DEMOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT AND PRESENTATION FOR PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A system for mobile demographic profiling across ad-hoc networks, comprising:
- a first portable computing device operated by a first user, the first portable computing device including a processor, a memory, a display, and a wireless communication transceiver, the wireless communication transceiver enabling the establishment of an ad-hoc network with a plurality of second portable computing devices;
wherein the processor of the first portable computing device is operative to;
receive user profile data originating from each of the plurality of second portable computing devices over the ad-hoc network, the user profile data indicating at least one demographic characteristic of one of a plurality of users of the plurality of second portable computing devices;
store a representation of demographic data received;
compute a statistical demographic profile of the plurality of users of the plurality of second portable computing devices using the demographic data received; and
display a representation of the statistical demographic profile on the display of the first portable computing device.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and apparatus that enable a user of a portable computing device to collect and view demographic data representing the statistical makeup of a group of other users in his or her surroundings. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention enable a user of a first portable computing device to collect and view demographic data representing the statistical makeup of a group of users of other portable computing devices, said portable computing devices engaged in an ad-hoc network. Embodiments of the present invention allow a user to log statistics with respect to time, date, and/or location. Embodiments of the present invention also allow a user to view statistics in graphical form.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for mobile demographic profiling across ad-hoc networks, comprising:
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a first portable computing device operated by a first user, the first portable computing device including a processor, a memory, a display, and a wireless communication transceiver, the wireless communication transceiver enabling the establishment of an ad-hoc network with a plurality of second portable computing devices;
wherein the processor of the first portable computing device is operative to;
receive user profile data originating from each of the plurality of second portable computing devices over the ad-hoc network, the user profile data indicating at least one demographic characteristic of one of a plurality of users of the plurality of second portable computing devices;
store a representation of demographic data received;
compute a statistical demographic profile of the plurality of users of the plurality of second portable computing devices using the demographic data received; and
display a representation of the statistical demographic profile on the display of the first portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for mobile demographic profiling across ad-hoc networks, comprising:
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receiving at a first portable computing device user profile data originating from each of a plurality of second portable computing devices over an ad-hoc network, the user profile data originating from each second portable computing device indicating at least one demographic characteristic of a current user of that second portable computing device;
storing a representation of demographic data received;
computing a statistical demographic profile of the plurality of users of the plurality of second portable computing devices using the demographic data received; and
displaying a representation of the statistical demographic profile on a display of the first portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for demographic profiling across portable computing devices, comprising:
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receiving on a first portable computing device, user profile data originating from each of a plurality of second portable computing devices, the user profile data originating from each second portable computing device indicating at least one demographic characteristic of a user of that second portable computing device;
computing a statistical demographic profile describing a plurality of users of the plurality of second portable computing devices, the computing being performed using the user profile data received; and
displaying a representation of the statistical demographic profile of the plurality of users at the first portable computing device, the representation indicating how the plurality of users vary statistically with respect to the at least one demographic characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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