Message: NUNCHI Patent Claims:
CLAIMS
1. A system to automatically provide differing levels of information according to a predetermined social hierarchy, the system comprising:
a communication device comprising a sensor set which detects sensor data comprising a first detected sensor value comprising an amount of light of the environment of the communication device from an optical sensor and a second detected sensor value comprising a sound level of the environment of the communication device from an acoustic sensor, and transmits the sensor data;
a memory which stores social templates, each social template corresponding to a unique social signature comprising a first sensor value range and a second sensor value range other than the first sensor value range and each social template being selectable to provide, for each level of the predetermined social hierarchy, a corresponding differing amount of information to each member of the predetermined social hierarchy; and
a server comprising a processor which receives the sensor data from the communication device, creates a detected social signature from the received sensor data, determines which of the social signatures of the stored social templates has a greatest correspondence with the created social signature through comparison of the first and second detected sensor values and the first and second sensor value ranges of each stored social template, retrieves from the memory the determined one social template having the greatest correspondence and having the detected amount of light within the first sensor value range and the detected sound level within the second sensor value range, and provides to at least one member of the predetermined social hierarchy only as much information as allowed based on the retrieved social template.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises a set of social statistics including a location of the communication device, and a movement of the communication device, and
the processor compares the location with map data to determine a map location of the communication device, and creates the detected social signature to include information on the map location of the communication device, and the movement being experienced by the communication device.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein:
the levels of the social hierarchy of the retrieved social template include:
a first social hierarchy level which provides one level of information as selected in the retrieved social template,
a second social hierarchy level which provides another level of information as selected in the retrieved social template, and
a third social hierarchy level which provides a further level of information as selected in the retrieved social template; and
the processor detects to which of the first social hierarchy level, the second social hierarchy level, and the third social hierarchy level each member belongs, and provides only as much information as allowed by the detected social hierarchy level.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor automatically determines if an incoming communication from a communication requestor is interruptive by, prior to completing the communication, assigning the communication requestor to one of the levels of the social hierarchy, and providing to the communication requestor only as much information as allowed based on the retrieved social template.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor set comprises an Ultra Wideband sensor which provides ranging data regarding the environment, and the processor includes in the social signature a size of the location in which the communication device is found.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the server further comprises a transceiver which receives the sensor data sent from the communication device.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises usage data relating to a use of the communication device.
8. A communication system to automatically provide differing levels of information according to a predetermined social hierarchy, the communication system comprising:
a memory which stores social templates, each social template corresponding to a unique social signature comprising a first sensor value range and a second sensor value range other than the first sensor value range and each social template being selectable to provide, for each level of the predetermined social hierarchy, a corresponding differing amount of information to each member of the predetermined social hierarchy;
a communication device comprising:
a sensor set which detects sensor data comprising a first detected sensor value comprising an amount of light of an environment of the communication device from an optical sensor and a second detected sensor value comprising a sound level of the environment of the communication device from an acoustic sensor related to the environment of the communication device;
a processor which provides to at least one member of the predetermined social hierarchy only as much information as allowed based on a retrieved social template;
a transceiver which provides communication with respect to external devices, sends the detected sensor data, and sends the information based on the retrieved social template under the control of the processor; and
a housing which houses the sensor set, the processor, and the transceiver; and
a server having another processor which creates a detected social signature from the sensor data sent through the transceiver, determines which of the social signatures of the stored social templates has a greatest correspondence with the created social signature through comparison of the first and second detected sensor values and the first and second sensor value ranges of each stored social template, retrieves from the memory the determined one social template having the greatest correspondence and having the detected amount of light within the first sensor value range and the detected sound level within the second sensor value range, and provides the retrieved social template to the communication device.
9. The communication system of claim 8, wherein:
the sensor set further comprises:
a location sensor which senses a location of the communication device; and
an acceleration sensor which senses acceleration of the communication device, and
the another processor compares the location with map data to determine a map location of the communication device, and creates the detected social signature to include information on the map location of the communication device, the acceleration being experienced by the communication device, and the environment of the communication device.
10. The communication system of claim 9, wherein the device comprises a mobile device.
11. The communication system of claim 8, wherein:
the levels of the social hierarchy of the retrieved social template include:
a first social hierarchy level which provides one level of information as selected in the retrieved social template,
a second social hierarchy level which provides another level of information as selected in the retrieved social template, and
a third social hierarchy level which provides a further level of information as selected in the retrieved social template; and
the processor detects to which of the first social hierarchy level, the second social hierarchy level, and the third social hierarchy level each member belongs, and provides only as much information as allowed by the detected social hierarchy level.
12. The communication system of claim 8, wherein the processor automatically determines if an incoming communication from a communication requestor being received through the transceiver is interruptive by, prior to completing the communication, assigning the communication requestor to one of the levels of the social hierarchy, and providing to the communication requestor only as much information as allowed based on the retrieved social template.
13. The communication system of claim 8, wherein the sensor set further comprises an input device which the user uses to input data, and the another processor detects a status of the communication device according to use or non-use of the input device and includes the detected status in the created social signature.
14. The communication system of claim 13, wherein the input device comprises a touch screen display including a capacitive sensor, and the another processor detects the status of the communication device according to changes in a capacitance detected by the capacitive sensor.
15. The communication system of claim 13, wherein the sensor set further comprises an Ultra Wideband sensor which provides ranging data regarding the environment, and the processor includes in the social signature a size of the location in which the communication device is found.
16. The communication system of claim 8, wherein the sensor data further comprises usage data relating to a use of the communication device.
17. A method of automatically providing differing levels of information according to a predetermined social hierarchy, the method comprising:
constructing a social signature using sensor data sensed by a sensor set in a communication device, the sensor data comprising a first detected sensor value comprising optical information from an optical sensor of the communication device which detects an amount of light of an environment of the communication device and a second detected sensor value comprising acoustic information from an acoustic sensor of the communication device which detects a sound level of the environment of the communication device;
determining which one of a plurality of social templates has a social signature with a greatest correspondence with the constructed social signature through comparison of the first and second detected sensor values and first and second sensor value ranges of each social template, each social template corresponding to a unique social signature comprising corresponding first and second sensor value ranges and each social template being selectable to provide, for each level of the predetermined social hierarchy, a corresponding differing amount of information to each member of the predetermined social hierarchy;
retrieving from a memory the determined one social template having the greatest correspondence and having the detected amount of light within the first sensor value range, and the detected sound level within the second sensor value range; and
providing to at least one member of the predetermined social hierarchy only as much information as allowed based on the retrieved social template.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein:
the sensor data comprises a location of the communication device, and movement of the communication device, and
the constructing the social signature comprises comparing the location with map data to determine a map location of the communication device, and creating the social signature to include information on the map location of the communication device, the movement being experienced by the communication device, and the environment of the communication device.
19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
detecting an incoming communication from a communication requestor; and
prior to completing the communication, assigning the communication requestor to one of the levels of the social hierarchy, and providing to the communication requestor only as much information as allowed based on the retrieved social template.
20. The method of claim 17, wherein the sensor data comprises usage data relating to a use of the communication device.
21. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with processing instructions to implement the method of claim 17 executed by one or more processors.
22. The method of claim 17, further comprising detecting the sensor data using the sensor set, and sending the detected sensor data through a transceiver of the communication device to a server, wherein the server constructs the social signature using the sensor data received through the transceiver and transmits the retrieved social template to the communication device through the transceiver.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the communication device provides to the at least one member of the predetermined social hierarchy only as much information as allowed based on the retrieved social template transmitted from the server.
24. The method of claim 17, further comprising detecting the sensor data using the sensor set, and sending the detected sensor data through a transceiver of the communication device to a server, wherein the server constructs the social signature using the sensor data received through the transceiver.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the server provides to the at least one member of the predetermined social hierarchy only as much information as allowed based on the retrieved social template.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein the server, prior to connecting the at least one member to the communication device, provides to the at least one member of the predetermined social hierarchy only as much information as allowed based on the retrieved social template.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising, after the retrieved social template is sent to the at least one member prior to connecting the at least one member, receiving a request from the at least one member to establish communication between the at least one member and the communication device, and establishing the communication between the at least one member and the communication device according to the received request.
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