Translation and substitution of transmitted environmental data

• US 7,016,933 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2001
• Issued: 03/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Twitter Inc (X Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pickover, Clifford Alan, Winarski, Daniel James, Wong, Tin-Lup, McLean, James Gordon, Glass, David Wayne
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh, John B.
• Application Number:
  US09/957,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20030055879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,643 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for generating an alternative form of transmitted environmental data, e.g., scent information, air temperature settings, air humidity settings, triggering of infrared devices such as to create tactile warmth. Upon identifying one or more environmental data files in a received file, e.g., HTML file, environmental data associated with the data files may be read and interpreted. If there are no environmental devices, e.g., smell-generating device, configured to emit a response to the environmental data or if the environmental devices are disabled from emitting a response to the environmental data, then the environmental data may be translated into a form a computer may be capable of reproducing. The translated form may then be outputted in a variety of forms such as: pictorial data (e.g., picture of a pine tree substituting a pine smell), graphical effects (e.g., screen-flashing effect may substitute a strobe-light trigger).

Claims

1. A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for generating an alternative form of transmitted environmental data, comprising:

programming operable for receiving a file specifying one or more environmental data files;

programming operable for reading environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files;

programming operable for translating said environmental data in response to an unavailability or a disablement of an environmental device configured to emit a response to said environmental data;

programming operable for outputting said translated environmental data;

programming operable for parsing source code of said file for said one or more environmental data files, wherein said one or more environmental data files comprises said environmental data;

programming operable for interpreting said environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files; and

programming operable for determining whether said interpreted environmental data is acceptable;

wherein if said interpreted environmental data is identified as not being acceptable then the computer program product further comprises;

programming operable for substituting said interpreted environmental data.

2. A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for generating an alternative form of transmitted environmental data, comprising:

programming operable for receiving a file specifying one or more environmental data files;

programming operable for reading environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files;

programming operable for translating said environmental data in response to an unavailability or a disablement of an environmental device configured to emit a response to said environmental data;

programming operable for outputting said translated environmental data;

programming operable for parsing source code of said file for said one or more environmental data files, wherein said one or more environmental data files comprises said environmental data;

programming operable for interpreting said environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files; and

programming operable for determining whether said interpreted environmental data is acceptable;

wherein if said interpreted environmental data is identified as not being acceptable then the computer program product further comprises;

programming operable for issuing a warning that said interpreted environmental data is identified as not being acceptable.

3. A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for generating an alternative form of transmitted environmental data, comprising:

programming operable for receiving a file specifying one or more environmental data files;

programming operable for reading environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files;

programming operable for translating said environmental data in response to an unavailability or a disablement of an environmental device configured to emit a response to said environmental data;

programming operable for outputting said translated environmental data;

programming operable for parsing source code of said file for said one or more environmental data files, wherein said one or more environmental data files comprises said environmental data; and

programming operable for interpreting said environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files;

wherein said programming operable for translating said environmental data comprises;

programming operable for searching for an entry in a table based on said interpreted environmental data, wherein said entry comprises a pointer to said translated environmental data.

4. The computer program product as recited in claim 3, wherein said translated environmental data is stored in a file.

5. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory unit operable for storing a computer program operable for generating an alternative form of transmitted environmental data;

an input mechanism;

an output mechanism; and

a bus system coupling the processor to the memory unit, input mechanism, and output mechanism, wherein the computer program is operable for performing the following programming steps;

receiving a file specifying one or more environmental data files;

reading environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files;

translating said environmental data in response to an unavailability or a disablement of an environmental device configured to emit a response to said environmental data;

outputting said translated environmental data;

parsing source code of said file for said one or more environmental data files, wherein said one or more environmental data files comprises said environmental data;

interpreting said environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files; and

determining whether said interpreted environmental data is acceptable;

wherein if said interpreted environmental data is identified as not being acceptable then the computer program is further operable to perform the following programming step;

substituting said interpreted environmental data.

6. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory unit operable for storing a computer program operable for generating an alternative form of transmitted environmental data;

an input mechanism;

an output mechanism; and

a bus system coupling the processor to the memory unit, input mechanism, and output mechanism, wherein the computer program is operable for performing the following programming steps;

receiving a file specifying one or more environmental data files;

reading environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files;

translating said environmental data in response to an unavailability or a disablement of an environmental device configured to emit a response to said environmental data;

outputting said translated environmental data;

parsing source code of said file for said one or more environmental data files, wherein said one or more environmental data files comprises said environmental data;

interpreting said environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files; and

determining whether said interpreted environmental data is acceptable;

wherein if said interpreted environmental data is identified as not being acceptable then the computer program is further operable to perform the following programming step;

issuing a warning that said interpreted environmental data is identified as not being acceptable.

7. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory unit operable for storing a computer program operable for generating an alternative form of transmitted environmental data;

an input mechanism;

an output mechanism; and

a bus system coupling the processor to the memory unit, input mechanism, and output mechanism, wherein the computer program is operable for performing the following programming steps;

receiving a file specifying one or more environmental data files;

reading environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files;

translating said environmental data in response to an unavailability or a disablement of an environmental device configured to emit a response to said environmental data;

outputting said translated environmental data;

parsing source code of said file for said one or more environmental data files, wherein said one or more environmental data files comprises said environmental data; and

interpreting said environmental data associated with said one or more environmental data files;

wherein said programming step of translating said environmental data comprises the step of;

searching for an entry in a table based on said interpreted environmental data, wherein said entry comprises a pointer to said translated environmental data.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein said translated environmental data is stored in a file.