Using party classifiability to inform message versioning

• US 20090063585A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Mangione-Smith, William Henry, Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Application Number:
  US11/899,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063585A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00 Individual registration on entry or exit

Abstract

A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data and signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data; and

signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data.

83. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data comprises:

causing one or more stimuli to enter the region;

receiving at least some of the auditory or optical data from the region;

recognizing a specific face in a first portion of the auditory or optical data;

providing at least a second portion of the auditory or optical data to a data processing module operable to identify one or more apparent natural-language abilities of at least one of the one or more parties; and

receiving one or more party identifiers as the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified.

84. The method of claim 83 in which signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

deciding upon at least a version of the message to be stored in the region based on one or more of (a) an age indication of or (b) an apparent physical position of at least one of the one or more parties in the region; and

deciding to introduce a specific item into the region only if the one or more parties can be classified.

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15. A system comprising:

means for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data; and

means for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data.

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29. A system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data; and

circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data.

30. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for providing at least auditory data of the auditory or optical data to a data processing module operable to apply one or more criteria.

31. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for causing one or more stimuli to enter the region.

32. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for identifying one or more apparent natural-language abilities of at least one of the one or more parties.

33. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for deciding upon a version of the message at least partly based on an age indication of at least one of the one or more parties in the region.

34. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for deciding upon a version of the message partly based on an apparent state of at least one of the one or more parties in the region.

35. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for configuring an invocation to identify the decision of which version of the message to introduce into the region.

36. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least some of the auditory or optical data from the region.

37. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for recognizing a specific face in the auditory or optical data.

38. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for receiving one or more party identifiers as the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified.

39. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for deciding to introduce a specific item into the region only if the one or more parties can be classified.

40. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for storing at least one version of the message within the region.

41. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least a portion of the auditory or optical data to a provider of at least some of the message.

42. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for deciding upon a version of the message partly based on an apparent physical position of at least one of the one or more parties in the region.

85. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for deciding upon at least a version of the message to store in the region based on one or more of (a) an age indication of or (b) an apparent physical position of at least one of the one or more parties in the region;

circuitry for storing at least one of the one or more versions of the message within the region; and

circuitry for transmitting a portion of the auditory or optical data to a provider of at least some of the message.

86. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for causing one or more stimuli to enter the region;

circuitry for receiving at least some of the auditory or optical data from the region;

circuitry for recognizing a specific face in a first portion of the auditory or optical data;

circuitry for providing at least a second portion of the auditory or optical data to a data processing module operable to identify one or more apparent natural-language abilities of at least one of the one or more parties; and

circuitry for receiving one or more party identifiers as the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified.

87. The system of claim 86 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data comprises:

circuitry for deciding upon at least a version of the message to be stored in the region based on one or more of (a) an age indication of or (b) an apparent physical position of at least one of the one or more parties in the region;

circuitry for deciding to introduce a specific item into the region only if the one or more parties can be classified; and

circuitry for transmitting a third portion of the auditory or optical data to a provider of at least some of the message.

43. An apparatus comprising:

one or more physical media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method including at least

obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data; and

signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data.

45. The apparatus of claim 43 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:

one or more signal-bearing media configured to transmit one or more instructions for signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data and

one or more signal-bearing media configured to bear at least one of a special-purpose instruction sequence, a special-purpose-circuit design or an information-bearing static attribute as a portion of the device-detectable implementation.

44. (canceled)

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63. An apparatus comprising:

one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output indicating an occurrence of

obtaining an indication of whether one or more parties in a region can be classified using auditory or optical data; and

signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data.

65. The apparatus of claim 63 in which at least one of the one or more physical media comprises:

one or more signal-bearing media transmitting a portion of the device-detectable output at least partly responsive to signaling a decision of which version of a message to introduce into the region at least partly based on the indication of whether the one or more parties can be classified using the auditory or optical data and

a portable module including at least an auditory interface configured to be operated while the portable module is held or worn.

64. (canceled)

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