R-SMART PERSON-CENTRIC NETWORKING

• US 20090119327A1
• Filed: 11/07/2007
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Liang Holdings LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Liang Holdings LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Lynch, Thomas W.
• Application Number:
  US11/936,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119327A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Implementations related to r-smart person-centric networks are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a plurality of personal contacts; and

organizing the plurality of personal contacts by associating an emotient property with one or more of the personal contacts;

wherein the emotient property comprises at least one of familiarity, affection, respect, esteem, status, and/or acting role.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein organizing the plurality of personal contacts further comprises:

organizing at least two or more of the personal contacts into a group comprising contacts associated with a same emotient property.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein organizing the plurality of personal contacts further comprises:

organizing personal contacts of the group into a plurality of sub-groups.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the emotient property is associated with a value.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the value comprises an integer value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein organizing the plurality of personal contacts further comprises:

determining a derived property from the emotient property.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein organizing the plurality of personal contacts by associating an emotient property with one or more of the personal contacts results in an r-smart person-centric network.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the r-smart person-centric network comprises one of a ring network and a hub and spoke network.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the r-smart person-centric network is capable of being created, edited, and/or viewed by one or more algorithms.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

forming an internal representation including the emotient property;

wherein the internal representation comprises at least one of a list structure, data structure, and an array.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the emotient property comprises an emotience characteristic and/or attribute.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein an acting role comprises at least one of family member, sibling, spouse, co-worker, supervisor, and friend.

13. A representation of a network of personal contacts, the representation adaptable to be rendered by a graphical user interface, the representation comprising:

an indication of a plurality of personal contacts; and

an indication of an emotient property associated with at least one of the plurality of personal contacts;

wherein the emotient property comprises at least one of familiarity, affection, respect, esteem, status, and acting role.

14. The representation of claim 13, further comprising:

an indication of two or more personal contacts formed into a group associated with the emotient property.

15. The representation of claim 14, further comprising:

an indication of at least one of the two or more personal contacts formed into a sub-group associated with the group.

16. The representation of claim 13, wherein the emotient property is associated with a value.

17. The representation of claim 16, wherein the value comprises an integer value.

18. The representation of claim 13, further comprising:

an indication of a property derived from the property.

19. The representation of claim 13, wherein the representation comprises an r-smart person-centric network.

20. The representation of claim 19, wherein the r-smart person-centric network comprises one of a ring network and a hub and spoke network.

21. The representation of claim 13, wherein the emotient property comprises an emotience characteristic and/or attribute.

22. The representation of claim 13, wherein an acting role comprises at least one of family member, sibling, spouse, co-worker, supervisor, and friend.

23. A system, comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled to the processor; and

a display coupled to the processor;

wherein the processor is adapted to provide a representation of a network of personal contacts to the display;

wherein the representation comprises;

an indication of a plurality of personal contacts; and

an indication of an emotient property associated with at least one of the plurality of personal contacts;

wherein the emotient property comprises at least one of familiarity, affection, respect, esteem, status, and acting role.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the memory is adapted to store at least a portion of the representation.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the display is adapted to provide a graphical user interface including at least a portion of the representation.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein an acting role comprises at least one of family member, sibling, spouse, co-worker, supervisor, and friend.

27. An article comprising:

a storage medium having stored therein instructions that, if executed, result in;

providing a plurality of personal contacts; and

organizing the plurality of personal contacts by associating an emotient property with one or more of the personal contacts;

wherein the emotient property comprises at least one of familiarity, affection, respect, esteem, status, and/or acting role.

28. The article of claim 27, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in:

organizing at least two or more of the personal contacts into a group comprising contacts associated with a same emotient property.

29. The article of claim 28, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in:

organizing personal contacts of the group into a plurality of sub-groups.

30. The article of claim 27, wherein the emotient property is associated with a value.

31. The article of claim 30, wherein the value comprises an integer value.

32. The article of claim 27, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in:

determining a derived property from the emotient property.

33. The article of claim 27, wherein said instructions to organize the plurality of personal contacts by associating an emotient property with one or more of the personal contacts, if executed, further result in:

forming an r-smart person-centric network.

34. The article of claim 33, wherein the r-smart person-centric network comprises one of a ring network and a hub and spoke network.

35. The article of claim 33, wherein the r-smart person-centric network is capable of being created, edited, and/or viewed by one or more algorithms.

36. The article of claim 27, wherein said instructions, if executed, further result in:

forming an internal representation including the emotient property;

wherein the internal representation comprises at least one of a list structure, data structure, and an array.

37. The article of claim 27, wherein the emotient property comprises an emotience characteristic and/or attribute.

38. The article of claim 27, wherein an acting role comprises at least one of family member, sibling, spouse, co-worker, supervisor, and friend.

39. An apparatus, comprising:

logic adapted to provide a representation of a plurality of personal contacts;

wherein the representation comprises;

an indication of the plurality of personal contacts; and

an indication of an emotient property associated with at least one of the plurality of personal contacts;

wherein the emotient property comprises at least one of familiarity, affection, respect, esteem, status, and acting role.

40. The apparatus of claim 39, further comprising:

memory adapted to store at least a portion of the representation.

41. The apparatus of claim 39, further comprising:

a display adapted to provide a graphical user interface including at least a portion of the representation.

42. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein an acting role comprises at least one of family member, sibling, spouse, co-worker, supervisor, and friend.

43. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the logic is housed in one of a computer, a telephone, and a personal digital assistant.