ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20100057945A1
• Filed: 11/06/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Eiji
• Application Number:
  US12/613,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20100057945A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

An electronic device with an ability to provide services appropriate for situations, he electronic device having: a situation information acquisition part for acquiring situation information, which is dynamic information; a determining part for determining whether a service can be executed; a service information acquisition part for acquiring information for executing a service; and an execution part for executing an acquired service. A condition information acquisition part is provided so that, when the determining part determines that a service cannot be executed, it acquires service available information for the service to become available. Furthermore, a situation information correctness determining part is provided which determines correctness of the situation information acquired in the situation information acquisition part.

Claims

1. An electronic information terminal comprising:

at least one memory, an input-output device and a central processing unit (CPU), said at least one memory, input-output device and CPU being connected to one another for transfer of data and control signals therebetween, said information terminal comprising;

a situation information acquisition part configured to acquire situation information including position information of at least one other information terminal located near the information terminal itself and to store the acquired situation information in said at least one memory;

a service information acquisition part configured to acquire service information including information for establishing communication with the at least one other information terminal and to store the acquired service information in said at least one memory;

a determining part coupled to said situation information acquisition part and said service information acquisition part, said determining part configured to select the at least one other information terminal with which the information terminal itself communicates based on the acquired situation information and the acquired service information; and

an execution part configured to execute communication with the other information terminal selected by the determining part using the acquired service information.

2. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the service information includes recommendation information for recommending the acquisition of other related service information.

3. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the service information includes information necessary for acquiring or providing electronic information.

4. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein said at least one memory contains instructions stored on computer readable media for selecting a service and executing communication in said determining part and execution part.

5. A computer implemented method carried out by instructions stored in a computer-readable storage medium in an electronic information terminal for providing services according to situations, said method comprising:

acquiring situation information including position information of at least one other information terminal located near the information terminal itself and storing the acquired situation information in at least one memory;

acquiring service information including information for establishing communication with the at least one other information terminal and storing the acquired service information in the at least one memory;

selecting the at least one other information terminal with which the information terminal itself communicates based on the acquired situation information and the acquired service information; and

executing communication with the selected other information terminal using the acquired service information.

6. An electronic information terminal comprising:

a situation information acquisition part configured to acquire situation information including position information of at least one other information terminal located near the electronic information terminal itself and to output the acquired situation information to a determining part;

a service information acquisition part configured to acquire service information including information for establishing communication with the at least one other information terminal and to output the acquired service information to the determining part and an execution part;

the determining part configured to input the acquired situation information from the situation information acquisition part and the acquired service information from the service information acquisition part, said determining part configured to select the at least one other information terminal with which the information terminal itself communicates based on the acquired situation information and the acquired service information; and

the execution part configured to execute communication with the other information terminal selected by the determining part using the acquired service information.