SHARING USER INFORMATION WITH PROXIMATE DEVICES

• US 20140012917A1
• Filed: 12/28/2011
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Baca, Jim, Kohlenberg, Tobias, Karkaria, Burges, Morgan, Dennis, Stanasolovich, David, Aissi, Selim, Price, Mark, Ross, Alan
• Granted Patent: US 10,033,683 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/30 Transportation; Communications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

Embodiments of techniques and systems for sharing user information between proximate devices are described. In embodiments, a first device may identify a physically-proximate device that may receive user information. Upon receiving an indication that a user of the first device may desire to share user information with a user of the second device, a determination may be made as to whether the two users have matching interests. In embodiments, the interest match determination may be made by a separate interest match evaluator. Upon determination of an interest match, the first device may then send a request to share user information to the second device. If a user of the second device approves the request, user information for the user of the first device may be shared with the user of the second device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions configured to cause a first computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the first computing device, to:

identify a second device that is proximate to the first device that is configured to receive requests for information sharing;

send a request to the second device to share information about a first user of the first device with a second user of the second device, on determination that the first user and the second user satisfy the one or more matching criteria.; and

send or cause to be sent information about the first user to the second device.

2. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the first computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the first computing device, to:

send a request to a third device for a determination from the third device that the first user and the second user satisfy the one or more matching criteria; and

receive a determination from the third device on whether receive a determination from the third device comprises receive a determination from the third device that the first user and the second user satisfy one or more matching criteria.

3. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the first computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the first computing device, to detect that the second device is proximate to the first device.

4. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein determination that the first user and the second user satisfy one or more matching criteria comprises a determination that the first user and the second user have an interest in common.

5. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein determination that the first user and the second user satisfy one or more matching criteria comprises a determination that the first user and the second user have a friend, colleague, school mate, acquaintance, or contact in common.

6. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the first computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the first computing device, to:

send a request to the second device for a determination on whether the first and the second users have mutual desire to share information; and

jointly determine with the second device whether the first and the second users have mutual desire to share information.

7. The computer-readable media of claim 6, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the first computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the first computing device, to receive permission from the second device to share information about the first user.

9. The computer-readable media of claim 6, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the first computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the first computing device, to send information about the first user, obtained from one or more social networks, to the second device.

10. The computer-readable media of claim 6, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the first computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the first computing device, to cause to be sent information about the first user to the second device from one or more social networks.

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14. An apparatus comprising:

a computer processor;

a device sharing determination module configured to operate on the computer processor to identify a device proximate to the apparatus that is configured to receive requests for information sharing;

an information sharing module configured to operate on the computer processor to;

send a request to the device proximate to the apparatus to share information about a first user of the apparatus with a second user of the device proximate to the apparatus, on determination that the first user and the second user satisfy one or more matching criteria; and

send, or cause to be sent, information about the first user to the device proximate to the apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising an interest matching module configured to operate on the computer processor to determine if whether the first user would desire to send information to the second user.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the information sharing module is further configured to receive permission from the second device to share information about the first user with the device proximate to the apparatus.

22. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the device sharing determination module is further configured to operate on the computer processor to detect that the device is physically proximate to the apparatus.

25. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the information sharing module is configured to send a request to the device proximate to the apparatus to share information through transmission of a subset of information about the first user to the second user.

29. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the apparatus and/or the device proximate to the apparatus comprise one of a laptop, desktop, or mobile device.

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30. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying, by a first computing device, that a second computing device that is proximate to the first device that is configured to receive requests for information sharing;

sending a request from the first computing device to the second computing device to share information about a first user of the first device with a second user of the second computing device, on determination that the first user and the second user satisfy one or more matching criteria; and

sending or causing to be sent, by the first computing device, information about the first user to the second computing device.

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

sending, by the first computing device, a request to a third device for a determination on whether the first user and the second user satisfy one or more matching criteria; and

receiving, by the first computing device, a determination from the third device on whether the first user and the second user satisfy one or more matching criteria.

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41. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions configured to cause a first computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the first computing device, to:

receive a request from a second device that is proximate to a third device, the request asking for a determination on whether a first user of the second device may wish to send information about the first user to a second user of the third device; and

send a determination on whether the first user should send the information.

42. The computer-readable media of claim 41, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the first computing device, in response to execution of the instructions by the first computing device, to determine that the first user and the second satisfy one or more matching criteria.

43. The computer-readable media of claim 42, wherein determine that the first user and the second user satisfy one or more matching criteria comprises determine that the first user and the second user have an interest in common.

44. The computer-readable media of claim 42, wherein determine that the first user and the second user satisfy one or more matching criteria comprises determine that the first user and the second user have a friend, colleague, school mate, or contact in common.

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a computer processor; and

an interest match evaluator configured to operate on the computer processor to;

receive a request from a first device that is proximate to a second device, the request asking for a determination on whether a first user of the first device may wish to send information about the first user to a second user of the second device; and

send a determination on whether the first user should send the information.

46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the interest match evaluator is further configured to determine that the first user and the second satisfy one or more matching criteria.

49. The apparatus of claim 45, further comprising a user information storage configured to store user information to be used in matching interests.

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