Devices and methods for detecting environmental circumstances and responding with designated communication actions
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- periodically sampling a user environment via a set of environmental sensors integrated into a communication device;
deriving a set of environmental circumstances based at least partially on an output of the set of environmental sensors by an analysis module in communication with the set of environmental sensors; and
comparing, by the analysis module, the derived set of environmental circumstances to a set of templates to determine whether there is a matching template, wherein if more than one of the templates matches the derived set of environmental circumstances, a best-match template is determined, and wherein if there is a matching template, an action script is executed.
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Abstract
Provided are a wireless communication device and a communication device control method that include a set of templates corresponding to a plurality of potential environmental circumstances. The templates may be stored in a database in the computer readable memory of the communication device. At predetermined intervals, a suite of environmental sensors integral to the communication device may periodically sample the user'"'"'s environment. The user'"'"'s environmental circumstances may be derived or inferred by an analysis module based on the output of the suite of environmental sensors and then may be compared to the templates to determine a matching template. An action script is then executed based at least partially on the matching template which may include the contacting of a responding party.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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periodically sampling a user environment via a set of environmental sensors integrated into a communication device; deriving a set of environmental circumstances based at least partially on an output of the set of environmental sensors by an analysis module in communication with the set of environmental sensors; and comparing, by the analysis module, the derived set of environmental circumstances to a set of templates to determine whether there is a matching template, wherein if more than one of the templates matches the derived set of environmental circumstances, a best-match template is determined, and wherein if there is a matching template, an action script is executed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions recorded thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
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periodically sampling a user environment via a set of environmental sensors integrated into a communication device; deriving a set of environmental circumstances based at least partially on an output of the set of environmental sensors; and comparing the derived set of environmental circumstances to a set of templates to determine if there is a matching template, wherein if more than one of the templates matches the derived set of environmental circumstances, a best-match template is determined, and wherein if there is a matching template, an action script is executed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; periodically sampling a user environment via a set of environmental sensors integrated into a communication device; deriving a set of environmental circumstances based at least partially on an output of the set of environmental sensors; and comparing the derived set of environmental circumstances to a set of templates to determine if there is a matching template, wherein if more than one of the templates matches the derived set of environmental circumstances, a best-match template is determined, and wherein if there is a matching template, an action script is executed. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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