System and method for comparison of physical entity attribute effects on physical environments through in part social networking service input

• US 8,856,228 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2009
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Bernard, Rob, Calvo, Angel S., Cochrane, Larry, Garms, Jason, Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Pollard, Jennifer Mame, Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Tegreene, Clarence T., Vega, Rene A., Wood, Lowell L. Jr., Zhao, Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thuong
• Application Number:
  US12/592,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20110125841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,772 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 707/102, 705/319, 705/7, 705/34, 705/413, 706/3, 706/28, 701/123, 701/33
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining status information about one or more physical attributes associated with one or more first physical entities and one or more second physical entities, the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or more humans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or more physical environments, obtaining input information from at least one of the one or more humans through at least in part one or more social networking services, the input information associated with at least one of the one or more physical attributes, and determining assessment information comparing the one or more first physical entities with the one or more second physical entities based at least in part upon the status information and based at least in part upon the input information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A method at least partly implemented using one or more processors, the method comprising:

obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group;

determining at least one assessment of the vehicle by at least comparing electricity or fuel consumption over at least one specified period of time or distance for the vehicle with electricity or fuel consumption over the at least one specified period of time or distance for at least one other vehicle that is associated with the at least one social networking service group; and

outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle.

2. A system comprising:

means for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group;

means for determining at least one assessment of the vehicle by at least comparing electricity or fuel consumption over at least one specified period of time or distance for the vehicle with electricity or fuel consumption over the at least one specified period of time or distance for at least one other vehicle that is associated with the at least one social networking service group; and

means for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle.

3. A computer program product comprising:

one or more non-transitory media including at least;

one or more instructions for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group;

one or more instructions for determining at least one assessment of the vehicle by at least comparing electricity or fuel consumption over at least one specified period of time or distance for the vehicle with electricity or fuel consumption over the at least one specified period of time or distance for at least one other vehicle that is associated with the at least one social networking service group; and

one or more instructions for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle.

4. A system comprising:

circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group;

circuitry configured for determining at least one assessment of the vehicle by at least comparing electricity or fuel consumption over at least one specified period of time or distance for the vehicle with electricity or fuel consumption over the at least one specified period of time or distance for at least one other vehicle that is associated with the at least one social networking service group; and

circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining from user input electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining from storage electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining over one or more selected instances or over at least one predetermined span of time electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining in response to user initiation electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining in response to one or more specified events electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for wirelessly obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group.

11. The system of claim 4 wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining from one or more sensors electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group.

12. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one internal or external social networking service group.

13. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with a vehicle that is associated with at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining electricity or fuel consumption information associated with one or more of the following types of vehicles;

land, air, or water.

14. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one assessment of the vehicle by at least comparing electricity or fuel consumption over at least one specified period of time or distance for the vehicle with electricity or fuel consumption over the at least one specified period of time or distance for at least one other vehicle that is associated with the at least one social networking service group comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one score, statistic, projection, classification, or summary by at least comparing electricity or fuel consumption over at least one specified period of time or distance for the vehicle with electricity or fuel consumption over the at least one specified period of time or distance for at least one other vehicle that is associated with the at least one social networking service group.

15. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle comprises:

circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle in association with one or more incentives.

16. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle comprises:

circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle in association with one or more projections.

17. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle comprises:

circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle in association with one or more classifications.

18. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle comprises:

circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle in association with at least one indication of progress toward one or more goals.

19. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle comprises:

circuitry configured for transmitting to the vehicle the at least one assessment for output via at least one interface of the vehicle.

20. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry configured for outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle comprises:

circuitry configured for visually or audibly outputting the at least one assessment via at least one interface of the vehicle.