Environmentally aware computing devices with automatic policy adjustment features

摘要

A method of automatically adjusting device settings can include a step of associating devices with device location beacons and associating users with user location beacons. The devices can be linked to a network that includes a location server. The location server can automatically determine location based relationships between the devices and the users based upon positions of the device location beacons and the user location beacons. For each device, applicable ones of a set of established policies can be determined. For each device, applicable policies can be determined based upon at least one of a physical location of the device, a relative position of the device to the users, and a relative position between the device and other devices. The selected policies can be conveyed to the devices through the network connection. Each device can automatically adjust at least one device setting in accordance with the policies.