Assisted Animal Communication

• US 20150022329A1
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Forget You Not, Llc
• Original Assignee: Forget You Not, Llc
• Inventors: Shani, Nissim, Shani, Daniel, Shani, Roni
• Application Number:
  US13/943,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20150022329A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/286.01
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/02 Training or exercising equipment, e.g. mazes or labyrinths for animals A01K15/04 takes precedence; Electric shock devices circuits therefor H03K3/537; Toys specially adapted for animals
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 29/00 Other apparatus for animal husbandry

Abstract

Artifacts of a communication are received from an animal through interface features of one or more devices. The artifacts are interpreted by computer to derive an interpreted communication represented by the artifacts.

Claims

1. A method comprising

receiving artifacts of a communication from the animal through interface features of one or more devices, and

interpreting the artifacts by computer to derive an interpreted communication represented by the artifacts.

2. The method of claim 1 in which receiving the artifacts of the communication includes detecting at least one of a noise or motion of the animal.

3. The method of claim 1 in which interpreting the artifacts comprises comparing the artifacts to known examples of similar artifacts.

4. The method of claim 1 in which interpreting the artifacts is done at a server.

5. The method of claim 1 in which interpreting the artifacts is done at a client device.

6. The method of claim 1 in which interpreting the artifacts includes using information provided by a human being about the animal or about artifacts that may be produced by the animal.

7. The method of claim 1 comprising presenting the interpreted communication to a human being.

8. The method of claim 7 in which the animal and the human are at different locations.

9. The method of claim 7 in which the animal is a pet and the human is the pet'"'"'s owner.

10. The method of claim 7 in which the interpreted communication is presented to the human being through a user interface of the device.

11. A method comprising

receiving a communication from a human to an animal through interface features of one or more devices, and

articulating the communication by computer as artifacts that will represent the communication when presented to the animal.

12. The method of claim 11 in which the communication is expressed in a form that is understandable by humans but not understandable by an animal.

13. The method of claim 11 in which the communication is received as text or speech from the human.

14. The method of claim 11 in which the one or more devices comprise a mobile device.

15. The method of claim 11 in which the communication is articulated as the artifacts based on information provided by humans about the relationship of the communication to the artifacts.

16. The method of claim 11 comprising causing the artifacts to be presented to the animal.

17. The method of claim 16 in which the artifacts are caused to be presented to the animal by interface features of one or more devices.

18. The method of claim 16 in which the artifacts are caused to be presented to the animal by sending them through a network to one or more devices located with the animal.

19. The method of claim 11 in which the human and the animal are in different locations.

20. A method comprising

receiving at a server from one or more client devices, artifacts of communications of animals through interface features of one or more devices, and

sending from the server to one or more client devices, information that enables the one or more client devices to convey the communications to human beings.

21. The method of claim 20 comprising

interpreting the artifacts to derive the communications.