Electronic personal companion
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1. A system comprising a device having electronics configured to interact with a human being as follow:
- receive sensor-based ambient data corresponding to a physical item located within an environment of the human being;
send information derived from the ambient data to a service distal from the device;
utilize the information derived from the ambient data to initiate an audible, at least partially computer generated, question and answer conversation with the human being, by asking a question to the human being on characterizing the physical item;
receive a proposed identification from the distal service, and relating the proposed identification to the human being as part of the audible conversation;
receive an answer from the human being in response to the question;
utilize the answer to infer a characteristic-value pair that characterizes the physical item; and
bind the characteristic-value pair to the physical item,wherein the system stores the characteristic-value pair and an identifier of the physical item in a database for future use by other human beings in identifying the physical item.
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Abstract
Personal companions crowd-source and/or crowd-share characterizations, and optionally raw data, from real-world, virtual and/or mixed-reality experiences. Characterizations can advantageously be stored in one or more self-evolving, structured databases, and can be organized according to objects, actions, events and thoughts. Characterizations can be weighted differently for different users, and “forgotten” over time, especially in favor of maintaining higher level characterizations. Personal companions can be used to obtain additional information, and conduct interpersonal, commercial, or other interactions or transactions.
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1. A system comprising a device having electronics configured to interact with a human being as follow:
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receive sensor-based ambient data corresponding to a physical item located within an environment of the human being; send information derived from the ambient data to a service distal from the device; utilize the information derived from the ambient data to initiate an audible, at least partially computer generated, question and answer conversation with the human being, by asking a question to the human being on characterizing the physical item; receive a proposed identification from the distal service, and relating the proposed identification to the human being as part of the audible conversation; receive an answer from the human being in response to the question; utilize the answer to infer a characteristic-value pair that characterizes the physical item; and bind the characteristic-value pair to the physical item, wherein the system stores the characteristic-value pair and an identifier of the physical item in a database for future use by other human beings in identifying the physical item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising a device having:
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an image sensor; and electronics configured to interact with a human being as follows; receive, from the image sensor, sensor-based ambient data corresponding to a physical item located within an environment of the human being, wherein the ambient data comprises image data received from the image sensor and at least one of image data received from a source external to a housing of the device, sound data, and biometric data; utilize information derived from the image data to initiate an audible, at least partially computer generated, question and answer conversation with the human being, by asking a question to the human being on characterizing the physical item; receive an answer from the human being in response to the question; utilize the answer to infer a characteristic-value pair that characterizes the physical item; bind the characteristic-value pair to the physical item; and infer a relationship between the physical item and another object based on the answer, wherein the system stores the characteristic-value pair and an identifier of the physical item in a database for future use by other human beings in identifying the physical item.
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24. A method of assisting human being in identifying objects performed by a portable device, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving sensor-based ambient data corresponding to a physical item located within an environment of the human being; sending information derived from the ambient data to a service distal from the device; utilizing the information derived from the ambient data to initiate an audible, at least partially computer generated, question and answer conversation with the human being, by asking a question to the human being on characterizing the physical item; receiving a proposed identification from the distal service, and relating the proposed identification to the human being as part of the audible conversation; receiving an answer from the human being in response to the question; utilizing the answer to infer a characteristic-value pair that characterizes the physical item; and binding the characteristic-value pair to the physical item, wherein the system stores the characteristic-value pair and an identifier of the physical item in a database for future use by other human beings in identifying the physical item.
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