System and method of portraying the shifting level of interest in an object or location
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of portraying the shifting level of interest in an object or location, which comprises:
- receiving a real time stream of data at a computer system transmitted from one or more electronic devices;
storing data values comprising the real time data stream on the computer system, wherein the data values comprise at least the GPS coordinates and the compass heading of the transmitting electronic device;
identifying in the computer system from the data values, a particular object of interest;
tracking of the one or more electronic devices and the duration of the one or more electronic devices focused on the identified object of interest, wherein an increase in a ratio of the one or more devices focused on the object of interest over a period of time indicates an increased level of interest and a decrease in the ratio indicates a decrease in level of interest;
determining the state of a cluster using the received stream of data, wherein the determination comprises calculating the number of users of the one or more electronic devices in the cluster from the data stream after the particular object of interest is identified; and
transmitting instructions from the computer system to the electronic devices to alter the image of the object displayed on the electronic devices.
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Abstract
The principles of the invention relate to a system and method, that may include various different software and hardware components, that can provide feedback graphically indicating how many people are focused on an object or location at the same time on observers'"'"' image capture device screen. Such information may be communicated to each observer'"'"'s device to convey the aggregate level of interest in the object, where the system performs operations involving tracking of the focus of the image capture devices, such as cell phones, on a location, following changes in a cluster size, and using the information to alter the displayed images according to the level of interest.
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15 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of portraying the shifting level of interest in an object or location, which comprises:
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receiving a real time stream of data at a computer system transmitted from one or more electronic devices; storing data values comprising the real time data stream on the computer system, wherein the data values comprise at least the GPS coordinates and the compass heading of the transmitting electronic device; identifying in the computer system from the data values, a particular object of interest; tracking of the one or more electronic devices and the duration of the one or more electronic devices focused on the identified object of interest, wherein an increase in a ratio of the one or more devices focused on the object of interest over a period of time indicates an increased level of interest and a decrease in the ratio indicates a decrease in level of interest; determining the state of a cluster using the received stream of data, wherein the determination comprises calculating the number of users of the one or more electronic devices in the cluster from the data stream after the particular object of interest is identified; and transmitting instructions from the computer system to the electronic devices to alter the image of the object displayed on the electronic devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for sending a message relating to objects of interest at events or locations, which comprises:
a computer system running at least an application program that receives a real time stream of data over a network from a plurality of remote portable image capture devices and analyzes the data, and a database for storing at least some of the received data wherein the application program is configured to; receive a continuous stream of data about the direction the device is pointing from each of the plurality of image capture devices including information from which the application program determines the geographic location and compass heading of the devices when the devices are using image capturing capabilities of their devices; calculate a location where a line of sight from each of the two or more devices could intersect to identify a potential object of interest from the continuous stream of data about the direction the devices are pointing from each of the plurality of image capture devices; identify a particular object of interest from the calculation; track the plurality of the remote portable image capture devices and the duration of the plurality of the devices focused on the identified object of interest, wherein an increase in a ratio of the plurality of the devices focused on the object of interest over a period of time indicates an increased level of interest and a decrease in the ratio indicates a decrease in level of interest; identify from the calculation a cluster of users that are associated with the particular object of interest in real time; and send a message relating to the particular object of interest to each user device within an identified cluster, wherein the message causes the display of the object of interest to change. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transient computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that when executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform operations comprising;
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receiving a real time stream of data at a computer system transmitted from one or more electronic devices; storing data values comprising the real time data stream on the computer system, wherein the data values comprise at least the GPS coordinates and the compass heading of the transmitting electronic device; identifying in the computer system from the data values, a particular object of interest; tracking of the one or more electronic devices focused on the identified object of interest, wherein an increase in a ratio of the one or more devices focused on the object of interest over a period of time indicates an increased level of interest and a decrease in the ratio indicates a decrease in level of interest; determining the state of a cluster using the received stream of data, wherein the determination comprises calculating the number of users of the one or more electronic devices in the cluster from the data stream after the particular object of interest is identified; and transmitting instructions from the computer system to the electronic devices to alter the image of the object displayed on the electronic devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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