Tangible Social Network
First Claim
1. An interactive physical object communication frame, comprising:
- a housing, the housing being adapted to receive installation of and to display at least one interactive physical object;
a communications subsystem, the communications subsystem being adapted for receiving and managing communications with, and communications between, the installed interactive physical object and an interactive physical object that is communicatively-linked to the installed interactive physical object; and
a controller, the controller being located within the housing and being adapted for;
receiving and processing commands and data received from the communications subsystem; and
generating at least one response command or data in response to the received commands and data.
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Abstract
A tangible social network system comprises at least two interactive physical objects adapted for communicatively linking with each other, a visualization application for providing a visual representation of a user'"'"'s tangible social network, and an object communication frame. An interactive physical object comprises a controller for forming a communicatively linked relationship with another interactive physical object and for receiving and responding to commands and data received from a linked object, and an audio or visual response subsystem. An object communication frame comprises a housing adapted to receive interactive physical objects, a communications subsystem for managing communications with installed objects and with interactive physical objects communicatively linked with installed objects, a controller, and a power subsystem for powering installed objects. The frame or objects may interact with a visualization application, comprising subsystems for receiving information about the user'"'"'s tangible social network and deriving a representation of it, and a graphical user interface for providing the visual representation to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. An interactive physical object communication frame, comprising:
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a housing, the housing being adapted to receive installation of and to display at least one interactive physical object; a communications subsystem, the communications subsystem being adapted for receiving and managing communications with, and communications between, the installed interactive physical object and an interactive physical object that is communicatively-linked to the installed interactive physical object; and a controller, the controller being located within the housing and being adapted for; receiving and processing commands and data received from the communications subsystem; and generating at least one response command or data in response to the received commands and data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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