sujin C. Chang, Stow, MA (US);
Alok Mandloi, Gujarat, IN;
Hong Xiao, Acton, MA (US);
Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
Robert H. Liao, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Paul O. Perry, Lexington, MA (US);
Punita Mishra, Potomac, MD (US);
Lee N. Goodman, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Sujin C. Chang, Stow, MA (US);
Alok Mandloi, Gujarat, IN;
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method includes identifying, by a mobile device, a time, a day, a date or a location, and accessing a database storing first information correlating the time, day, date and location to a personal mode or a business mode for the mobile device. The method also includes identifying, exception information associated with the time, day, date, or location, and identifying user preference information associated with the personal mode and the business mode. The user preference information identifies a background associated with a home screen, icons provided on the home screen, or links to information accessible via the home screen. The method further includes configuring the mobile device in the personal or business mode based on the first information and the exception information, wherein the configuring includes providing, on the home screen, information corresponding to the user preference information associated with either the personal or business mode.