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NUNCHI Patent No 8/311/523
It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that any configuration of the system may be used for various purposes according to the particular implementation. The control logic or software implementing the present invention can be stored on any machine-readable medium locally or remotely accessible to processor. A machine-readable medium includes any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g. a computer). For example, a machine readable medium includes read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash memory devices, electrical, optical, acoustical or other forms of propagated signals (e.g. carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.).
While the user social statistics sensors are shown including the sensors 110, 120, 130, 140, it is understood that the user social statistics sensors can include other types of sensors in addition to or instead of one or more of these sensor 110, 120, 130, 140, such as sensors which detect heart rate, ultrasound sensors, infrared sensors, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, magnetic field sensors, proximity sensors, and other environmental sensors which detect a user environment, or combinations thereof.
While not shown, in other aspects of the invention, the social statistics sensors can include local network/data logging which records the network availably through the course of a day. Such logging could include detection of Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, WiFi or other short range communication networks. In this way, a social signature might become associated with specific mobile devices and networks in particular locations and times in order to help identify that, when these combinations of networks are detected, a particular social template is to be used. For instance, if one of the detected mobile devices corresponds to logging associated with a particular friend, one social template might be chosen in preference to another social template which might be more willing to allow communication if the user is sensed to be alone.
The mobile device 100 may be a cellular phone, wrist watch, mp3 player, portable media player, personal digital assistant (PDA), mobile game console, laptop computer, or any other device which can support an set of sensors and be carried by a user. In the shown embodiment, the mobile device 100 is a portable electronic device that includes one or more inertial sensors 120, one or more location based sensors 110, one or more audio sensors 140 and one or more optical sensors 130.
Once the system has identified a user activity, the system may apply a set of motion criteria specific to the identified social state to estimate one or more user social statistics (e.g., to detect intrusiveness of a communication request). Social state criteria may include thresholds, comparison requirements, action windows, etc. For instance, in relation to the coffee shop example above, the comparison may be looking at the purchase amount, audio input and physical location in comparison to typical actions to say socially that the user is having a tall, soy latte with a friend at the coffee shop. This may however not be what is reported to everyone depending on the social template. Thus, the social template may allow specific friends to know that he is drinking coffee at the coffee shop, may allow his co-workers to know that he is in a personal meeting, and only allow the rest of the world to know that he is busy and should not be disturbed. These would be examples of social network grouping where a single event would be reported in multiple ways based on where the requestor fit in this user's social network. So certain social states may cross a threshold of what should be reported to which groups, a comparison of data previously shared versus currently available to be shared may be used, and specific action windows can be used to allow the user to share data after the event so that nothing is provided without knowledge and this becomes the basis of further training.
Assuming the communication is from the Father, the social template is programmed to give the Father the First Social Hierarchy Level, and allow the Father to know that the mobile device 100 of the Mother is with the baby, the location, for how long, and who is napping (both Mother and Baby or Baby only). In this way, the social template provides a high level of information to the Father so that the Father can make an informed choice about whether to place the call, or to instead send an email or text.
Assuming the communication is from the neighbor, the social signature is programmed to give the neighbor a Second Social Hierarchy Level and less information is to be provided. In this case, the social template only indicates that the Baby is sleeping, so that the neighbor or friend can make an informed choice about whether to place the call, or to instead send an email or text, but without being given as much detail as to the location and duration of the social signature.
Assuming the communication is from the neighbor, the social signature is programmed to give the neighbor a Second Social Hierarchy Level and less information is to be provided. In this case, the social template only indicates that the Baby is sleeping, so that the neighbor or friend can make an informed choice about whether to place the call, or to instead send an email or text, but without being given as much detail as to the location and duration of the social signature.
In this manner, the device 100, 200 could chronicle a user's status, and could provide different updates to different social networking services. For instance, a user in a coffee shop might want to update their social networking site (such as FACEBOOK) to indicate to users that they are at the coffee shop. Where the user has more than one social networking site, the user might not want this information on a profession networking site (such as LINKED-IN). Conversely, where the user is in a work related activity, such as at a conference, the social template could be configured to provide the same or different updates on the social and professional networking sites. A similar chronicle of the user's status could be provided on TWITTER or other microblog site. In this way, the device 100, 200 would be able to provide constant feeds and updates to automatically enliven a user's social and professional networking site(s) and/or issue microblogs such as tweets according to a status sensed from the various device sensors 110, 120, 130, 140.
The present invention may also be embodied in a handheld or portable device containing a subset of the computer hardware components described above. For example, the handheld device may be configured to contain only the bus, the processor and memory. The handheld device may also be configured to include a set of buttons or input signaling components with which a user may select from a set of available options. The handheld device may also be configured to include an output apparatus such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or display element matrix for displaying information to a user of the handheld device. Conventional methods may be used to implement such a handheld device. The implementation of the present invention for such a device would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art given the disclosure of the present invention as provided herein.
The present invention may also be embodied in a special purpose appliance including a subset of the computer hardware components described above. For example, the appliance may include a processor, a data storage device, a bus, and memory, and only rudimentary communications mechanisms, such as a small touch-screen that permits the user to communicate in a basic manner with the device. In general, the more special-purpose the device is, the fewer of the elements need be present for the device to function. In some devices, communications with the user may be through a touch-based screen, or similar mechanism.
The present invention may also be embodied in a special purpose appliance including a subset of the computer hardware components described above. For example, the appliance may include a processor, a data storage device, a bus, and memory, and only rudimentary communications mechanisms, such as a small touch-screen that permits the user to communicate in a basic manner with the device. In general, the more special-purpose the device is, the fewer of the elements need be present for the device to function. In some devices, communications with the user may be through a touch-based screen, or similar mechanism.
It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that any configuration of the system may be used for various purposes according to the particular implementation. The control logic or software implementing the present invention can be stored on any machine-readable medium locally or remotely accessible to processor. A machine-readable medium includes any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g. a computer). For example, a machine readable medium includes read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash memory devices, electrical, optical, acoustical or other forms of propagated signals (e.g. carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.).
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