Template development based on sensor originated reported aspects

• US 8,244,553 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2009
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Freede Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Firminger, Shawn P., Garms, Jason, Hyde, Roderick A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Karkanias, Chris D., Leuthardt, Eric C., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Tegreene, Clarence T., Tolle, Kristin M., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P
• Application Number:
  US12/592,946
• Publication Number:
  US 20110055125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1.1
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: providing one or more reported aspects associated with one or more source users that were originally reported by one or more sensors; and developing one or more templates designed to facilitate one or more end users to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the one or more templates are emulated, the development of the one or more templates being based at least on a portion of the one or more reported aspects In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects associated with one or more source users, the one or more reported aspects being originally reported by one or more sensors; and

a template development module configured to develop one or more templates based at least on a portion of the one or more reported aspects, the one or more templates designed to facilitate one or more end users to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the one or more templates are emulated, wherein said template development module comprises;

an emulatable aspect including module configured to include one or more emulatable aspects that correspond to at least the portion of the one or more reported aspects into each of the one or more templates, wherein said template development module further comprising;

a plausible determining module including an action module configured to determine whether at least one of the one or more emulatable aspects to be included in the one or more templates is a plausible aspect that has been successfully emulated by one or more third parties, and if not plausible, the action module executing one or more actions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said plausible determining module including an action module comprises:

a not plausible notification module configured to notify at least one of an end user, a source user, or a third party regarding a determination that at least one of the one or more emulatable aspects to be included in the one or more templates is not a plausible aspect, the notification being in response to the determination that the at least one of the one or more emulatable aspects to be included in the one or more templates is not a plausible aspect.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said plausible determining module including an action module comprises:

a template modification module configured to modify at least one of the one or more templates by revising at least one of the one or more emulatable aspects determined not to be a plausible aspect or by replacing the at least one of the one or more emulatable aspects determined not to be a plausible aspect with at least one replacement emulatable aspect that is a plausible aspect that has been successfully emulated by one or more third parties, the modification being in response to the determination that the at least one of the one or more emulatable aspects is not a plausible aspect.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said plausible determining module including an action module comprises:

a plausible determining module including an action module configured to determine whether at least one of the one or more emulatable aspects to be included in the one or more templates is a plausible aspect that has been successfully emulated by the one or more third parties in order to achieve at least one of the one or more target outcomes, and if not plausible, the action module executing the one or more actions.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said template development module comprises:

a relevant reported aspect identification module configured to identify one or more relevant reported aspects from the one or more reported aspects, the one or more relevant reported aspects being originally reported by the one or more sensors and relevant with respect to achieving the one or more target outcomes.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said relevant reported aspect identification module comprises:

a source user associated reported aspect identification module configured to identify one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that are associated with the one or more source users who have achieved the one or more target outcomes.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said relevant reported aspect identification module further comprising:

a relevancy factor relevant reported aspect identification module configured to identify one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that are relevant with respect to one or more relevancy factors.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said relevancy factor relevant reported aspect identification module comprises:

a relevancy factor relevant reported aspect identification module configured to identify one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more aspects that belong to one or more aspect types that are of interest to the one or more end users.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein said relevancy factor relevant reported aspect identification module comprises:

a relevancy factor relevant reported aspect identification module configured to identify one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more aspects that belong to one or more aspect types that have been indicated by at least one source user as being relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein said relevancy factor relevant reported aspect identification module comprises:

a relevancy factor relevant reported aspect identification module configured to identify one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more aspects that occurred within one or more predefined time increments, respectively, from one or more achievements of the one or more target outcomes by the one or more source users who have achieved the one or more target outcomes.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more sensors configured to provide the one or more reported aspects that are associated with the one or more source users.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a presentation module configured to provide the one or more templates.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more behavior incidences associated with the one or more source users.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more incidences of activities executed by the one or more source users.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more user attitudes or conduct associated with the one or more source users.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more incidences of one or more mental states associated with the one or more source users.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more incidences of one or more user physical characteristics associated with the one or more source users.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more incidences of one or more user physiological characteristics associated with the one or more source users.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more incidences of one or more user locations associated with the one or more source users.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more incidences of one or more external events associated with the one or more source users.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a relevant reported aspect acquiring module configured to selectively acquire one or more relevant reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that are relevant with respect to achieving the one or more target outcomes.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said relevant reported aspect acquiring module comprises:

a source user associated reported aspect acquiring module configured to selectively acquire one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that are associated with the one or more source users who have achieved the one or more target outcomes.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein said relevant reported aspect acquiring module comprises:

a relevancy factor relevant reported aspect acquiring module configured to selectively acquire one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that are relevant with respect to one or more relevancy factors.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein said relevancy factor relevant reported aspect acquiring module comprises:

a relevancy factor relevant reported aspect acquiring module configured to selectively acquire one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more aspects that belong to one or more aspect types that are of interest to the one or more end users.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein said relevancy factor relevant reported aspect acquiring module comprises:

a relevancy factor relevant reported aspect acquiring module configured to selectively acquire one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more aspects that belong to one or more aspect types that have been indicated by at least one source user as being relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein said relevancy factor relevant reported aspect acquiring module comprises:

a relevancy factor relevant reported aspect acquiring module configured to selectively acquire one or more reported aspects that were originally reported by the one or more sensors and that indicate one or more aspects that occurred within one or more predefined time increments, respectively, from one or more achievements of the one or more target outcomes by the one or more source users who have achieved the one or more target outcomes.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense one or more behavior aspects associated with the one or more source users.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more pedometers.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more accelerometers.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense usage of one or more exercise equipment.

31. The system of claim 27, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense usage of one or more transportation vehicles.

32. The system of claim 27, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense usage of one or more household appliances.

33. The system of claim 27, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense toilet usage.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more global positioning systems (GPSs).

35. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense one or more environmental conditions.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense water quality.

37. The system of claim 35, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense air quality.

38. The system of claim 35, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense one or more atmospheric conditions.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by at least one of a barometer, a thermometer, or a humidity sensor.

40. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide the one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users including one or more reported aspects that were at least originally reported by one or more sensors designed to sense one or more physiological characteristics used to determine one or more mental states.

41. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users that were at least originally reported by the one or more sensors via one or more social networking entries.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users that were at least originally reported by the one or more sensors via one or more blog entries.

43. The system of claim 41, wherein said sensor originated reported aspect providing module comprises:

a sensor originated reported aspect providing module configured to provide one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users that were at least originally reported by the one or more sensors via one or more status reports.

44. A system, comprising:

circuitry for providing one or more reported aspects associated with one or more source users that were originally reported by one or more sensors; and

circuitry for developing one or more templates designed to facilitate one or more end users to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the one or more templates are emulated, the development of the one or more templates being based at least on a portion of the one or more reported aspects, wherein said circuitry for developing one or more templates designed to facilitate one or more end users to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the one or more templates are emulated, the development of the one or more templates being based at least on a portion of the one or more reported aspects, comprises;

circuitry for including into each of the one or more templates one or more emulatable aspects that correspond to at least the portion of the one or more reported aspects, wherein said circuitry for including into each of the one or more templates one or more emulatable aspects that correspond to at least the portion of the one or more reported aspects, comprises;

circuitry for determining whether at least one of the one or more emulatable aspects to be included in the one or more templates is a plausible aspect that has been successfully emulated by one or more third parties, and if not plausible, execute one or more actions.

45. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium bearing;

one or more instructions for providing one or more reported aspects associated with one or more source users that were originally reported by one or more sensors; and

one or more instructions for developing one or more templates designed to facilitate one or more end users to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the one or more templates are emulated, the development of the one or more templates being based at least on a portion of the one or more reported aspects, wherein said one or more instructions for developing one or more templates designed to facilitate one or more end users to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the one or more templates are emulated, the development of the one or more templates being based at least on a portion of the one or more reported aspects, comprises;

one or more instructions for including into each of the one or more templates one or more emulatable aspects that correspond to at least the portion of the one or more reported aspects, wherein said one or more instructions for including into each of the one or more templates one or more emulatable aspects that correspond to at least the portion of the one or more reported aspects, comprises;

one or more instructions for determining whether at least one of the one or more emulatable aspects to be included in the one or more templates is a plausible aspect that has been successfully emulated by one or more third parties, and if not plausible, execute one or more actions.