Mobile device sharing facilitation methods and systems featuring exclusive data presentation

• US 9,740,875 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huq, Farzana
• Application Number:
  US14/175,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20150094038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,292 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709223, 4554141, 455415
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42238 in systems with telephone lines with multiple users

Abstract

Structures and protocols are presented for using or otherwise relating to a first mobile device (a smartphone or tablet computer or wearable device, e.g.) configured to be shared by two or more parties such that a subset of the parties may be addressed selectively (in content directed to such parties, e.g.) in a cost-effective manner.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain, at a first mobile device configured to be shared by two or more parties that include a first party and a second party, a first communication that includes;

an identification of a first subset of the two or more parties; and

user data directed to the first subset of the two or more parties, including an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the identification of one or more particular persons as the first subset of the two or more parties;

transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain;

a decision to exclude first informational data from a data selection when anyone is detected in a vicinity of the first mobile device who is not in the first subset of the two or more parties; and

a decision to include the first informational data in the data selection when no one is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device who is not in the first subset of the two or more parties, said transistor-based circuitry including an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests a Boolean determination of whether anyone in the first subset of the two or more parties is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device; and

transistor-based circuitry that includes an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the data selection, wherein the transistor-based circuitry is configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication that includes;

the identification of the first subset of the two or more parties; and

the user data directed to the first subset of the two or more parties after the decision, said decision including;

the decision to exclude the first informational data from the data selection when anyone is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device who is not in the first subset of the two or more parties; and

the decision to include the first informational data in the data selection when no one is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device who is not in the first subset of the two or more parties,

wherein the user data that is directed to the first subset of the two or more parties is further not directed to a remainder of the two or more parties, and

wherein the first informational data includes data related to the first subset of the two or more parties.

2. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication further including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the first mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties to undergo a wireless linkage handover to or from a wireless local area network (WLAN) hotspot.

3. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to implement a virtual device identifier recognition module in firmware of the first mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties.

4. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry constructed and arranged to configure a particular routing tag as a telephone number associated with a land line, the particular routing tag being associated with the first party but not with the second party.

5. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry constructed and arranged to configure a wireless transmission to include an interpersonal text message obtained as a component of the first communication.

6. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to map a response protocol that includes an operational parameter to a specific recipient party identifier and to a specific anonymous communication context,

wherein the specific recipient party identifier identifies a member of the first subset of the two or more parties.

7. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to execute a real-time response to user input at the first mobile device wherein the real-time response includes termination of a temporary virtual guest privilege before a guest period previously assigned to the particular device would expire automatically.

8. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain a virtual guest initiation control parameter that establishes a first guest period that starts after a programmatic delay of more than one second at the first mobile device.

9. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

a speaker configured to present at least some of the data selection audibly to the first subset of the two or more parties.

10. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain the decision to exclude or include the first informational data from the data selection includes;

an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests a Boolean determination that someone in the first subset of the two or more parties is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device, said voltage configuration resulting from an indication that someone in the first subset of the two or more parties is logged into the first mobile device.

11. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain the decision to exclude or include the first informational data from the data selection includes;

an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests a Boolean determination that someone in the first subset of the two or more parties is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device, said voltage configuration resulting from an indication that someone in the first subset of the two or more parties has a biometric attribute recognizable by a recognition module of the first mobile device in sensor data obtained by a camera of the first mobile device,

wherein the vicinity of the first mobile device includes a detection range of the camera, and

wherein the biometric attribute is a shape.

12. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain the decision to exclude or include the first informational data from the data selection includes;

an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests a Boolean determination that no one in the first subset of the two or more parties is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device.

13. The communication system of claim 1 wherein said identification of the first subset of the two or more parties comprises:

identification of the first subset of the two or more parties that is a virtual device identifier associated with only one of the two or more parties.

14. The communication system of claim 1 wherein said automatic response to the first communication comprises:

an automatic response that is responsive to whether any one of the two or more parties has been designated as a default user of the first mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties.

15. The communication system of claim 1 wherein said first communication that includes the identification of the first subset of the two or more parties and the user data directed to the first subset of the two or more parties comprises:

a first communication that is unidirectional, wherein the first communication includes;

said identification of a first subset of the two or more parties; and

said user data directed to the first subset of the two or more parties.

16. The communication system of claim 1 wherein said first communication that includes the identification of the first subset of the two or more parties and the user data directed to the first subset of the two or more parties comprises:

a first communication that is bidirectional, wherein the first communication includes;

said identification of a first subset of the two or more parties; and

said user data directed to the first subset of the two or more parties.

17. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication wherein said automatic response is responsive to a determination regarding whether the first communication lacks a party indication tag.

18. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to implement a virtual device identifier recognition module in firmware of a particular device, wherein the particular device is the first mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties.

19. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to map a response protocol that includes an operational parameter to a specific recipient party identifier and to a context of the first communication, wherein the first communication includes an identified initiator.

20. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry constructed and arranged to configure a wireless transmission to include a channel establishment request obtained as a component of the first communication.

21. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to associate a handset with a network routing tag aboard the first mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties, wherein the first mobile device is the handset.

22. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to identify the first party with a first virtual mobile number that corresponds to a single real mobile number that uniquely identifies a portable device; and

transistor-based circuitry configured to identify the second party with a second virtual mobile number that corresponds to the single real mobile number that uniquely identifies the portable device, wherein the portable device is the first mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties.

23. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to map a response protocol that includes an operational parameter to a specific recipient party identifier and to a specific anonymous communication context, wherein the specific recipient party identifier identifies a member of the first subset of the two or more parties.

24. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry constructed and arranged to configure a component of a user interface with a specific voltage configuration that manifests wireless signal content of the first communication aboard the first mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties.

25. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

transistor-based circuitry configured to execute a real-time response to user input at the first mobile device, wherein the real-time response includes termination of a temporary virtual guest privilege prior to the automatic expiration of a guest period previously assigned to the first mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties.

28. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least;

an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the data selection; and

transistor-based circuitry configured to decide whether to respond silently to the first communication, said decision partly based on whether a specific communication is anonymous and partly based on whether the specific communication include a virtual mobile number.

29. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain, at the first mobile device configured to be shared by two or more parties that include the first party and the second party, the first communication that includes;

the identification of the first subset of the two or more parties; and

the user data directed to the first subset of the two or more parties, wherein the transistor-based logic includes an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the identification of only one particular person as the first subset of the two or more parties;

the transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain the decision that includes an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests a Boolean determination of whether anyone in the first subset of the two or more parties is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device; and

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication including at least

an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the data selection;

transistor-based circuitry constructed and arranged to configure a particular routing tag as a telephone number associated with a land line, the particular routing tag being associated with the first party but not with the second party; and

transistor-based circuitry constructed and arranged to configure a wireless transmission to include an interpersonal text message obtained as a component of the first communication.

30. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain, at the first mobile device configured to be shared by two or more parties that include the first party and the second party, the first communication, said transistor-based circuitry including an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the identification of one particular person as the first subset of the two or more parties;

the transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain the decision, said transistor-based circuitry including an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests a Boolean determination of whether or not anyone in the first subset of the two or more parties is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device; and

the transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication, wherein said data selection includes the first informational data when no one is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device who is not in the first subset of the two or more parties, said transistor-based circuitry including at least;

an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the data selection;

transistor-based circuitry configured to map a response protocol that includes an operational parameter to a specific recipient party identifier and to a specific anonymous communication context, wherein the specific recipient party identifier identifies a member of the first subset of the two or more parties;

transistor-based circuitry configured to execute a real-time response to user input at the first mobile device, wherein said real-time response includes termination of a temporary virtual guest privilege before a guest period previously assigned to the first mobile device expires automatically; and

transistor-based circuitry configured to obtain a virtual guest initiation control parameter that establishes a first guest period that starts after a programmatic delay of more than one second at the first mobile device.

26. A communication method, comprising:

obtaining at a first mobile device configured to be shared by two or more parties that include a first party and a second party, a first communication that includes;

an identification of a first subset of the two or more parties; and

user data directed to the first subset of the two or more parties;

obtaining a decision, the decision including;

a decision to exclude first informational data from a data selection when anyone is detected in a vicinity of the first mobile device who is not in the first subset of the two or more parties; and

a decision to include the first informational data in the data selection when no one is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device who is not in the first subset of the two or more parties; and

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication after the decision, wherein the transistor based circuitry includes an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the data selection and an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests a Boolean determination of whether anyone in the first subset of the two or more parties is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device, wherein the decision includes;

the decision to exclude the first informational data from the data selection when anyone is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device who is not in the first subset of the two or more parties; and

the decision to include the first informational data in the data selection when no one is detected in the vicinity of the first mobile device who is not in the first subset of the two or more parties,

wherein the user data that is directed to the first subset of the two or more parties is further not directed to a remainder of the two or more parties, and

wherein the first informational data includes data related to the first subset of the two or more parties.

27. The communication method of claim 26 further comprising:

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to cause the data selection to be presented at the first mobile device as an automatic response to the first communication after the decision including at least;

identifying the first party with a first virtual mobile number that corresponds to a single real mobile number that uniquely identifies a portable device; and

identifying the second party with a second virtual mobile number that corresponds to the single real mobile number that uniquely identifies the portable device, the portable device being the first mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties.