SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIRECTING INFORMATION FLOW

• US 20150006669A1
• Filed: 07/01/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Kauffmann, Alejandro, Plagemann, Christian
• Application Number:
  US13/932,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20150006669A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

The disclosed technology may include systems, methods, and apparatus for directing information flow. According to an example implementation, a method is provided that includes receiving, at a first server, identification information for one or more computing devices capable of communication with the first server; receiving one or more images and an indication of a gesture performed by a first person; associating a first computing device with the first person; identifying a second computing device; determining, based on the indication of the gesture and on the received identification information that the gesture is associated with an intent to transfer information between the first computing device and the second computing device, and which from among the first and second computing devices is an intended recipient device; and sending, to the intended recipient device, content information associated with a user credential of the first person.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server computer, identification information for one or more computing devices capable of communication with the server computer;

receiving, at the server computer, image data associated with one or more images, the image data including;

an indication of a current state of an environment of at least one of the one or more computing devices, and

an indication of a gesture performed by a first person;

associating, by the server computer, based at least in part on the image data associated with the one or more images, a first computing device of the one or more computing devices with the first person;

identifying, by the server computer, based at least in part on the image data associated with the one or more images, a second computing device of the one or more computing devices, wherein the identifying includes recognizing, in the one or more images, a face of a second person associated with the second computing device;

determining, by the first server computer, based on (i) the indication of the gesture, (ii) the received identification information for the one or more computing devices, and (iii) the identification of the second computing device based on the image data;

that the gesture is associated with an intent to transfer information between the first computing device and the second computing device, and

which from among the first computing device and second computing device is an intended recipient computing device; and

sending, by the server computer, to the intended recipient computing device, content information associated with a user credential of the first person.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, at the server computer, state information for at least first computing device and the second computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the image data associated with the one or more images comprises depth information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying the second person based at least in part on recognizing the face of the second person.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first computing device is the server computer.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second computing device is the server computer.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the gesture comprises an indication of an orientation of at least one of the one or more computing devices.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the gesture comprises an indication of a sequence of one or more body positions.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the content information comprises sending a link to content.

5. (canceled)

11. A system comprising:

a memory for storing data and computer-executable instructions;

an imaging device; and

at least one processor in communication with the imaging device, the at least one processor configured to access the memory, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the system to;

receive identification information for one or more computing devices;

receive, from the imaging device, image data associated with one or more images, the image data including;

an indication of a current state of an environment of at least one of the one or more computing devices, and

an indication of a gesture performed by a first person;

associate, based at least in part on the image data associated with the one or more images, a first computing device of the one or more computing devices with the first person;

identify, based at least in part on the image data associated with the one or more images and the indication of the gesture, a second computing device of the one or more computing devices, wherein the identifying includes recognizing, in the one or more images, a face of a second person associated with the second computing device;

determine, based on (i) the indication of the gesture, (ii) the received identification information for the one or more computing devices, and (iii) the identification of the second computing device based at least in part on the image data;

that the gesture is associated with an intent to transfer information between the first computing device and the second computing device, and

which from among the first computing device and second computing device is an intended recipient computing device; and

send, to the intended recipient computing device, content information associated with a user credential of the first person.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the system to receive state information for at least one of the first computing device and the second computing device.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the imaging device comprises a depth camera and the image data associated with the one or more images comprises depth information.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the system to:

identify the second person based at least in part on recognizing the face of the second person; and

associate the second computing device with the second person.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the second computing device is associated with the first person.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the indication of the gesture comprises an indication of an orientation of at least one of the one or more computing devices.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the indication of the gesture comprises an indication of a sequence of one or more body positions.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the content information comprises a link to content.

12. (canceled)

17. (canceled)

18. (canceled)

22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a one or more processors, cause a server computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving identification information for one or more computing devices capable of communication with the server computer;

receiving image data associated with the one or more computing devices, the image data including one or more indications of a current state of an environment of the one or more computing devices and an indication of a gesture performed by a first person;

associating, based at least in part on the image data associated with the one or more images, a first computing device of the one or more computing devices with the first person;

identifying, based at least in part on the image data associated with the one or more images, a second computing device of the one or more computing devices, wherein the identifying includes recognizing, in the one or more images, a face of a second person associated with the second computing device;

determining, based on (i) the indication of the gesture, (ii) the received identification information for the one or more computing devices, and (iii) the identification of the second computing device based at least in part on the image data;

that the gesture is associated with an intent to transfer information between the first computing device and the second computing device, and

which from among the first computing device and second computing device is an intended recipient computing device; and

sending, to the intended recipient computing device, content information associated with a user credential of the first person.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, further comprising receiving state information for at least one of the first computing device and the second computing device.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, further comprising identifying the second person based at least in part on recognizing the face of the second person.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the indication of the gesture comprises an indication of an orientation of at least one of the one or more computing devices.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the indication of the gesture comprises an indication of a sequence of one or more body positions.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein sending the content information comprises sending a link to the content.

25. (canceled)