WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS WITH VISUALLY- IDENTIFIED TARGETS
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Abstract
A mechanism for initiating contact with someone, via a telecommunications system, who is in the admirer'"'"'s proximity, but whose identity or telecommunications address (e.g., telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) is unknown. The illustrative embodiments enable the user to use what information he does know about the admired person—the admiring person'"'"'s distinguishing characteristics—to get a telecommunications address through which the initial contact can be made.
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107 Claims
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1-76. -76. (canceled)
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77. A method comprising:
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receiving a first input in a first communication terminal from a first person, wherein receiving the first input is an operation in a first method of perceptual addressing, and wherein the first input specifies a second person; presenting to the first person a first set of information as a result of a second communication terminal receiving a second input from the second person, wherein receiving the second input is an operation in a second method of perceptual addressing, wherein the second input specifies the first person, wherein the second input occurs before the first input, wherein both the second and first input occur before presenting, and wherein presenting occurs only if both the second and first input have occurred. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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97. A method of exchanging data, comprising:
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specifying in a first electronic device a recipient via perceptual addressing; and sending information from the first electronic device indicating an intent to conditionally communicate with the recipient upon an expression of interest from the recipient in communicating with a user of the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106)
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107. A method comprising:
receiving input from a first person indicating an observable distinguishing characteristic of a second person that is in physical proximity to the first person that results in the determination of a communication address associated with the second person;
then presenting to the first person for the first time a communication that was both directed to the first person, and initiated by the second person before the first person indicated the observable distinguishing characteristic of the second person.
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