DYNAMIC CONTEXT-DATA REPRESENTATION

• US 20130172021A1
• Filed: 08/27/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Buckyball Mobile, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Amit Vishram Karmarkar
• Inventors: Karmarkar, Amit Vishram, Peters, Richard Ross
• Granted Patent: US 8,655,390 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

Disclosed are a system, method, and article of manufacture of a dynamic context-data representation. A first context data can be received. The first context data can be obtained from a user-worn sensor. The user-worn sensor can measure a user attribute. A second context data can be received. The second context data can be obtained from another sensor. The second context data can measure a user location. A graphical representation of the first context data and the second context data can be created. The graphical representation can be modified according to a change of a value of the first context data as a function of time or a change of a value of the second context data as a function of time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a first context data of a first environmental attribute of a mobile device;

obtaining a second context data of a second environmental attribute of the mobile device;

generating a tag cloud comprising a first component that describes the first context data and a second component that describes the second context data;

modifying a display attribute of the first component according to the first context data as a function of time; and

modifying a display attribute of the second component according to the second context data as a function of time.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

rendering, with a server, the context-data tag cloud into a format accessible by a web browser.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

associating a metadata term with the first context data, and wherein the metadata term comprises a text that describes an attribute of the context data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the metadata term comprises a pre-specified tag.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

periodically obtaining a substantially current value of the first context data.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

periodically revising the text to describe the substantially current value of the first context data.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

providing a control element that allows a user to initiate a revision of the text to describe the substantially current value of the first context data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first context data is obtained from a biosensor in a mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first context data comprises a user attribute.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first context data attribute comprises a biometric data.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first context data is obtained from a user-worn sensor.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second context data comprises a user location data.

13. A method comprising:

obtaining a first context data of a first environmental attribute;

obtaining a second context data of a second environmental attribute;

generating an icon comprising a first component that describes the first context data and a second component that describes the second context data;

modifying a display attribute of the first component according to the first context data as a function of time; and

modifying a display attribute of the second component according to the second context data as a function of time.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first context data is obtained from a user-worn sensor.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second context data comprises a user location data.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the first context data is obtained from a biosensor.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the icon comprises a graphical representation of the first context data and the second context data formatted for display with a web browser.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the second context data is obtained from a sensor in a mobile device.

19. A method comprising:

receiving a first context data obtained from a user-worn sensor, wherein the user-worn sensor measures a user attribute;

receiving a second context data obtained from a another sensor, wherein the second context data measures a user location;

creating a graphical representation of the first context data and the second context data; and

modifying the graphical representation according to a change of a value of the first context data as a function of time or a change of a value of the second context data as a function of time.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

periodically communicating the graphical representation to a mobile device.