HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING STATUS AWARENESS

• US 20120276932A1
• Filed: 07/02/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Ferren, Bran, Nachman, Lama, Del Pasqua, Kieran, March, Wendy, Neumann, John Cross, Shah, Rahul, Shahabdeen, Junaith A., Healey, Jennifer A., Subramanian, Sushmita, Raffa, Giuseppe, Essaian, Alexander, Huang, Jonathan
• Granted Patent: US 8,700,012 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.6
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/0065 having a beam-folding prism or mirror
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/009 having zoom function
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 3/00 Focusing arrangements of general interest for cameras, projectors or printers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/40 by quorum, i.e. whereby two or more security principals are required
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/02 Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0414 using force sensing means to determine a position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04186 Touch location disambiguation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2207/1011 Aiming
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10811 Focalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3276 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4012 : Verifying personal identification numbers [PIN]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 : Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 : Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 : Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/165 : using facial parts and geometric relationships
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 : Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 : Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/45 : Detection of the body part being alive
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 : using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 : with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 : including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/239 : using two 2D image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance H04N13/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/243 : using three or more 2D image sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/45 : for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 : by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/67 : Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 : Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 : for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

Through status awareness, a handheld communications device may determine the location, activity, and/or physical or emotional state of the user. This information may in turn be used for various purposes, such as 1) determining how to alert the user of an incoming communication, 2) determining what format to use for communicating with the user, and 3) determining how to present the user'"'"'s status to another person'"'"'s communication device.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising

a handheld personal wireless communication device having a touchscreen, a processor, a memory, and a radio with a receiver and a transmitter, the device to:

analyze a user'"'"'s status based on status awareness;

create a presentation indicating the user'"'"'s status; and

transmit the presentation to an external device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said transmitting the presentation is in response to determination of at least one condition selected from a list of conditions consisting of:

1) an incoming request for communication with the user;

2) an incoming request for the user'"'"'s status;

3) a pre-determined time of day;

4) expiration of a timer,

5) manual initiation of the transmission; and

6) a pre-defined change of the user'"'"'s condition.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the presentation is in a graphics form to be displayed by the external device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the presentation is to indicate at least one factor selected from a list consisting of:

1) the user'"'"'s activity;

2) the user'"'"'s location;

3) the user'"'"'s emotional state; and

4) the user'"'"'s physical state.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein contents of the presentation are to be based at least partly on a condition selected from a list of conditions consisting of:

1) the requestor'"'"'s identity; and

2) a presentation capability of the external device.

6. A method, comprising:

analyzing a user'"'"'s status based on status awareness;

creating a presentation indicating the user'"'"'s status; and

transmitting the presentation to an external device;

wherein said analyzing, creating, and transmitting are performed by a handheld communications device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the presentation is in a graphics format for display on the external device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the graphics format displays an avatar of the user.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein said transmitting the presentation is in response to a determination of at least one condition selected from a list of conditions consisting of:

1) an incoming request for communication with the user;

2) an incoming request for the user'"'"'s status;

3) a pre-determined time of day;

4) expiration of a timer,

5) manual initiation of the transmission; and

6) a pre-defined change of the user'"'"'s condition.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the presentation indicates at least one factor selected from a list consisting of:

1) the user'"'"'s activity;

2) the user'"'"'s location;

3) the user'"'"'s emotional state; and

4) the user'"'"'s physical state.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein contents of the presentation are based at least partly on a condition selected from a list of conditions consisting of:

1) the requestor'"'"'s identity; and

2) a presentation capability of the external device.

12. An article comprising

a computer-readable storage medium that contains instructions, which when executed by one or more processors result in a device performing operations comprising:

analyzing a user'"'"'s status based on status awareness;

creating a presentation indicating the user'"'"'s status; and

transmitting the presentation to an external device;

wherein said analyzing, creating, and transmitting are performed by a handheld communications device.

13. The article of claim 12, wherein the presentation is in a graphics format for display on the external device.

14. The article of claim 13, wherein the graphics format includes an avatar of the user.

15. The article of claim 12, wherein the operation of transmitting the presentation is in response to a determination of at least one condition selected from a list of conditions consisting of:

1) an incoming request for communication with the user;

2) an incoming request for the user'"'"'s status;

3) a pre-determined time of day;

4) expiration of a timer,

5) manual initiation of the transmission; and

6) a pre-defined change of the user'"'"'s condition.

16. The article of claim 12, wherein the presentation indicates at least one factor selected from a list consisting of:

1) the user'"'"'s activity;

2) the user'"'"'s location;

3) the user'"'"'s emotional state; and

4) the user'"'"'s physical state.

17. The article of claim 12, wherein contents of the presentation are based at least partly on a condition selected from a list of conditions consisting of:

1) the requestor'"'"'s identity; and

2) a presentation capability of the external device.