Mobile interactive kiosk method

• US 8,713,187 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2010
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Manna LLC
• Original Assignee: Manna LLC
• Inventors: Raboin, James P.
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US12/927,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20120124224A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,261 Days
• Field of Search: 709/228, 709/203, 709/226, 709/229
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

To regulate information exchanges, provide personal security and enhance personal privacy inside and outside a network and to regulate devices. Provided is a personal bio-data mining and pairing method of a human user to one or more communications devices capable of functioning in a network cloud environment and, where the rules governing cloud organization and communications are based in part upon a human user bio-data and real world information exchanges commonly occurring at specific geographical locations.

Claims

1. An information exchange system, comprising:

a user bio-characteristic module for an electronic device to identify a unique user;

a range selector, for determining a physical range in which to broadcast information, receive information or both, sufficient to form an information cloud;

one or more information filters; and

one or more privacy filters, to control the target or source of information broadcast or received.

2. The information exchange system of claim 1, wherein the information clouds comprise mobile information clouds and stationary information clouds.

3. The information exchange system of claim 2, further comprising an intersection of two or more clouds where information is exchanged in an intersection zone.

5. The information exchange system of claim 1, wherein the electronic devices comprises one or more of a cellular phone, tablet computer, laptop computer and desktop computer.

6. The information exchange system of claim 1, wherein at least one device is electronically paired to a user.

7. The information exchange system of claim 6, wherein pairing comprises utilizing at least one of the one or more bio-characteristics of a user.

8. The information exchange system of claim 7, wherein the at least one bio-characteristic of a user is measured by a communications device in contact with the user.

9. The information exchange system of claim 1, wherein information comprises one or more of identification information, location, photographs, music, video, financial information, retail promotions and personal or business account or status information.

10. The information exchange system of claim 1, wherein the physical range comprises about three miles.

11. The information exchange system of claim 1, wherein the physical range comprises one or more of about five miles, about two miles, about one mile, about one thousand yards, about one hundred yards, about ten yards, about ten feet, about three feet and immediate proximity.

12. The information exchange system of claim 1, wherein the information is collected in one or more databases.

13. The information exchange system of claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the information exchanged can be deleted once contact between clouds is removed.

14. The information exchange system of claim 1, wherein privacy filters comprises one or more of a friends list, direct names list, and local rules list for selecting potential information exchange targets and determining level of information exchanges, information access and information storage.

4. The information exchange system of 2, wherein a stationary cloud is in proximity to one or more of a retail store, bank, church and service business.

15. A method of exchanging information using an electronic device, comprising:

identifying a unique user of portable electronic device by one or more bio-characteristics of the user;

selecting a range for broadcasting and receiving information with the electronic device;

selecting one or more information filters;

selecting one or more privacy filters;

broadcasting user information within the selected range; and

receiving filtered information with the selected range.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein information comprises one or more of identification information, location, photographs, music, video, financial information, retail promotions and personal or business account or status information.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the range comprises about three miles.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the range comprises one or more of about five miles, about two miles, about one mile, about one thousand yards, about one hundred yards, about ten yards, about ten feet, about three feet and immediate proximity.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein privacy filters comprises one or more of a friends list, direct names list, and local rules list for selecting potential information exchange targets and determining level of information exchanges, information access and information storage.