Matched communicating devices

• US 8,918,461 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2008
• Issued: 12/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Wishart, Andrew Jonathan Miles, Scholl, Gikger Rikf, Everett, Timothy J., Rimmer, Andrew Simon, Bates, Robert N.
• Primary Examiner(s): BOUTAH, ALINA A
• Application Number:
  US12/809,111
• Publication Number:
  US 20100312833A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,204 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/222, 709/231
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0415 detecting absence of activity per se
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A communication system includes first and second devices which are matched to each other. At least one of the matched devices includes an input device for capturing content; a memory for storing the content, and a renderer configured to render the content under the control of at least one processor which is configured to affect rendering of the content on the first device and/or the second device in response to at least one trigger. The least one trigger may be generated in response to detection of a user of the first device; passage of time the content has been rendered since a previous trigger; location of the user; behavioral pattern of the user; and/or traffic flow patterns between the first device and the second device.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a first device;

a second device, the first device and second device being matched to each other, wherein said matching comprising each device having built-in knowledge of the other'"'"'s identity as part of one of;

a manufacture and a pre-sales process and an action on selected content on one device initiates transmission of the selected content to the other device;

each of the first device and the second device comprising;

an input device for capturing content;

a memory for storing the content; and

a renderer configured to render the selected content under the control of at least one processor which is configured to affect rendering of the content on at least one of the first device and the second device in response to at least one trigger, the at least one trigger being generated in response to at least one of;

detection of a user of the device;

passage of time the content has been rendered since a previous trigger;

location of the user;

behavioral pattern of the user; and

traffic flow patterns between the first device and the second device.

2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the detection includes identification of the user to render content associated with the identified user.

3. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to degrade the content with the passage of time;

and

providing an indication at an expiration of the passage of time.

4. The communication of claim 1, wherein the location of the user is determined from a mobile telephone of the user.

5. The communication system of claim 1 wherein, in response to the detection of the user near the first device, the at least one processor is configured to at least one of:

replay a last message and change a rate of a slideshow.

6. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the detection of the user include at least one of:

identifying the user and detecting a gaze of the user toward the first device.

7. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to render an indication on at least one of the first device and the second device that both users are detected near the first device and the second device.

8. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine an appropriate time to deliver a message to at least one of the first device and the second device based on the location of the user.

9. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to send an alert signal to at least one of:

a third party, the first device and the second device, when no communication is detected from one of the first device and the second device after a predetermined period of time.

10. The communication system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the alert signal based on at least one of:

an unexpected behavior of the user and an unexpected traffic pattern as determined from a behavioral pattern and traffic flow patterns between said first and second devices.

11. A communication device comprising:

an input device for capturing content;

a memory for storing the content; and

a renderer configured to render the content under the control of at least one processor which is configured to cause rendering of the content on at least one of the communication device and a further communication device in response to at least one trigger, wherein the communication device and the further communication device are matched, said matching comprising each device having built-in knowledge of the other'"'"'s identity as part of one of;

a manufacture and a pre-sales process and an action on selected content on one device initiates transmission of the selected content to the other device, the at least one trigger being generated in response to at least one of;

detection of a user of the communication device;

passage of time the content has been rendered since a previous trigger;

location of the user;

behavioral pattern of the user; and

traffic flow patterns between the communication device and the further communication device.

12. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the detection includes identification of the user to render content associated with the identified user.

13. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to degrade the content with the passage of time;

and

providing an indication at an expiration of the passage of time.

14. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the location of the user is determined from a mobile telephone of the user.

15. The communication device of claim 11 wherein, in response to the detection of the user near the communication device, the at least one processor is configured to at least one of:

replay a last message and change a rate of a slideshow.

16. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the detection of the user includes at least one of:

identifying the user and detecting a gaze of the user toward the communication device.

17. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to render an indication on at least one of the communication device and the further communication device that both users are detected near the communication device and the further communication device.

18. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine an appropriate time to deliver a message to at least one of the communication device and the further communication device based on the location of the user.

19. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to send an alert signal to at least one of:

a third party, the communication device and the further communication device, when no communication is detected from one of the communication device and the further communication device after a predetermined period of time.

20. The communication device of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the alert signal based on at least one of:

an unexpected behavior of the user and an unexpected traffic pattern as determined from a behavioral pattern and traffic flow patterns between the communication device and the further communication device.

21. A method for communication comprising the acts of:

matching a first device to a second device, said matching comprising each device having built-in knowledge of the other'"'"'s identity as part of one of;

a manufacture and a pre-sales process and an action on selected content on one device initiates transmission of the selected content to the other device;

controlling at least one of first device and the second device for rendering content and communicating between the first device and the second device; and

causing the rendering of the selected content on at least one of the first device and the second device in response to at least one trigger, the at least one trigger being generated in response to at least one of;

detection of a user of the device;

passage of time the content has been rendered since a previous trigger;

location of the user;

behavioral pattern of the user; and

traffic flow patterns between the first device and the second device.