Suggesting activities

• US 9,058,563 B1
• Filed: 10/15/2014
• Issued: 06/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kruevio, LLC
• Original Assignee: Blackwerks LLC
• Inventors: Krueger, Brett A., Krueger, Kraig T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Riegler, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE
• Application Number:
  US14/514,869
• Time in Patent Office: 244 Days
• Field of Search: 715/812, 715/963, 705/7.13, 705/7.15
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/048 Fuzzy inferencing
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies

Abstract

A method includes receiving inputs indicative of a user state of each user of a group of users. The inputs include sensor inputs from one or more and/or user inputs received from a graphical user interface. The method includes determining a collective user state for each user based on the received inputs and determining one or more possible activities for the group of users and one or more predicted outcomes for each activity based on the collective user states. The method includes executing one or more behaviors that evaluate the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes, selecting one or more activities based on the evaluations of the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes, and sending results including the selected one or more activities from the computing device to one or more screens.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, inputs indicative of a user state of each user of a group of users, the received inputs comprising;

sensor inputs from one or more sensors in communication with the computing device; and

/or

user inputs received from the users through a graphical user interface;

determining, using the computing device, a collective user state for each user of the group of users based on the received inputs;

determining, using the computing device, possible activities for the group of users to collectively partake in together based on the collective user states of the group of users;

executing, at the computing device, one or more behaviors that evaluate the possible activities, each behavior having an objective, for each behavior;

determining whether any input of the received inputs is of an input type associated with the behavior;

when an input of the received inputs is of an input type associated with the behavior, incrementing an influence value with the behavior; and

decrementing the influence value of the behavior after a threshold period of time,

wherein when the influence value of the behavior satisfies an influence value criteria, the behavior participates in evaluating the possible activities, and when the influence value of the behavior does not satisfy the influence value criteria, the behavior does not participate in evaluating the possible activities;

selecting, using the computing device, one or more activities based on the evaluations of the possible activities; and

sending results including the selected one or more activities from the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received inputs comprise biometric data of at least one user and environmental data regarding a surrounding of the at least one user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one of a global positioning system, a temperature sensor, a camera, a three dimensional volumetric point cloud imaging sensor, a fingerprint reader, a blood glucose monitor, a skin PH meter, an inertial measurement unit, a microphone, a blood oxygen meter, a humidistat, or a barometer.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying one or more remote data sources in communication with the computing device to identify the possible activities.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, using the computing device, the possible activities based on one or more preferences of the group of users.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each behavior evaluates a possible activity positively when the possible activity at least partially achieves the objective of the behavior.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein each behavior evaluates a possible activity positively when the possible activity at least partially achieves one or more preferences of the group of users.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a first behavior evaluates a possible activity based on an evaluation by a second behavior of the possible activity.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each behavior elects to participate or not participate in evaluating the possible activities based on the collective user state of at least one user of the group of users.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the evaluations of each behavior are weighted based on the influence value of the behavior.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting for the results a threshold number of possible activities having the highest evaluations.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, using the computing device, one or more predicted outcomes for each possible activity based on the collective user states of the group of users, the one or more behaviors evaluating the one or more predicted outcomes of each possible activity.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting multiple possible activities;

combining the selected possible activities; and

sending a combined activity in the results.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises:

a user computer processor of a user device including a screen; and

/or

one or more remote computer processors in communication with the user computer processor.

11. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, inputs indicative of a user state of each user of a group of users, the received inputs comprising;

sensor inputs from one or more sensors in communication with the computing device; and

/or

user inputs received from the users through a graphical user interface displayed on one or more screens in communication with the computing device;

determining, using the computing device, a collective user state for each user of the group of users based on the received inputs;

determining, using the computing device, one or more possible activities for the group of users to collectively partake in together and one or more predicted outcomes for each possible activity based on the collective user states of the group of users;

executing, at the computing device, one or more behaviors that evaluate the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes, each behavior modeling a human behavior and/or a goal oriented task, for each behavior;

determining whether any input of the received inputs is associated with the behavior;

when an input of the received inputs is associated with the behavior, incrementing an influence value associated with the behavior, the input being associated with the behavior when the input is of an input type associated with the behavior; and

decrementing the influence value of the behavior after a threshold period of time;

wherein when the influence value of the behavior satisfies an influence value criteria, the behavior participates in evaluating the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes; and

wherein when the influence value of the behavior does not satisfy the influence value criteria, the behavior does not participate in evaluating the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes;

selecting, using the computing device, one or more activities based on the evaluations of the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes; and

sending results including the selected one or more activities from the computing device to the one or more screens for display on the one or more screens.

16. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

non-transitory memory in communication with the one or more computing devices, the non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising;

receiving inputs indicative of a user state of each user of a group of users, the received inputs comprising;

sensor inputs from one or more sensors in communication with the computing device; and

/or

user inputs received from the users through a graphical user interface;

determining a collective user state for each user of the group of users based on the received inputs;

determining possible activities for the group of users to collectively partake in together based on the collective user states of the group of users;

executing one or more behaviors that evaluate the possible activities, each behavior having an objective, for each behavior;

determining whether any input of the received inputs is of an input type associated with the behavior;

when an input of the received inputs is of an input type associated with the behavior, incrementing an influence value with the behavior; and

decrementing the influence value of the behavior after a threshold period of time,

wherein when the influence value of the behavior satisfies an influence value criteria, the behavior participates in evaluating the possible activities, and when the influence value of the behavior does not satisfy the influence value criteria, the behavior does not participate in evaluating the possible activities;

selecting one or more activities based on the evaluations of the possible activities; and

sending results including the selected one or more activities from the computing device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the inputs comprise biometric data of at least one user and environmental data regarding a surrounding of the at least one user.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one of a global positioning system, a temperature sensor, a camera, a three dimensional volumetric point cloud imaging sensor, a fingerprint reader, a blood glucose monitor, a skin PH meter, an inertial measurement unit, a microphone, a blood oxygen meter, a humidistat, or a barometer.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise querying one or more remote data sources in communication with the one or more computing devices to identify the possible activities.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise determining the possible activities based on one or more preferences of the group of users.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein each behavior evaluates a possible activity positively when the possible activity at least partially achieves the objective of the behavior.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein each behavior evaluates a possible activity positively when the possible activity at least partially achieves one or more preferences of the group of users.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein a first behavior evaluates a possible activity based on an evaluation by a second behavior of the possible activity.

24. The system of claim 16, wherein each behavior elects to participate or not participate in evaluating the possible activities based on the collective user state of at least one user of the group of users.

25. The system of claim 16, wherein the evaluations of each behavior are weighted based on the influence value of the behavior.

27. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise selecting for the results a threshold number of possible activities having the highest evaluations.

28. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise determining, using the computing device, one or more predicted outcomes for each possible activity based on the collective user states of the group of users, the one or more behaviors evaluating the one or more predicted outcomes of each possible activity.

29. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

selecting multiple possible activities;

combining the selected possible activities; and

sending a combined activity in the results.

30. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more computing devices comprise:

a user computer processor of a user device including a screen; and

/or

one or more remote computer processors in communication with the user computer processor.

26. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

non-transitory memory in communication with the one or more computing devices, the non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising;

receiving inputs indicative of a user state of each user of a group of users, the received inputs comprising;

sensor inputs from one or more sensors in communication with the one or more computing devices; and

/or

user inputs received from the users through a graphical user interface displayed on one or more screens in communication with the one or more computing devices;

determining a collective user state for each user of the group of users based on the received inputs;

determining one or more possible activities for the group of users to collectively partake in together and one or more predicted outcomes for each possible activity based on the collective user states of the group of users;

executing one or more behaviors that evaluate the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes, each behavior modeling a human behavior and/or a goal oriented task, for each behavior;

determining whether any input of the received inputs is associated with the behavior;

when an input of the received inputs is associated with the behavior, incrementing an influence value associated with the behavior, the input being associated with the behavior when the input is of an input type associated with the behavior; and

decrementing the influence value of the behavior after a threshold period of time;

wherein when the influence value of the behavior satisfies an influence value criteria, the behavior participates in evaluating the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes; and

wherein when the influence value of the behavior does not satisfy the influence value criteria, the behavior does not participate in evaluating the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes;

selecting one or more activities based on the evaluations of the one or more possible activities and/or the corresponding one or more predicted outcomes; and

sending results including the selected one or more activities to the one or more screens for display on the one or more screens.