Ambient condition measurement and reporting system
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1. A system for selecting a venue, the system comprising:
- a plurality of smartphones, each smartphone having a set of one or more sensors including at least one of a microphone, a light sensor, and a temperature sensor, each smartphone being programmed and configured to capture ambient conditions data from its set of one or more sensors and to transmit the ambient conditions data along with location information; and
a cloud-based application programmed and configured to;
receive and store ambient conditions data and location information from the plurality of smartphones via a data network;
maintain a plurality of ambient conditions profiles, each ambient conditions profile corresponding to one of a plurality of venues, each ambient conditions profile incorporating ambient conditions data from the plurality of smartphones with location information corresponding to the venue of the ambient conditions profile;
serve information of one or more of the plurality of ambient conditions profiles via the data network to one or more of the plurality of smartphones,wherein each smartphone is further programmed and configured to display served ambient conditions profiles information.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for measuring ambient and sensory conditions in venues using a number of real-time signals, including sound, temperature, light, motion, water usage, vibration, infrared signal and others. Ambient signal data is transmitted to a cloud-based application that stores the signal levels in a database, analyzes the data, and presents the information in a visual format for use by venues and by consumers. The system can, among other things, provide an overall measure of ambient conditions in a venue and allow those with environmental or sensory sensitivities or preferences to identify safe or suitable public venues.
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1. A system for selecting a venue, the system comprising:
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a plurality of smartphones, each smartphone having a set of one or more sensors including at least one of a microphone, a light sensor, and a temperature sensor, each smartphone being programmed and configured to capture ambient conditions data from its set of one or more sensors and to transmit the ambient conditions data along with location information; and a cloud-based application programmed and configured to; receive and store ambient conditions data and location information from the plurality of smartphones via a data network; maintain a plurality of ambient conditions profiles, each ambient conditions profile corresponding to one of a plurality of venues, each ambient conditions profile incorporating ambient conditions data from the plurality of smartphones with location information corresponding to the venue of the ambient conditions profile; serve information of one or more of the plurality of ambient conditions profiles via the data network to one or more of the plurality of smartphones, wherein each smartphone is further programmed and configured to display served ambient conditions profiles information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for selecting a venue, the system comprising:
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a plurality of smartphones, each smartphone having a set of one or more sensors including at least one of a microphone, a light sensor, and a temperature sensor, each smartphone being programmed and configured to capture ambient conditions data from its set of one or more sensors and to transmit the ambient conditions data along with location information; and a cloud-based application programmed and configured to; receive and store ambient conditions data and location information from the plurality of smartphones via a data network; maintain a plurality of ambient conditions profiles, each ambient conditions profile corresponding to one of a plurality of venues, each ambient conditions profile incorporating ambient conditions data from the plurality of smartphones with location information corresponding to the venue of the ambient conditions profile, each ambient conditions profile further incorporating social network feed information that provides crowd activity data; serve information of one or more of the plurality of ambient conditions profiles via the data network to one or more of the plurality of smartphones, wherein each smartphone is further programmed and configured to display served ambient conditions profiles information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A system for selecting a venue, the system comprising:
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a first smartphone having a first set of one or more sensors, the first set of one or more sensors including at least one of a microphone, a light sensor, and a temperature sensor, the smartphone being configured to transmit data on ambient conditions from the first set of one or more sensors; a second smartphone having a second set of one or more sensors, the second set of one or more sensors including at least one of a microphone, a light sensor, and a temperature sensor, the second smartphone being configured to transmit data on ambient conditions from the second set of one or more sensors; a network configured to provide transmission of data between at least the first smartphone, the second smartphone, and a cloud-based application; and the cloud-based application configured to receive and process ambient conditions data from the first set of one or more sensors of the first smartphone and ambient conditions data from the second set of one or more sensors of the second smartphone, including locations of the first smartphone and the second smartphone, wherein; the first smartphone is located at a first venue with a first location; the second smartphone is located at a second venue with a second location; the first smartphone captures ambient conditions data from the first set of one or more sensors; the second smartphone captures ambient conditions data from the second set of one or more sensors; the cloud-based application collects ambient conditions data from each of the first set of one or more sensors of the first smartphone and the second set of one or more sensors of the second smartphone; the cloud-based application stores and analyzes the collected ambient conditions data; an analysis of the collected ambient conditions data of the first set of one or more sensors results in a first ambient conditions profile that includes averaged data for the first set of one or more sensors; an analysis of the collected ambient conditions data of the second set of one or more sensors results in a second ambient conditions profile that includes averaged data for the second set of one or more sensors; the cloud-based application pairs the first ambient conditions profile with the first location to make a first pair, and pairs the second ambient conditions profile with the second location to make a second pair; the cloud-based application is configured to serve the first pair and the second pair to the first smartphone, the second smartphone, and a plurality of other computing devices; the first smartphone, the second smartphone, and the plurality of other computing devices execute software applications configured to display information from the first pair and the second pair. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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