Adding social networking to devices
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface for communicating with a personal electronic device; and
a processor associated with the communication interface to automatically direct the personal electronic device, through the communication interface, eitherto operate in a first mode in which the personal electronic device interacts with a wearer of the personal electronic device orto operate in a second mode in which the wearable personal electronic device interacts with a person other than the wearer,based on how the wearable device is being used.
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Abstract
A communication interface of a device communicates with a personal electronic device, and a processor associated with the communication interface automatically directs the personal electronic device, through the communication interface, either to operate in a first mode in which the personal electronic device interacts with a wearer of the personal electronic device or to operate in a second mode in which the wearable personal electronic device interacts with a person other than the wearer, based on how the wearable device is being used.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface for communicating with a personal electronic device; and a processor associated with the communication interface to automatically direct the personal electronic device, through the communication interface, either to operate in a first mode in which the personal electronic device interacts with a wearer of the personal electronic device or to operate in a second mode in which the wearable personal electronic device interacts with a person other than the wearer, based on how the wearable device is being used. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
in a first electronic device, detecting how a personal second electronic device in digital communication with the first electronic device is being used; and based on the detection, instructing the second electronic device either to operate in a first mode in which the second electronic device interacts with a wearer of the second device or to operate in a second mode in which the second electronic device interacts with a person other than the wearer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An add-on device including
a mechanical coupling to couple to a portable personal electronic device that includes a display, and a communication port to carry communications between the add-on device and the portable personal electronic device, the communications relating to use of the electronic device and its display for social networking when the electronic device is being worn.
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