Information exchanging device

• US 20070049462A1
• Filed: 08/21/2006
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takai, Motoyuki, Nakamura, Takatoshi, Takehara, Mitsuru, Asukai, Masamichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,083,645 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/42 rate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings

Abstract

An information exchanging device includes a physical information measuring unit, a script executing unit, a radio communication unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The physical information measuring unit is configured to measure physical information of a user. The script executing unit is configured to execute a script of contents based on said physical information. The radio communication unit is configured to transmit and receive data to and from another device. The control unit is configured to establish a connection between the information exchanging device and the other device by said radio communication unit when the other device is present in a communicating range, receive a predetermined script via said radio communication unit from the other device to which the information exchanging device is connected, make said script executing unit execute the received script, and transmit a result of execution to the other device.

Claims

1. An information exchanging device comprising:

a physical information measuring unit configured to measure physical information of a user;

a script executing unit configured to execute a script of contents based on said physical information;

a radio communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from another device;

a display unit; and

a control unit configured to establish a connection between the information exchanging device and the other device by said radio communication unit when the other device is present in a communicating range, receive a predetermined script via said radio communication unit from the other device to which the information exchanging device is connected, make said script executing unit execute the received script, and transmit a result of execution to the other device.

2. The information exchanging device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said control unit establishes a connection between the information exchanging device and the other device by said radio communication unit when the other device is present in a communicating range, transmits said script to the other device to which the information exchanging device is connected, makes said radio communication unit receive a result of execution of said script by the other device, and makes said display unit display the received result of the execution.

3. The information exchanging device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said control unit performs transmission and reception of said script only between the information exchanging device and the other device set in advance.

4. The information exchanging device as claimed in claim 3,

wherein said control unit determines the other device to and from which said script is transmitted and received on a basis of identifying information for identifying the other device.

5. The information exchanging device as claimed in claim 2,

wherein said control unit stores the received result of the execution in a storage unit, then sorts the stored result of the execution, and displays the sorted result of the execution in a ranking format on said display unit.

6. The information exchanging device as claimed in claim 5,

wherein said control unit also stores a result of execution of the script by the own terminal in said storage unit, then sorts the stored result of the execution, and displays the sorted result of the execution in a ranking format on said display unit.

7. The information exchanging device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising

a script creating unit configured to create a script on a basis of an operation by the user.

8. The information exchanging device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said script has contents for calculating at least one of a rate of achievement of a target and a pace of walking.

9. The information exchanging device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising

an output unit configured to output content data,

wherein said control unit outputs said result of the execution as sound from said output unit.

10. An information exchanging method that exchanges information with another device by radio communication, said information exchanging method comprising the steps of:

measuring physical information of a user;

establishing a connection with the other device by said radio communication when the other device is present in a communicating range;

receiving a predetermined script from the other device with which the connection is established;

executing the received script; and

transmitting a result of execution of said script to the other device.

11. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 10, wherein

a connection with the other device is established by said radio communication when the other device is present in a communicating range,

said script is transmitted to the other device with which the connection is established,

a result of execution of said script by the other device is received by said radio communication, and

the received result of the execution is displayed on a display unit.

12. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 10, wherein

whether said other device is an other device set in advance is determined, and

said script is received only from the other device set in advance.

13. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 12,

wherein the other device to and from which said script is transmitted and received is identified on a basis of identifying information for identifying the other device.

14. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 11, wherein

the received result of the execution is stored in a storage unit, and

then the stored result of the execution is sorted, and the sorted result of the execution is displayed in a ranking format on said display unit.

15. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 14,

wherein a result of execution of the script by the own terminal is also stored in said storage unit, then the stored result of the execution is sorted, and the sorted result of the execution is displayed in a ranking format on said display unit.

16. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 11, wherein

a script is created on a basis of an operation by the user,

when the other device is present in a communicating range, a connection with the other device is established by said radio communication, and

the created said script is transmitted to the other device with which the connection is established.

17. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 10,

wherein said script has contents for calculating at least one of a rate of achievement of a target and a pace of walking.

18. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 10,

wherein said result of the execution is output as sound.

19. An information exchanging system in which information is exchanged by radio communication, said information exchanging system comprising:

a first information exchanging device; and

a second information exchanging device,

wherein said first information exchanging device includes;

a first radio communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from said second information exchanging device;

a display unit; and

a first control unit configured to establish a connection between said first information exchanging device and said second information exchanging device by said first radio communication unit when said second information exchanging device is present in a communicating range, make said first radio communication unit transmit a predetermined script to said second information exchanging device to which said first information exchanging device is connected, and make said first radio communication unit receive a result of execution of said predetermined script from said second information exchanging device, and

said second information exchanging device includes;

a physical information measuring unit configured to measure physical information of a user;

a script executing unit configured to execute a script of contents based on said physical information;

a second radio communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from said first information exchanging device; and

a second control unit configured to establish a connection between said second information exchanging device and said first information exchanging device by said second radio communication unit when said first information exchanging device is present in a communicating range, make said second radio communication unit receive said predetermined script from said first information exchanging device to which said second information exchanging device is connected, make said script executing unit execute the received script, and then transmit a result of execution to said first information exchanging device.