LIGHT, SOUND, & MOTION RECEIVER DEVICES

• US 20100052864A1
• Filed: 08/24/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stephen W. Boyer
• Original Assignee: Stephen W. Boyer
• Inventors: Boyer, Stephen W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,354,918 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.400
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link

Abstract

A method to elicit a behavior in response to a simplex communication signal comprises receiving, at a receiver device, an encoded simplex communication signal from a transmitter device, the simplex communication signal including an identifier. The method further comprises referencing a stored program in the receiver device to a stored program block corresponding to the identifier. The receiver device then initiates execution of the program block and renders a behavior in accordance with or corresponding to the program block corresponding to the simplex communication signal. The receiver device includes a program database, wherein the receiver is programmed to reference a stored program block of the program database corresponding to the identifier. The receiver device also includes mechanisms to enable a behavior in accordance with the program block to be audibly and visibly perceived.

Claims

1. A method to enable or elicit a behavioral response in a receiving device in response to a simplex communication signal transmitted from a transmitter device, the method comprising:

receiving, at a first receiver device, an encoded simplex communication signal, the simplex communication signal including an identifier;

referencing a stored program in the receiver device to a stored program block corresponding to the identifier;

initiating execution of the program block; and

rendering a behavioral response corresponding to the simplex communication signal and the program block.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the behavioral response is at least one of audible sound, physical movement, and illumination.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein a second receiver device receives the simplex communication signal including the event identifier and the program identifier and references a program block different from the program block of the first receiver device.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the behavioral response of the first receiver device is different from and coordinated with a behavioral response of the second receiver device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein an Internet-based networking application is open on a web-enabled computer and the Internet-based networking application communicates the simplex communication signal to the receiver device through the transmitter device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifier is at least one of an event identifier and a program identifier.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiver device receives the signals via wired or wireless connections.

8. A receiver device that renders a behavior in response to a simplex communication signal, the receiver device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an encoded simplex communication signal having an identifier;

a program database, wherein the receiver is programmed to reference a stored program block of the program database corresponding to the identifier; and

one or more mechanisms to enable a behavior corresponding to the program block referenced in response to the simplex communication signal to be at least one of audibly and visibly perceived.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the identifier is at least one of an event identifier and a program identifier.

10. The device of claim 8 wherein the behavior corresponding to the program block is at least one of audible sound, physical movement, and illumination.

11. The device of claim 8 wherein a second receiver device receives the simplex communication signal including the identifier, and references a program block different from the program block of the first receiver device.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the behavior of the first receiver device is different from and coordinated with the behavior of the second receiver device.

13. A computer program product, comprising a computer usage medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method to elicit a behavior in one or more receiver devices in response to a simplex communication signal, the method comprising:

receiving an encoded simplex communication signal at the one or more receiver devices from a transmitter device, the simplex communication having an identifier;

referencing a stored program in the one or more receiver devices to a stored program block corresponding to the identifier;

initiating execution of the program block; and

enabling the one or more receiver devices to render the behavior corresponding to the program block.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein there are at least two receiver devices and wherein the behavior of the program block of a first receiver device of the one or more receiver devices is different from the behavior of a second receiver device of the one or more receiver devices

15. A system for eliciting one or more behavioral responses in a plurality of receiver devices in response to a simplex communication signal from a transmitter device, the system comprising:

a transmitter device, the transmitter device configured for transmitting the simplex communication signal that includes an identifier;

a first receiver device, the first receiver device configured to receive the simplex communication signal, to reference a program block, and to perform a behavior in response to the simplex communication signal; and

a second receiver device, the second receiver device configured to receive the simplex communication signal, to reference a program block, and to perform a behavior in response to the simplex communication signal,

wherein the behavior of the first receiver is different from the behavior of the second receiver in response to the simplex communication signal.