ELECTRONIC DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN TRUST CONTACTS

• US 20160381727A1
• Filed: 06/26/2015
• Published: 12/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Niewenhuis, Benjamin, Dwarakanath, Kumar N., Sengupta, Uttam K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,692,755 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

Mobile devices can be wirelessly linked to an increasing number of wearable devices. Sensors included in both mobile and wearable devices possessed by a first party and a second party can detect physical, biometric, or environmental inputs. A logic circuit in each of the portable electronic devices can autonomously determine whether these inputs are indicative of a trusted contact between the first and the second parties in various social, business, and commercial settings based at least in part on local social, business, and interpersonal practices and norms. A first portable electronic device possessed by a first party and a second portable electronic device possessed by a second party may autonomously exchange public or private information based on detecting a trusted contact between the first party and the second party. Such devices may also track ongoing trusted contact between the first party and the second party in social, business, and commercial settings.

Claims

1. A system comprising a first portable device, the first portable comprising:

at least one sensor;

at least one wireless communications interface;

a first logic circuit communicably coupled to the at least one sensor and to the at least one wireless communication interface, wherein the first logic circuit is configured to;

receive from the at least one sensor at least one signal that includes data;

autonomously determine whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of at least one of a body position or a hand gesture that is indicative of an existence of a trusted relationship between a first person possessing the first portable device and a second person possessing a second portable device; and

autonomously initiate, when said data is indicative of an existence of a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person, a wireless pairing with the second portable device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the hand gesture is a handshake and first logic circuit is further configured to:

determine whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of execution of said handshake by the first person and the second person; and

when the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of performance of said handshake, the first logic circuit is to autonomously determine that a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person exists.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first logic circuit is further configured, following pairing of the first device and second device, to:

generate a first message that includes data logically associated with the first person and at least one of;

data representative of public information logically associated with the first person;

or

data representative of private information logically associated with the first person; and

communicate, via the at least one wireless communications interface, the first message to the second portable device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first logic circuit is further configured to:

increment, when said data is indicative of an existence of a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person, a counter value of a counter in the first portable device, wherein the counter value is indicative of a degree of trust between the first person and the second person.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first logic circuit is further configured to:

receive a second message from the second portable device, the second message comprising at least data logically associated with the second person; and

store at least a portion of the second message in a storage device communicably coupled to the first logic circuit.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the second message further comprises at least one of:

data representative of public information logically associated with the second party;

or

data representative of private information logically associated with the second party.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the body position is a relative body position of a body of the first person and a body of the second person, and the first logic circuit is further configured to:

determine whether the relative body position is indicative that a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person exists; and

the first logic circuit is to autonomously initiate said wireless pairing when the relative body position is indicative that said trusted relationship exists.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein determining whether the relative body position is indicative that a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person exists comprises determining whether the relative body position is indicative of an execution of at least one of a kiss or a hug by the first person and the second person.

9. A method of communicating information between a first portable device possessed by a first person and a second portable device possessed by a second person, the method comprising:

receiving, with a first logic circuit of the first portable device, a sensor signal including data from at least one sensor communicably coupled to the first portable device;

autonomously determining, by the first logic circuit, whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of at least one of a body position or hand gesture that is indicative of a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person; and

autonomously initiating, by at least the first portable device, a wireless pairing with the second portable device, when said data is indicative of an existence of said trusted relationship between said first person and said second person.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the hand gesture is a handshake; and

said autonomously determining whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of a trusted relationship comprises autonomously determining whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of a performance of said handshake by the first person and the second person; and

said autonomous initiation of said wireless pairing is performed in response to a determination that the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of performance of said handshake.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein following wireless pairing of the first portable device and the second portable device, the method further comprises:

generating, by the first logic circuit, a first message that comprises at least one of;

data representative of public information logically associated with the first person or

data representative of private information logically associated with the first person.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

incrementing, with said first logic circuit, a counter value of a counter retained in the first portable device when said data is indicative of an existence of a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person, wherein the counter value is indicative of a degree of trust between the first person and the second person.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, by the first portable device, a second message from the second portable device, wherein the second message includes data logically associated with the second party; and

storing, with the first portable device at least a portion of the second message in a storage device communicably coupled to the first logic circuit.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second message comprises:

data representative of public information logically associated with the second person;

or data representative of private information logically associated with the second person.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the body position is a relative body position of a body of the first person and a body of the second person;

autonomously determining whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of a trusted relationship comprises autonomously determining whether the relative body position is indicative that a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person exists; and

said autonomous initiation of said wireless pairing is performed when the relative body position is indicative that said trusted relationship exists.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said autonomously determining whether the relative body position is indicative that a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person exists comprises determining whether the relative body position is indicative of an execution of at least one of a kiss or a hug by the first person and the second person.

17. (canceled)

18. A storage device including machine-readable instructions, that when executed by first logic circuit of a first portable device, causes the first logic circuit to:

receive at least one sensor signal that includes data from at least one sensor communicably coupled to the first portable device;

autonomously determine whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of at least one of a body position or hand gesture that is indicative of a trusted relationship between a first person possessing the first portable device and a second person possessing a second portable device; and

autonomously initiate a wireless pairing with the second portable device, when said data is indicative of an existence of said trusted relationship between said first person and said second person.

19. The storage device of claim 18, wherein:

said hand gesture is a handshake;

autonomously determining of whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of a trusted relationship comprises autonomously determining whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of a performance of said handshake by the first person and the second person; and

said autonomous initiation of said wireless pairing is performed in response to a determination that the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of performance of said handshake.

20. The storage device of claim 18 wherein the machine-readable instructions when executed further cause the first logic circuit to perform the following operations comprising:

generating a first message that comprises at least one of;

data representative of public information logically associated with the first person;

or

data representative of private information logically associated with the first person.

21. The storage device of claim 18 wherein the machine-readable instructions when executed further cause said first logic circuit to perform the following operations comprising:

increment a counter value of a counter retained in a storage device communicably coupled to the first logic circuit when said data is indicative of an existence of a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person, wherein the counter value is indicative of a degree of trust between the first person and the second person.

22. The storage device of claim 19, wherein:

the body position is a relative body position of a body of the first person and a body of the second person;

autonomously determining whether the data included in the sensor signal is indicative of a trusted relationship comprises autonomously determining whether the relative body position is indicative that a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person exists; and

said autonomous initiation of said wireless pairing is performed when the relative body position is indicative that said trusted relationship exists.

23. The storage device of claim 19 wherein said autonomously determining whether the relative body position is indicative that a trusted relationship between the first person and the second person exists comprises determining whether the relative body position is indicative of an execution of at least one of a kiss or a hug by the first person and the second person.