Portable social communication client

• US 10,498,443 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2015
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christopher Chad Hamilton
• Original Assignee: Christopher Chad Hamilton
• Inventors: Hamilton, Christopher Chad
• Primary Examiner(s): Vanderpuye, Kenneth N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alagheband, Abbas H
• Application Number:
  US15/113,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20170012702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,776 Days
• Field of Search: 398130, 398186, 398187, 398 25
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0017 transmitting optical signals transmission by light H04B10/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/43 responsive to disruption of energy beams, e.g. light or sound
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/11 Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1149 Arrangements for indoor wireless networking of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/116 Visible light communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/54 Intensity modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules

Abstract

Systems and methods for facilitating social communication are disclosed. A system includes a first portable social client including an encoder configured to associate identity information with an optical signal pattern, and an optical signal transmitter configured to broadcast the optical signal pattern in a series of pulses in a non-visible light spectrum, and a second portable social client including an optical signal receiver configured to receive the optical signal pattern in the non-visible light spectrum, and a decoder configured to access the identity information associated with the optical signal pattern.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a portable social client including;

a memory configured to store at least outbound identity information related to a user of the portable social client;

an encoder configured to associate at least the outbound identity information from the memory with an outbound optical signal pattern;

an optical signal transmitter configured to broadcast the outbound optical signal pattern;

an optical signal receiver of the portable social client, the optical signal receiver is configured to receive an inbound optical signal pattern;

a decoder of the portable social client, the decoder is configured to access inbound identity information associated with the inbound optical signal pattern to identify a user associated with the inbound optical signal pattern; and

a location module configured to determine a location of the portable social client;

wherein the portable social client is wearable,

wherein at least one of the inbound optical signal pattern and the outbound optical signal pattern is further associated with an expiration time after which at least a portion of the inbound identity information or the outbound identity information is inaccessible by way of the decoder and the inbound optical signal pattern or the outbound signal pattern; and

wherein the outbound optical signal pattern is based at least in part on the location of the portable social client.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless communication transceiver of the portable social client.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the wireless communication transceiver is configured to communicate with at least a social identity server hosting at least the outbound identity information.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the encoder associates the outbound identity information from the memory with the outbound optical signal pattern by creating the outbound optical signal pattern linking to the outbound identity information on a social identity server.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the encoder associates the outbound identity information from the memory with the outbound optical signal pattern by partially encoding the outbound identity information from the memory into the outbound optical signal pattern and linking a remainder of the outbound identity information from the memory to the information on a social identity server.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein interpretation of the outbound optical signal pattern by a remote device facilitates access to the outbound identity information, and wherein the wireless communication transceiver transmits the outbound identity information.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the encoder associates the outbound identity information from the memory with the outbound optical signal pattern by encoding the outbound identity information from the memory in the outbound optical signal pattern.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the optical signal receiver of the portable social client, the optical signal receiver is configured to receive the inbound optical signal pattern; and

the decoder of the portable social client, the decoder is configured to interpret the inbound optical signal pattern, wherein interpretation of the inbound optical signal pattern permits access inbound identity information associated with the inbound optical signal pattern,

wherein the inbound optical signal pattern is interpreted based at least in part on the location of the portable social client.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the optical signal transmitter broadcasts in one of ultra-violet light and infrared light.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the optical signal transmitter broadcasts in color light.