Ascertaining presentation format based on device primary control determination

• US 8,713,670 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2011
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zecher, Cordelia
• Assistant Examiner(s): AVERY, JEREMIAH L
• Application Number:
  US13/373,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20120254736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 888 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 726/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items; ascertaining one or more particular formats for formatting the one or more items based, at least in part, on said determining; and presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats. 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 computationally-implemented method, comprising:

determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the detected plurality of users including at least some users jointly using the computing device by at least providing input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items;

ascertaining one or more particular formats for formatting the one or more items based, at least in part, on said determining, the one or more particular formats being ascertained based at least in part on one or more presentation preferences of a user that is determined to have primary control of the computing device, the one or more presentation preferences being one or more preferences for how the one or more items are to be preferably presented via the computing device; and

presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats.

2. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device;

means for ascertaining one or more particular formats for formatting the one or more items responsive, at least in part, to said means for determining, including at least;

means for ascertaining the one or more particular formats by ascertaining that the one or more particular formats are associated with the user detected as having primary control of the computing device, including at least;

means for ascertaining the one or more particular formats at least partially by ascertaining whether one or more presentation preferences are associated with the user detected as having primary control of the computing device, the one or more presentation preferences being one or more preferences for how the one or more items are to be preferably presented via the computing device, and the one or more presentation preferences defining the one or more particular formats; and

means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats.

3. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device comprises:

means for determining automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device.

4. The computationally-implemented system of claim 3 wherein said means for determining automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device comprises:

means for determining automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device in response to detecting that a user has relinquished primary control of the computing device.

5. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein said means for determining automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device in response to detecting that a user has relinquished primary control of the computing device comprises:

means for determining automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device in response to detecting that a user has relinquished primary control of the computing device, the means for determining automatically configured to perform the detection that a user has relinquished primary control of the computing device based at least in part on one or more movements of the computing device, one or more visual cues, and/or one or more audio cues that when detected allow an inference of a transfer of the computing device from the user to another user.

6. The computationally-implemented system of claim 3 wherein said means for determining automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device comprises:

means for determining automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device in response to detecting presence of the plurality of users in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.

7. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device comprises:

means for detecting the plurality of users being in the proximate vicinity of the computing device based, at least in part, on data provided by one or more sensors.

8. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device comprises:

means for detecting spatial locations of the plurality of users with respect to the computing device.

9. The computationally-implemented system of claim 8, wherein said means for detecting spatial locations of the plurality of users with respect to the computing device comprises:

means for detecting which of the plurality of users is or are spatially nearest to the computing device.

10. The computationally-implemented system of claim 9, wherein said means for detecting which of the plurality of users is or are spatially nearest to the computing device comprises:

means for detecting visually which of the plurality of users is or are spatially nearest to the computing device.

11. The computationally-implemented system of claim 9, wherein said means for detecting which of the plurality of users is or are spatially nearest to the computing device comprises:

means for detecting audibly which of the plurality of users is or are audibly nearest to the computing device.

12. The computationally-implemented system of claim 8, wherein said means for detecting spatial locations of the plurality of users with respect to the computing device comprises:

means for detecting visually and audibly which of the plurality of users is or are visually and audibly nearest to the computing device.

13. The computationally-implemented system of claim 8, wherein said means for detecting spatial locations of the plurality of users with respect to the computing device comprises:

means for detecting spatial locations of the plurality of the users relative to specific orientation of the computing device, the computing device having at least a first side and a second side opposite of the first side, the first side having at least a display device.

14. The computationally-implemented system of claim 13, wherein said means for detecting spatial locations of the plurality of the users relative to specific orientation of the computing device, the computing device having at least a first side and a second side opposite of the first side, the first side having at least a display device comprises:

means for detecting which of the plurality of users is or are spatially located principally on the side of the first side of the computing device.

15. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein said means for detecting which of the plurality of users is or are spatially located principally on the side of the first side of the computing device comprises:

means for detecting which of the users is spatially located centered on the first side or spatially located closest to center of the first side.

16. The computationally-implemented system of claim 15, wherein said means for detecting which of the users is spatially located centered on the first side or spatially located closest to center of the first side comprises:

means for detecting an eye or a pair of eyes that are centered or nearest to center of the first side of the computing device, the eye or the pair of eyes that are detected belonging to one of the plurality of users.

17. The computationally-implemented system of claim 15, wherein said means for detecting which of the users is spatially located centered on the first side or spatially located closest to center of the first side comprises:

means for detecting a face that is centered or nearest to center of the first side of the computing device, the face that is detected belonging to one of the plurality of users.

18. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device comprises:

means for detecting that the computing device is exhibiting one or more movements that at least substantially matches with one or more signature movements of a particular user from the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.

19. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device comprises:

means for determining which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device by at least partially identifying the user detected as having primary control of the computing device.

20. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein said means for determining which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device by at least partially identifying the user detected as having primary control of the computing device comprises:

means for identifying at least partially the user detected as having primary control of the computing device by identifying at least partially the user based, at least in part, on data provided by one or more image capturing devices.

21. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein said means for determining which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device by at least partially identifying the user detected as having primary control of the computing device comprises:

means for identifying at least partially the user detected as having primary control of the computing device by identifying at least partially the user based, at least in part, on data provided by one or more audio capturing devices.

22. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein said means for determining which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device by at least partially identifying the user detected as having primary control of the computing device comprises:

means for identifying at least partially the user detected as having primary control of the computing device by determining that the detected user who was detected as having primary control of the computing device is a registered user who is registered with the computing device.

23. The computationally-implemented system of claim 22, wherein said means for identifying at least partially the user detected as having primary control of the computing device by determining that the detected user who was detected as having primary control of the computing device is a registered user who is registered with the computing device comprises:

means for determining that the detected user is a registered user by acquiring the detected user'"'"'s one or more identification credentials and determining that the detected user'"'"'s one or more identification credentials are registered with the computing device.

24. The computationally-implemented system of claim 23, wherein said means for determining that the detected user is a registered user by acquiring the detected user'"'"'s one or more identification credentials and determining that the detected user'"'"'s one or more identification credentials are registered with the computing device comprises:

means for determining that the detected user'"'"'s one or more identification credentials are registered with the computing device by determining whether there are one or more presentation preferences that have been registered with the computing device and that are associated with the detected user'"'"'s one or more identification credentials, the one or more presentation preferences being one or more preferences for how the one or more items are to be preferably presented via the computing device.

25. The computationally-implemented system of claim 22, wherein said means for identifying at least partially the user detected as having primary control of the computing device by determining that the detected user who was detected as having primary control of the computing device is a registered user who is registered with the computing device comprises:

means for determining that the detected user is the registered user by determining that one or more presentation preferences associated with the detected user are registered with the computing device, the one or more presentation preferences being one or more preferences for how the one or more items are to be preferably presented via the computing device.

26. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for ascertaining one or more particular formats for formatting the one or more items responsive, at least in part, to said means for determining comprises:

means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more particular visual and/or audio formats that was selected based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

27. The computationally-implemented system of claim 26, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more particular visual and/or audio formats that was selected based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular visual and/or audio formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more particular visual schemes that was selected based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

28. The computationally-implemented system of claim 27, wherein said means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular visual and/or audio formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more particular visual schemes that was selected based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular visual schemes by presenting the one or more items to include text that is presented in one or more particular font styles and/or sizes that was selected based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

29. The computationally-implemented system of claim 27, wherein said means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular visual and/or audio formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more particular visual schemes that was selected based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular visual schemes by presenting the one or more items in one or more particular color, tint, contrast, sharpness, and/or hue schemes that were selected based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

30. The computationally-implemented system of claim 26, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more particular visual and/or audio formats that was selected based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular visual and/or audio formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more particular audio schemes that was selected based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

31. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats comprises:

means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more modified forms based, at least in part, on said ascertaining, the one or more items in the one or more modified forms to include one or more selective portions of the one or more items that have been selectively modified based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

32. The computationally-implemented system of claim 31, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more modified forms based, at least in part, on said ascertaining, the one or more items in the one or more modified forms to include one or more selective portions of the one or more items that have been selectively modified based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more modified forms by presenting the one or more items in one or more forms that are one or more modified versions of one or more versions of the one or more items that were presented via the computing device prior to said determining.

33. The computationally-implemented system of claim 31, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more modified forms based, at least in part, on said ascertaining, the one or more items in the one or more modified forms to include one or more selective portions of the one or more items that have been selectively modified based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more modified forms by presenting the one or more items to exclude one or more selective portions of the one or more items that have been selectively deleted based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

34. The computationally-implemented system of claim 31, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more modified forms based, at least in part, on said ascertaining, the one or more items in the one or more modified forms to include one or more selective portions of the one or more items that have been selectively modified based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more modified forms by presenting the one or more items to include one or more substitutes for one or more selective portions of the one or more items that have been selectively replaced based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

35. The computationally-implemented system of claim 31, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more modified forms based, at least in part, on said ascertaining, the one or more items in the one or more modified forms to include one or more selective portions of the one or more items that have been selectively modified based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more modified forms by presenting the one or more items to include one or more additions that have been selectively added to the one or more items based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

36. The computationally-implemented system of claim 31, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items in one or more modified forms based, at least in part, on said ascertaining, the one or more items in the one or more modified forms to include one or more selective portions of the one or more items that have been selectively modified based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more modified forms by presenting the one or more items to include one or more portions that have been selectively altered based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

37. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items through a user interface that has been particularly configured to present the one or more items in one or more particular ways, the user interface being particularly configured based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

38. The computationally-implemented system of claim 37, wherein said means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by presenting the one or more items through a user interface that has been particularly configured to present the one or more items in one or more particular ways, the user interface being particularly configured based, at least in part, on said ascertaining comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items through the user interface that has been particularly configured to present the one or more items in the one or more particular ways, the user interface to be visually configured in the one or more particular ways based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

39. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for presenting, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on detected location, relative to the computing device, of a user determined to have primary control of the computing device.

40. The computationally-implemented system of claim 39, wherein said means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on detected location, relative to the computing device, of a user determined to have primary control of the computing device comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on the detected location of the user relative to front-side of the computing device, the front-side of the computing device being a side of the computing device having a display device.

41. The computationally-implemented system of claim 40, wherein said means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on the detected location of the user relative to front-side of the computing device, the front-side of the computing device being a side of the computing device having a display device comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on detected location or locations of one or more features of the user relative to the front-side of the computing device.

42. The computationally-implemented system of claim 41, wherein said means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on detected location or locations of one or more features of the user relative to the front-side of the computing device comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on detected angular location or locations of the one or more features of the user relative to the front-side of the computing device.

43. The computationally-implemented system of claim 41, wherein said means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on detected location or locations of one or more features of the user relative to the front-side of the computing device comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on detected distance between the one or more features of the user and the front-side of the computing device.

44. The computationally-implemented system of claim 41, wherein said means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on detected location or locations of one or more features of the user relative to the front-side of the computing device comprises:

means for presenting the one or more items in the one or more particular formats in response, at least in part, to said ascertaining, the one or more particular formats being selected based, at least in part, on the detected location or locations of the one or more features of the user as sensed by one or more image capturing devices.

45. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device comprises:

means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via the shared input device, wherein the shared input device includes at least a shared touch screen associated with the computing device.

46. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device comprises:

means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via the shared input device, wherein the shared input device includes at least a shared microphone associated with the computing device.

47. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device comprises:

means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via the shared input device, wherein the computing device includes, as part of the computing device, at least the shared input device.

48. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for determining which of a plurality of users detected in proximate vicinity of a computing device has primary control of the computing device, the computing device designed for presenting one or more items and configured to facilitate at least some of the plurality of users to jointly provide input at least in part via a shared input device associated with the computing device comprises:

means for determining which of at least two users has primary control of a computing device, the means for determining configured to perform the determining responsive, at least in part, to a detection that a previous user of the computing device has relinquished a previous control of the computing device by at least moving the computing device toward at least two users of the plurality of users.

49. The system of claim 48 wherein the means for determining which of at least two users has primary control of a computing device, the means for determining configured to perform the determining responsive, at least in part, to a detection that a previous user of the computing device has relinquished a previous control of the computing device by at least moving the computing device toward at least two users of the plurality of users comprises:

means for determining which of at least two users has primary control of a computing device, the means for determining configured to perform the determining responsive, at least in part, to a detection that a previous user of the computing device has relinquished a previous control of the computing device by at least moving the computing device toward at least two users of the plurality of users, wherein at least one of the at least two users is thereafter determined as having acquired primary control of the computing device.

50. The system of claim 48 wherein the means for determining which of at least two users has primary control of a computing device, the means for determining configured to perform the determining responsive, at least in part, to a detection that a previous user of the computing device has relinquished a previous control of the computing device by at least moving the computing device toward at least two users of the plurality of users comprises:

means for determining which of at least two users has primary control of a computing device, the means for determining configured to perform the determining responsive, at least in part, to a detection that a previous user of the computing device has relinquished a previous control of the computing device by at least moving the computing device toward at least two users of the plurality of users, wherein two of the at least two users are thereafter determined as having acquired joint primary control of the computing device.