Ascertaining presentation format based on device primary control determination

• US 8,726,366 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• 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:
  US13/373,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20120254737A1
• Time in Patent Office: 896 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 726/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191

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 system comprising:

a primary control determining module configured to determine 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 to include 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;

a format ascertaining module configured to ascertain one or more particular formats for formatting the one or more items responsive, at least in part, to said primary control determining module, the format ascertaining module including at least;

a user associated format ascertaining module configured to ascertain that the one or more particular formats are associated with the user detected as having primary control of the computing device, the user associated format ascertaining module including at least;

a user associated presentation preference ascertaining module configured to ascertain that 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

a particular formatted item presenting module configured to present, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats; and

wherein each of the primary control determining module and the format ascertaining module is as least partially implemented with one or more processing devices and/or one or more memory devices.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said primary control determining module comprises:

a primary control determining module configured to determine automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said primary control determining module comprises:

a primary control determining module including a user detecting module and a user relinquishment detecting module configured to determine automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device by the user detecting module has primary control of the computing device in response to detecting by the user relinquishment detecting module that a user has relinquished primary control of the computing device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said primary control determining module including a user detecting module and a user relinquishment detecting module comprises:

a primary control determining module including a user detecting module and a user relinquishment detecting module configured to determine automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device, as detected by the user detecting module, has primary control of the computing device in response to detecting by the user relinquishment detecting module that a user has relinquished primary control of the computing device, the user relinquishment detecting module 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.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein said primary control determining module comprises:

a primary control determining module including a user detecting module configured to determine automatically which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device, as detected by the user detecting module, 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.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said primary control determining module comprises:

a user detecting module configured to detect 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.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said primary control determining module comprises:

a user spatial location detecting module configured to detect spatial locations of the plurality of users with respect to the computing device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said user spatial location detecting module comprises:

a nearest user detecting module configured to detect which of the plurality of users is or are spatially nearest to the computing device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said nearest user detecting module comprises:

a visual nearest user detecting module configured to detect visually which of the plurality of users is or are spatially nearest to the computing device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said nearest user detecting module comprises:

an audio nearest user detecting module configured to detect audibly which of the plurality of users is or are audibly nearest to the computing device.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein said user spatial location detecting module comprises:

a nearest user detecting module configured to detect visually and audibly which of the plurality of users is or are visually and audibly nearest to the computing device.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein said user spatial location detecting module comprises:

a user spatial location detecting module configured to detect spatial locations of the plurality of 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.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said user spatial location detecting module comprises:

a user spatial location detecting module configured to detect which of the plurality of users is or are spatially located principally on the side of the first side of the computing device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said user spatial location detecting module comprises:

a centered detecting module configured to detect which of the users is spatially located centered on the first side or spatially located closest to center of the first side.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said centered detecting module comprises:

a centered detecting module configured to detect 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.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein said centered detecting module comprises:

a centered detecting module configured to detect 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.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said primary control determining module comprises:

a movement detecting module configured to detect 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.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said primary control determining module comprises:

a primary control determining module including a user identifying module configured to determine which of the plurality of users detected in the proximate vicinity of the computing device has primary control of the computing device by having the user identifying module at least partially identify the user detected as having primary control of the computing device.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said user identifying module comprises:

a user identifying module configured to identify 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.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein said user identifying module comprises:

a user identifying module including a registered user determining module configured to identify at least partially the user detected as having primary control of the computing device by having the registered user determining module determine 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.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said registered user determining module comprises:

a registered user determining module including an identification credential acquiring module and a registered identification credential determining module configured to determine that the detected user is a registered user by having the identification credential acquiring module acquire the detected user'"'"'s one or more identification credentials and by having the registered identification credential determining module determine that the detected user'"'"'s one or more identification credentials are registered with the computing device.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein registered identification credential determining module comprises:

a registered presentation preference determining module configured to determine 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.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein said registered user determining module comprises:

a registered presentation preference determining module configured to determine 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.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein said user associated presentation preference ascertaining module comprises:

a user associated presentation preference ascertaining module configured to ascertain that 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 defining the one or more particular formats.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a visual/audio format selecting module configured to present 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 by the visual/audio format selecting module based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a visual/audio format selecting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a visual scheme selecting module configured to present 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 by the visual scheme selecting module based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a visual scheme selecting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a font style/size selecting module configured to present the one or more items in 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 by the font style/size selecting module based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a visual scheme selecting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a color/tint/contrast/sharpness/hue selecting module configured to present the one or more items in 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 by the color/tint/contrast/sharpness/hue selecting module based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

29. The system of claim 25, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a visual/audio format selecting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including an audio scheme selecting module configured to present 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 by the audio scheme selecting module based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a modified form presenting module configured to present the one or more items in the one or more particular formats by having the modified form presenting module present 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.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein said modified form presenting module comprises:

a modified form presenting module configured to present 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.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein said modified form presenting module comprises:

a modified form presenting module including a deleting module configured to present 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 by the deleting module based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein said modified form presenting module comprises:

a modified form presenting module including a replacing module configured to present 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 by the replacing module based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

34. The system of claim 30, wherein said modified form presenting module comprises:

a modified form presenting module including an adding module configured to present 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 by the adding module based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

35. The system of claim 30, wherein said modified form presenting module comprises:

a modified form presenting module including an alerting module configured to present 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 by the alerting module based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

36. The system of claim 1, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a user interface configuring module configured to present 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 by the user interface configuring module 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.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a user interface configuring module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a visual configuring module configured to present the one or more items through the user interface that has been particularly configured by the visual configuring module to present the one or more items in the one or more particular ways, the user interface to be visually configured by the visual configuring module in the one or more particular ways based, at least in part, on said ascertaining.

38. The system of claim 1, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module configured to present 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 by the format selecting module based, at least in part, on detected location relative to the computing device, as detected by the user location detecting module, of a user determined to have primary control of the computing device.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module configured to present 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 by the format selecting module based, at least in part, on the detected location of the user as detected by the user location detecting module 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.

40. The system of claim 39, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module configured to present 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 by the format selecting module based, at least in part, on detected location or locations, as detected by the user location detecting module, of one or more features of the user relative to the front-side of the computing device.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module configured to present 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 by the format selecting module based, at least in part, on detected angular location or locations, as detected by the user location detecting module, of the one or more features of the user relative to the front-side of the computing device.

42. The system of claim 40, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module configured to present 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 by the format selecting module based, at least in part, on detected distance, as detected by the user location detecting module, between the one or more features of the user and the front-side of the computing device.

43. The system of claim 40, wherein said particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module comprises:

a particular formatted item presenting module including a format selecting module and a user location detecting module configured to present 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 by the format selecting module based, at least in part, on the detected location or locations, as detected by the user location detecting module, of the one or more features of the user as sensed by one or more image capturing devices.

46. The system of claim 1 wherein the primary control determining module configured to determine 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 to include 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 comprises:

a primary control determining module configured to determine 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 to include at least some users jointly using the computing device by at least providing 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.

47. The system of claim 1 wherein the primary control determining module configured to determine 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 to include 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 comprises:

a primary control determining module configured to determine 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 to include at least some users jointly using the computing device by at least providing input at least in part via the shared input device, wherein the shared input device includes at least least a shared microphone associated with the computing device.

48. The system of claim 1 wherein the primary control determining module configured to determine 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 to include 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 comprises:

a primary control determining module configured to determine 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 to include at least some users jointly using the computing device by at least providing input at least in part via the shared input device, wherein the computing device includes at least, as part of the computing device, the shared input device.

44. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

circuitry for 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 to include 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;

circuitry for ascertaining one or more particular formats for formatting the one or more items responsive, at least in part, to said circuitry for determining, the circuitry for ascertaining one or more particular formats being configured to ascertain the one or more particular formats based at least in part on ascertaining that one or more presentation preferences are associated with 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

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

45. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a non-transitory signal bearing storage medium bearing;

one or more instructions for 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 to include 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;

one or more instructions for ascertaining one or more particular formats for formatting the one or more items based, at least in part, on said determining, the ascertaining of the one or more particular formats being based at least in part on ascertaining that one or more presentation preferences are associated with 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

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

49. A system comprising:

a primary control determining module configured to determine 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;

a format ascertaining module configured to ascertain one or more particular formats for formatting the one or more items responsive at least in part to said primary control determining module, the format ascertaining module including at least;

a user associated format ascertaining module configured to ascertain that the one or more particular formats are associated with the user detected as having primary control of the computing device, the user associated format ascertaining module including at least;

a user associated presentation preference ascertaining module configured to ascertain that 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

a particular formatted item presenting module configured to present, via the computing device, the one or more items in the one or more particular formats; and

wherein each of the primary control determining module and the format ascertaining module is as least partially implemented with one or more processing devices and/or one or more memory devices.