Method and device for the exchanging data

• US 20050193086A1
• Filed: 12/17/2002
• Published: 09/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micronas Gmbh (TDK Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Micronas Gmbh (TDK Corporation)
• Inventors: Swirski, Burkhard, Temerimac, Miodrag, Sieben, Ulrich
• Granted Patent: US 7,606,869 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system for exchanging data includes at least two memory units, each unit functioning as both a transmitter and a receiver of data. The exchange of data occurs whenever at least two memory units are within a certain distance of each other. The user is thus capable of simultaneously being both a transmitter and a receiver of data, such that the transmitter can sent data continuously but can receive data transmitted from other memory units only when the receiver is within a certain distance from a transmitter. As a result, data are received only by those memory units that are located in the immediate environment of the transmitter. Since the data transmitted can be selected personally by the user, the data thus reflects the preferences of the user acting as the transmitter.

Claims

1. A system for exchanging data, comprising two memory units, each memory unit being configured both as a transmitter of data and a receiver of data, wherein an exchange of data between the memory units occurs whenever the two memory units are within a certain distance from each other, wherein the distance between the units is variable, wherein an exchange of data is controlled by a system of rules in which preferences are defined by a user of one of the memory units and relating to requested data to be recorded from another one of the memory units, and wherein a certain portion of the data are provided with supplementary information.

3. The system of claims 1, wherein the exchange of data occurs wirelessly.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the distance between the two memory units can be determined by a calibration signal.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the two memory units has a unique identifier.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein for a predetermined period of time no additional data are exchanged with a certain one of the memory units with which data have already been exchanged.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein a portion of the data from a first one of the memory units is transmitted automatically to a second one of the memory units.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data transmitted from one of the memory units is stored on another one of the memory units.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein one of the memory units is searched for data by the system of rules.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein preferences contained in the system of rules are adapted to the behavior of the user of one of the memory units by user monitoring.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the data provided with the supplementary information have an index which indicates the number of the memory units to which the corresponding data have been transmitted.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the data provided with the supplementary information have an index which indicates how often the user has obtained these data from certain ones of the memory units.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the data provided with the supplementary information have an index which indicates the number of the memory units with the data from the memory unit that transmitted data in which the data have been unmodified before being received by one of the memory units.

14. The Method system of claim 1, wherein the data with the supplementary information have an index which indicates in how many of the memory units have modified the data.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the data with the supplementary information have meta-data which identify a relationship between the data.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the meta-data contain information on additional data which have been linked to the data.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein from the meta-data a determination can be made as to how often certain data have been interlinked by a user with other data.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the meta-data contain information about an identification of the memory unit in which certain data have been linked with other data.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the memory units can be associated with certain interest groups based on the meta-data.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein during the exchange of data those relationships which have been created by members of a certain interest group are taken into account.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the received data are stored in the memory unit according to an organizing system of rules.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the organizing system of rules contains a profile of the user.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein in the organizing system of rules is sorted based on the indexes.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein in the organizing system of rules the data is organized based on meta-information of the data.

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27. A device for exchanging data, comprising:

a microphone that provides audio data;

a memory unit that includes an executable speech recognition program;

a wireless receiver that receives incoming data and provides received incoming data;

a processor that receives and compares said received incoming data to receiver rules in decide if said received incoming data satisfies said receiver rules and if so said processor writes said received incoming data to said memory unit, and said processor processes said audio data using said speech recognition program; and

a low power wireless transmitter that transmits information stored in said memory unit.