SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZED INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION FOR DISPLAYING STATUS OF MEASUREMENTS FROM SENSORS

• US 20080184170A1
• Filed: 01/16/2008
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharpe Innovations, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sharpe Innovations, Inc.
• Inventors: Periyalwar, Shalini
• Application Number:
  US12/015,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20080184170A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/841
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

Some embodiments of customized instant messaging application for displaying status of measurements from sensors are proposed. These include: simultaneous use of multiple avatars for a given source where one or more of the avatars represent sensor presence; selective assignment of avatar and associated presence information to recipients; dynamic changes to avatar triggered by changes to sensor measurements representing a noticeable change in environment being monitored; selective display of data in customized messaging application based on defined roles and responsibilities of recipient; dismissal of avatar update notification only after necessary action following change to presence condition induced by sensor.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

defining a plurality of icons and associated presence content, and for each icon defining a respective sub-group of contacts for which the given icon is applicable;

conveying each of the plurality of icons to the respective contact group for display.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

using at least one of the icons to convey status of measurements from remote sensors.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

obtaining a sensor measurement;

changing at least one of the icons dynamically in response to the sensor measurement.

7. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 3 in a presence status publishing role, in combination with the method of any one of claims 4 to 6 in a presence status receiving role.

9. A messaging capable device operable to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

4. A method comprising:

receiving and displaying a generic icon for some IM devices;

receiving and displaying a custom icon for some IM devices.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

receiving sensor related information from at least one remote sensor;

displaying the respective custom icon together with at least some of the sensor related information;

displaying sensor related information in a separate window until requisite follow-up action is taken in response to sensor information update.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

provisioning the messaging application with a data summary containing a list of important remote sensor measurements.

10. A system comprising:

a remote sensor measurement system, operable to collect, analyze, display and transmit measurements, the sensor measurement system having an interface with a first custom messaging application to transfer summary data from the remote sensor measurement system;

the first custom messaging application further operable to publish different presence conditions to different recipient groups; and

the first custom messaging application being further operable to change and publish specific presence condition automatically in response to specific input from remote sensor measurement system.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising:

a location measurement device operable to measure location in the case of moving remote sensors.

12. The system of claim 11 further operable to perform at least one of:

receive content from the remote sensor measurement system;

display the content within the messaging application to a subset of recipients;

generate multiple presence conditions;

display alerts and reminders on user interface;

display further details on the sensor measurements in folders contained within the user interface.