Effectively documenting irregularities in a responsive user's environment

• US 7,733,223 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2007
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Lord, Robert W., Wood, JR., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crosland, Donnie L
• Application Number:
  US11/894,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20090045938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.26, 340/506, 340/522, 340/525
• US Class Current: 340/539.26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment and configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment; and

configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data.

2. The method of claim 1 in which accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

accepting environmental-regularity-indicative data distilled so that at least 2% of image data thereof consists of ocular data.

3. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

causing an association between timing data and auditory data of some of the environmental-regularity-indicative data to be preserved.

4. The method of claim 1 in which accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

causing one or more sensors to detect at least the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

5. The method of claim 1 in which accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least an indication of a user wearing one or more sensors.

6. The method of claim 1 in which accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

accepting an image that includes more than one kilobyte of image data from an eye of a user.

7. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

configuring the distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least data arising from a first sensor distinct from data arising from a second sensor.

8. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

causing some of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a testing session to be preserved responsive to a correct portion of the user-response-indicative data from the testing session.

9. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response- indicative data comprises:

causing a remote system to preserve at least the distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data after processing a prior recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

10. The method of claim 1 in which accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

accepting a first image from a first vantage in the environment and a second image from a second vantage in the environment in the environmental-regularity-indicative data.

11. The method of claim 1 in which accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least geographic-position-indicative data and other sensor data.

12. The method of claim 1 in which accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least an indication of whether a user wears one or more devices.

13. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

distilling a first fraction >

X of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a first portion of an image and a second fraction <

X of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a second portion of the image for one or more values of X.

14. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

extracting one or more non-ocular portions of image data from the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

15. A system comprising:

means for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment; and

means for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data.

16. The system of claim 15 in which the circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

means for configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least geographic-position-indicative data and other sensor data.

17. The system of claim 15 in which the means for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

means for causing one or more sensors to detect at least the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

18. The system of claim 15 in which the means for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

means for configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least an indication of a user wearing one or more sensors.

19. The system of claim 15 in which the means for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

means for accepting an image that includes more than one kilobyte of image data from an eye of a user.

20. The system of claim 15 in which the means for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

means for accepting environmental-regularity-indicative data distilled so that at least 2% of image data thereof consists of ocular data.

21. The system of claim 15 in which the means for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

means for configuring the distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least data arising from a first sensor distinct from data arising from a second sensor.

22. The system of claim 15 in which the means for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

means for causing some of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a testing session to be preserved responsive to a correct portion of the user-response-indicative data from the testing session.

23. The system of claim 15 in which the means for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

means for causing a remote system to preserve at least the distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data after processing a prior recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

24. The system of claim 15 in which the means for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

means for accepting a first image from a first vantage in the environment and a second image from a second vantage in the environment in the environmental-regularity-indicative data.

25. The system of claim 15 in which the means for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

means for configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least an indication of whether a user wears one or more devices.

26. The system of claim 15 in which the means for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

means for distilling a first fraction >

X of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a first portion of an image and a second fraction <

X of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a second portion of the image for one or more values of X.

27. The system of claim 15 in which the means for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

means for causing an association between timing data and auditory data of some of the environmental-regularity-indicative data to be preserved.

28. The system of claim 15 in which the means for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

means for extracting one or more non-ocular portions of image data from the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

29. A system comprising:

circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment; and

circuitry for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data.

30. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

circuitry for causing one or more sensors to detect at least the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

31. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

circuitry for configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least an indication of a user wearing one or more sensors.

32. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

circuitry for accepting an image that includes more than one kilobyte of image data from an eye of a user.

33. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

circuitry for accepting environmental-regularity-indicative data distilled so that at least 2% of image data thereof consists of ocular data.

34. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

circuitry for configuring the distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least data arising from a first sensor distinct from data arising from a second sensor.

35. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

circuitry for causing some of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a testing session to be preserved responsive to a correct portion of the user-response-indicative data from the testing session.

36. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

circuitry for causing a remote system to preserve at least the distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data after processing a prior recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

37. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

circuitry for accepting a first image from a first vantage in the environment and a second image from a second vantage in the environment in the environmental-regularity-indicative data.

38. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

circuitry for configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least geographic-position-indicative data and other sensor data.

39. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

circuitry for configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least an indication of whether a user wears one or more devices.

40. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

circuitry for distilling a first fraction >

X of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a first portion of an image and a second fraction <

X of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a second portion of the image for one or more values of X.

41. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

circuitry for causing an association between timing data and auditory data of some of the environmental-regularity-indicative data to be preserved.

42. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

circuitry for extracting one or more non-ocular portions of image data from the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

43. The system of claim 29 in which the circuitry for accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment comprises:

circuitry for configuring the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least geographic-position-indicative data and an indication of a user wearing one or more sensors; and

circuitry for accepting a first image including more than one kilobyte of image data from an eye of the user from a first vantage in the environment and a second image from a second vantage in the environment in the environmental-regularity-indicative data, the environmental-regularity-indicative data distilled so that at least 2% of an image data component thereof consists of ocular data.

44. The system of claim 43 in which the circuitry for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data comprises:

circuitry for causing some of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a testing session to be preserved responsive to a correct portion of the user-response-indicative data from the testing session;

circuitry for distilling a first fraction >

X of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a first portion of the first image and a second fraction <

X of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from a second portion of the first image for one or more values of X;

circuitry for causing an association between timing data and auditory data of some of the environmental-regularity-indicative data to be preserved;

circuitry for configuring the distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data to include at least data arising from a first sensor of the one or more sensors distinct from data arising from a second sensor of the one or more sensors; and

circuitry for causing a remote system to preserve at least the distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data after processing a prior recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data from the environment.

45. An apparatus comprising:

one or more physical media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method including at least

accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment; and

configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data.

46. The apparatus of claim 45 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:

one or more of an image projection module or a touch screen.

47. The apparatus of claim 45 in which the one or more physical media comprise:

an antenna-containing semiconductor chip.

48. The apparatus of claim 45 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:

one or more signal-bearing media configured to transmit one or more instructions for configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data.

49. The apparatus of claim 45 in which the one or more physical media comprise:

a portable module including at least a visual display configured to be operable while the portable module is held or worn.

50. The apparatus of claim 45 in which the one or more physical media include at least one of a repeater, a communication satellite, or another active module configured to accept first and second portions of the device-detectable implementation sequentially.

51. The apparatus of claim 45 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:

one or more processors configured to perform one or more of optical image scanning or auditory pattern scanning upon the device-detectable implementation.

52. The apparatus of claim 45 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:

one or more processors configured to perform linguistic pattern scanning upon the device-detectable implementation.

53. The apparatus of claim 45 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:

circuitry for using an encoding constraint in at least some of the device-detectable implementation.

54. The apparatus of claim 45 in which at least one of the one or more physical media comprises:

one or more signal-bearing media configured to bear at least one of a special-purpose instruction sequence, a special-purpose-circuit design, or an information-bearing static attribute as a portion of the device-detectable implementation.

55. The apparatus of claim 45 in which at least one of the one or more physical media comprises:

one or more signal-bearing media bearing an implementation access service operated to access a remote server running another implementation as a portion of the device-detectable implementation.

56. The apparatus of claim 45 in which a first portion of the one or more physical media transmits a portion of the device-detectable implementation before a remainder of the one or more physical media transmits a remainder of the device-detectable implementation.

57. The apparatus of claim 45 in which the one or more physical media include at least one of an integrated circuit, a data-holding element, a lens or other light-transmissive medium, a signal-bearing conduit currently bearing at least a portion of the device-detectable implementation, or a bus or other configuration of two or more transmission media in mutual isolation.

58. The apparatus of claim 45 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:

a power line operated to transmit content of the device-detectable implementation between at least two terminals.

59. The apparatus of claim 45 in which a first medium of the one or more physical media bears a first portion of the device-detectable implementation while a second medium of the one or more physical media bears a second portion of the device-detectable implementation.

60. The apparatus of claim 45 in which the one or more physical media are configured at least (a) by causing a communication channel in the one or more physical media to bear a first portion of the device-detectable implementation;

and (b) by causing another channel of the one or more physical media to bear a second portion of the device-detectable implementation.

61. The apparatus of claim 45 in which the one or more physical media have borne the device-detectable implementation.

62. An apparatus comprising:

one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output indicating an occurrence of

accepting user-response-indicative data and environmental-regularity-indicative data from an environment; and

configuring a distillation recording of the environmental-regularity-indicative data and a distillation recording of the user-response-indicative data.

63. The apparatus of claim 62 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:

circuitry for using an encryption constraint in at least some of the device-detectable output.