Information exchanging device

• US 8,083,645 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2006
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Asukai, Masamichi, Takehara, Mitsuru, Nakamura, Takatoshi, Takai, Motoyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Thanh, Loan
• Assistant Examiner(s): JALALZADEH ABYAN, SHILA
• Application Number:
  US11/507,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20070049462A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,954 Days
• Field of Search: 482 1- 9, 455/41.2, 702/188
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/42 rate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings

Abstract

An information exchanging device includes a physical information measuring unit, a script executing unit, a radio communication unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The physical information measuring unit is configured to measure physical information of a user. The script executing unit is configured to execute a script of contents based on said physical information. The radio communication unit is configured to transmit and receive data to and from another device. The control unit is configured to establish a connection between the information exchanging device and the other device by said radio communication unit when the other device is present in a communicating range, receive a predetermined script via said radio communication unit from the other device to which the information exchanging device is connected, make said script executing unit execute the received script, and transmit a result of execution to the other device.

Claims

1. An information exchanging system, comprising:

a first information exchanging device, wherein the first information exchanging device comprises;

a physical information measuring unit configured to measure physical information of a first user carrying the first information exchanging device;

a script executing unit configured to execute a script having one or more executable contents based on said measured physical information;

a radio communication unit configured to transmit data to and receive data from a second information exchanging device carried by a second user, wherein a position of the second user relative to the first user changes over time; and

a control unit configured to automatically exchange data with the second information exchanging device via said radio communication unit when the second information exchanging device is present in a communicating range, receive a first set of one or more executable contents via said radio communication unit from the second information exchanging device to which the first information exchanging device is connected, make said script executing unit execute the first set of one or more executable contents and transmit a result of execution of the first set of one or more executable contents to the second information exchanging device, wherein the first set of one or more executable contents received from the second information exchanging device comprises executable contents including at least one formula for calculating at least one value regarding a physical condition of the first user, and wherein the result of execution comprises the at least one value calculated according to the at least one formula based on the measured physical information.

2. The information exchanging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first information exchanging device further comprises a display unit, wherein said control unit establishes a connection between the first information exchanging device and the second information exchanging device by said radio communication unit when the second information exchanging device is present in a communicating range, transmits a second set of one or more executable contents to the second information exchanging device to which the first information exchanging device is connected, makes said radio communication unit receive a result of execution of the second set of one or more executable contents by the second information exchanging device, and makes said display unit display the received result of the execution of the second set of one or more executable contents by the second information exchanging device.

3. The information exchanging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein executing the first set of one or more executable contents comprises accessing one or more types of physical information data, and wherein said control unit makes said script executing unit execute the first set of one or more executable contents only when permission to exchange data of the one or more types between the first information exchanging device and the second information exchanging device is set in advance.

4. The information exchanging system as claimed in claim 3,

wherein said control unit verifies the permission to exchange data between the first information exchanging device and the second information exchanging device on a basis of identifying information for identifying the second information exchanging device.

5. The information exchanging system as claimed in claim 2,

wherein said control unit stores the received result of the execution of the second set of one or more executable contents by the second information exchanging device in a storage unit, then sorts a plurality of results stored on the storage unit, and displays the sorted plurality of results in a ranking format on said display unit.

6. The information exchanging system as claimed in claim 5,

wherein the plurality of results comprises a result of execution of the second set of one or more executable contents by the script executing unit.

7. The information exchanging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first information exchanging device further comprises:

a creating unit configured to create a set of one or more executable contents on a basis of an operation by the first user.

8. The information exchanging system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first set of one or more executable contents comprises contents including at least one formula for calculating a rate of achievement of a target and/or a pace of walking.

9. The information exchanging system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first information exchanging device further comprises:

an output unit configured to output content data,

wherein said control unit outputs said result of the execution of the second set of one or more executable contents by the second information exchanging device as sound from said output unit.

10. An information exchanging method performed by a first device to exchange information with a second device by radio communication, said information exchanging method comprising:

measuring physical information of a first user carrying the first device;

automatically exchanging data with the second device via said radio communication when the second device is present in a communicating range, wherein the second device is carried by a second user whose position relative to the first user changes over time;

receiving a first set of one or more executable contents from the second device;

executing the first set of one or more executable contents; and

transmitting a result of execution of said first set of one or more executable contents to the second device, wherein the first set of one or more executable contents received from the second device comprises executable contents including at least one formula for calculating at least one value regarding a physical condition of the first user, and wherein the result of execution comprises the at least one value calculated according to the at least one formula based on the measured physical information.

11. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 10, wherein

a connection with the second device is established by said radio communication when the second device is present in a communicating range,

a second set of one or more executable contents is transmitted to the second device with which the connection is established,

a result of execution of said second set of one or more executable contents by the second device is received by said radio communication, and

the received result of the execution of the second set of one or more executable contents by the second device is displayed on a display unit.

12. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 10, wherein:

whether said second device is a permissible device set in advance is determined, and

said first set of one or more executable contents is executed only when the second device is determined to be a permissible device set in advance.

13. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second device from which said first set of one or more executable contents is received is identified on a basis of identifying information for identifying the second device.

14. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

the received result of the execution of the second set of one or more executable contents by the second device is stored in a storage unit, and

then a plurality of results stored on the storage unit is sorted, and the plurality of sorted results are displayed in a ranking format on said display unit.

15. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 14,

wherein the plurality of results comprises a result of execution of the second set of one or more executable contents by the first device.

16. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

a set of one or more executable contents is created on a basis of an operation by the first user,

when the second device is present in a communicating range, a connection with the second device is established by said radio communication, and

the created set of one or more executable contents is transmitted to the second device with which the connection is established.

17. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 10,

wherein said first set of one or more executable contents comprises contents including at least one formula for calculating a rate of achievement of a target and/or a pace of walking.

18. The information exchanging method as claimed in claim 11,

wherein said received result of the execution of the second set of one or more executable contents by the second device is output as sound.

19. An information exchanging system in which information is exchanged by radio communication, said information exchanging system comprising:

a first information exchanging device carried by a first user; and

a second information exchanging device carried by a second user, wherein a position of the second user relative to the first user changes over time,

wherein said first information exchanging device includes;

a first radio communication unit configured to transmit data to and receive data from said second information exchanging device; and

a first control unit configured to automatically exchange data with said second information exchanging device via said first radio communication unit when said second information exchanging device is present in a communicating range, make said first radio communication unit transmit a set of one or more executable contents to said second information exchanging device to which said first information exchanging device is connected, and make said first radio communication unit receive a result of execution of said set of one or more executable contents from said second information exchanging device, and

said second information exchanging device includes;

a physical information measuring unit configured to measure physical information of the second user;

an executing unit configured to execute one or more executable contents based on said measured physical information;

a second radio communication unit configured to transmit data to and receive data from said first information exchanging device; and

a second control unit configured to automatically exchange data with said first information exchanging device via said second radio communication unit when said first information exchanging device is present in a communicating range, make said second radio communication unit receive said set of one or more executable contents from said first information exchanging device to which said second information exchanging device is connected, make said executing unit execute the received set of one or more executable contents, and then transmit said result of execution of said set of one or more executable contents to said first information exchanging device, wherein the first set of one or more executable contents received from the first information exchanging device comprises executable contents including at least one formula for calculating at least one value regarding a physical condition of the first user, and wherein the result of execution comprises the at least one value calculated according to the at least one formula based on the measured physical information.