MOBILE-DEVICE INSTIGATED FACILITATION OF USER-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
First Claim
1. A system for providing a user-intelligible output in response to information representative of environmental surroundings, the system comprising:
- a wearable short-range wireless communication (SRWC) initiator, configured to;
acquire, via SRWC, information representative of environmental surroundings, andtransmit the acquired information representative of the environmental surroundings; and
a client device comprising a processor configured to;
receive the acquired information representative of the environmental surroundings,analyze the information representative of the physical surroundings, andinitiate a user-intelligible output in response to the analyzing.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are generally drawn towards facilitating interaction between a user and the environment in which the user is located. Embodiments of the invention contemplate the collection of information pertaining to an environment in which a user affiliated with a client device is located and the analysis of such information in the service of facilitating user-environment interaction. Embodiments of the present invention may trigger a particular output comprehensible to a user wherein the particular output is determined by the information collected from the environment. Embodiments of the invention may also trigger a modification to the environment through communication with elements within the environment wherein the particular modification is determined by information corresponding to a user and the user'"'"'s environment.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing a user-intelligible output in response to information representative of environmental surroundings, the system comprising:
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a wearable short-range wireless communication (SRWC) initiator, configured to; acquire, via SRWC, information representative of environmental surroundings, and transmit the acquired information representative of the environmental surroundings; and a client device comprising a processor configured to; receive the acquired information representative of the environmental surroundings, analyze the information representative of the physical surroundings, and initiate a user-intelligible output in response to the analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing a response to surroundings of a client device, the method comprising:
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acquiring, at the client device, information representative of the surroundings of the client device; analyzing, at the client device, the information representative of the surroundings; and initiating, at the client device, a user-intelligible output responsive to the analyzing; wherein a potion of the information representative of the surroundings of the client device is transmitted to the client device by a wearable short-range wireless communication (SRWC) initiator, and wherein the analyzing determines the characteristics of the output. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A client device, comprising:
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a network interface configured to receive information representative of the surroundings of the client device; and a processor, configured to analyze the information representative of the surroundings of the client device and to initiate a user-intelligible output responsive to the analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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