METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIATING AMONG A PLURALITY OF PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH USERS POSITIONED IN A SHARED LOCATION

• US 20140045532A1
• Filed: 07/15/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mediated Ambiance LLC (Wagoo L.L.C.)
• Original Assignee: Federico Fraccaroli
• Inventors: Fraccaroli, Federico
• Granted Patent: US 8,909,256 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is presented for mediating among a plurality of datagrams containing data, settings or preferences to produce ambience settings applicable to a location area that is shared by a plurality of users wherein at least one of said users is associated to one datagram among said plurality of datagrams.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving at least one user ID indicia at a receiving apparatus indicating presence of a user associated with said user ID indicia within a location area;

associating said at least one user ID indicia with a data structure containing data pertaining to said user;

determining at said receiving apparatus mediated ambience settings for said location area based, at least in part, on said presence and said data pertaining to said user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said mediated ambience settings are determined, at least in part, using analytical data concerning patterns of presence within said location area associated with said at least one user ID indicia.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said data pertaining to said user comprise kinematic data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said mediated ambience settings are mixed digital content.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said mixed digital content is determined, at least in part, using an age data that is associated with said at least one user ID indicia within said location area.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said mediated ambience settings are constrained, at least in part, by a location operator parameter.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program code;

the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

receiving at least one user ID indicia at a receiving apparatus indicating presence of a user associated with said user ID indicia within a location area;

associating said at least one user ID indicia with a data structure containing data pertaining to said user;

determining at said receiving apparatus mediated ambience settings for said location area based, at least in part, on said presence and said data pertaining to said user.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said mediated ambience settings comprise indicia of the identity of said user associated with said user ID indicia.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein said mediated ambience settings are determined as the result of analytical data concerning patterns of presence within said location area associated with said at least one user ID indicia.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein said data pertaining to said user comprise kinematic data.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein said mediated ambience settings are mixed digital content.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said mixed digital content is determined, at least in part, using an age data that is associated with said at least one user ID indicia.

13. The method of claim 7 wherein said mediated ambience settings are constrained, at least in part, by a location operator parameter.

14. A computer software system having a set of instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium for controlling at least one general-purpose digital computer in performing desired functions comprising a set of instructions formed into each of a plurality of modules, each modules comprising:

a process for receiving at least one user ID indicia at a receiving apparatus indicating presence of a user associated with said user ID indicia within a location area;

a process for associating said at least one user ID indicia with a data structure containing data pertaining to said user;

a process for determining at said receiving apparatus mediated ambience settings for said location area based, at least in part, on said presence and said data pertaining to said user.

15. The computer software system of claim 14 wherein said mediated ambience settings comprise indicia of the identity of said user associated with said user ID indicia.

16. The computer software system of claim 14 wherein said mediated ambience settings are determined as the result of analytical data concerning patterns of presence within said location area associated with said user ID indicia.

17. The computer software system of claim 14 wherein said data pertaining to said user comprise kinematic data.

18. The computer software system of claim 14 wherein said mediated ambience settings are mixed digital content.

19. The computer software system of claim 18 wherein said mixed digital content is determined, at least in part, using an age data that is associated with said user ID indicia.

20. The computer software system of claim 14 wherein said mediated ambience settings are constrained, at least in part, by a location operator parameter.