Sensor data sharing

• US 7,319,385 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2004
• Issued: 01/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Ruha, Antti
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUNG
• Application Number:
  US10/943,481
• Publication Number:
  US 20060061468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,215 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.12, 340/573.1, 340/384.1, 455/456.1, 455/414.1, 600/300
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0462 Apparatus with built-in sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4261 Evaluating exocrine secretion production A61B3/101 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

The invention relates to method for operating two or more mobile terminals in an interactive session. The mobile terminals are provided with one or more sensors. The data captured by the sensors is send via a wireless connection to the other mobile terminals that participate in the interactive session. The data received from the other mobile communication terminals is communicated to the user of the respective mobile communication terminals via the user interface.

Claims

1. A method for interactive operation of at least two mobile communication terminals comprising:

providing a first mobile communication terminal with at least one sensor coupled thereto;

providing a second mobile communication terminal and at least one sensor coupled thereto;

said first terminal capturing data from the at least one sensor coupled thereto;

said second terminal capturing data from the at least one sensor coupled thereto;

said first terminal sending the captured sensor data via a wireless connection to the second terminal while receiving the captured data from the second terminal and

said second terminal sending the captured sensor data via a wireless connection to the first terminal while receiving the captured data from the first terminal;

said first terminal presenting an indication of the data received from the second terminal; and

said second terminal presenting an indication of the data received from the first terminal;

wherein the indication of the data received from the first and second terminals is substantially simultaneously presented to a respective user of the first and second terminals.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said indication is a number and/or a graph presented on a display of said first and second mobile communication terminals.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said indication is a tone produced by a loudspeaker of the first and second mobile communication terminals.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor is embedded in the first and/or second terminal.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor is a remote sensor coupled to the wireless terminal.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the at least one sensor is wirelessly coupled to the first or second mobile communication terminal.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the data between the first and second terminals is transferred via a wireless communication network.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor measures ambient parameters.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said at least one sensor comprises air temperature sensors, air humidity sensors, air pressure sensors, altimeters or air speed sensors.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor measures physical parameters of the user'"'"'s body.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein said at least one sensor comprises body temperature sensors, heart rate sensors, blood pressure sensors, breathing rate sensors, perspiration sensors or movement sensors.

12. A method according to claim 1, wherein the received data from one sensor is processed and presented in a graph shown on the display.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the received data from several sensors is combined, processed and presented, as derived parameter on the display.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second mobile communication terminals are in a gaming session in which gaming data is exchanged between said first and second terminals, and whereby said sensor data is included in the gaming data.

15. A method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second mobile communication terminals are in a sports training session in which training data is exchanged between said first and second terminals, and whereby said sensor data is included in the training data.

16. A method according to claim 1, wherein further mobile communication terminals send sensor data from sensors coupled thereto to the first and second terminal for displaying when received and vice versa.

17. A method according to claim 1, further comprising presenting an indication of an average parameter of at least one team of a plurality of terminals wherein the first and second terminal are part of the at least one team.

18. A mobile communication terminal for operation in a wireless communication network comprising a display, a speaker, and a processor controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal,

said processor being configured to capture data from at least one embedded or external sensor;

said processor being configured to send the captured data via a wireless connection to at least one other mobile communication terminal while receiving;

sensor data from said at least one other terminal, and

said processor being configured to present an indication of the received sensor data on the display or via the loudspeaker.