Information service providing system, information service providing device, and method therefor

• US 8,327,367 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2009
• Issued: 12/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Boogio, Inc., Glitter Technology LLP
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Takano, Kosuke, Yoshida, Naofumi, Kurabayashi, Shuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Camquy
• Application Number:
  US12/665,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20110231863A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,370 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 718/102
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/113 for determining or recording eye movement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/369 Electroencephalography [EEG] devices for psychotechnics A61B5/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

An information service providing device selects a combination, all sensors contained in which are available and which has the highest priority, from within the combinations of sensors, which are for implementing an information service. In addition, the information service providing device selects an appropriate parameter for the sensors and processing program selected so as to be provided appropriately in response to the environment in which an information service has been implemented, and sets the parameter to these. By selecting sensors and processing program, and setting parameters, the information service providing device with only the receipt of the designation of desired information service by a user, various information services by appropriately combining various kinds of sensors and a plurality of processing programs.

Claims

1. An information service providing system, comprising:

a module-parameter providing device;

an information service providing device which is connected to the module-parameter providing device and comprises at least a plurality of processing program modules and a plurality of output program modules; and

a content information providing device for providing content information to the information service providing device, wherein

the module-parameter providing device provides to the information service providing device, upon request from the information service providing device, components of one or more modules to be selected from the plurality of processing program modules and the plurality of output program modules, each component containing one or more of;

one or more combinations of sensor driving program modules to which a unique priority in each provision of an information service is assigned, each of which is used in each provision of the information service,

one or more processing program modules for performing a process on the content information provided from the content information providing device,

one or more output program modules,

one or more sensor setting parameters which are set to each of the sensor driving program modules and used for its process,

one or more process setting parameters which are set to each of the processing program modules and used for its process, and

one or more output setting parameters which are set to each of the output program modules and used for its process,

the information service providing device has

an input device for accepting external input specifying one or more information services,

a selector for selecting at least one of the components of the modules to be selected from the plurality of processing program modules and the plurality of output program modules to implement the one or more information services on the basis of the one or more information services and one or more of each of the components of the modules to be selected for its implementation,

a receiver, to implement the one or more information services, for requesting at least one of the components of the modules to be selected from the plurality of processing program modules and the plurality of output program modules which is not present in the information service providing device to the module-parameter providing device,

a plurality of sensors each of which is at least adapted to one of the sensor driving program modules contained in a combination of the one or more sensor driving program modules,

a setupper for setting each of the process setting parameters and the output setting parameters to each of the processing program modules and the output program modules, and setting the sensor setting parameters to sensor driving program modules contained in a first combination to which the highest priority is assigned and in which sensors adapted to the sensor driving program modules contained in the combination are available,

an execution device for responding to the one or more information services, executing the processing program modules and output program modules, executing sensor driving program modules contained in a combination to which the highest priority is assigned and in which the sensors adapted to the sensor driving program modules contained in the combination are available, and delivering information input-output between these so as to be adapted to the implementation of the one or more information services, thereby implementing the one or more information services, and

an output device for outputting the result of the one or more information services,

a combination of the executed sensor driving program modules drives the sensors adapted to the sensor driving program modules contained in the combination, detects and outputs sensor information,

each of the executed processing program modules processes the sensor information which is input from the sensor driven by the executed sensor driving program and the provided content information, and outputs a processing result to the output program modules, and

the output program modules output the processing result input from the processing program modules to the output device as the result of the one or more information services.

2. An information service providing device, comprising:

one or more combinations to which a unique priority in each provision of an information service is assigned, the information service being one of a plurality of information services, and each of the one or more combinations comprising one or more sensor driving program modules used in each provision of the information service;

one or more processing program modules for performing a process on externally accepted content information,

an input device for accepting external input specifying one or more information services of the plurality of information services;

a selector for selecting a combination of the one or more sensor driving program modules contained in a first combination of the one or more combinations, to which the highest priority is assigned and in which sensors adapted to the sensor driving program modules contained in the first combination are available and the one or more processing program modules, on the basis of the plurality of information services, the one or more sensor driving program modules, and the one or more processing program modules;

a plurality of sensors each of which is adapted to at least one of the one or more sensor driving program modules contained in the first combination;

an execution device for responding to the one or more information services, executing the processing program modules and output program modules, executing sensor driving program modules contained in the first combination and in which the sensors adapted to the sensor driving program modules contained in the first combination are available, and delivering information input-output between these so as to be adapted to the implementation of the one or more information services, thereby implementing the one or more information services; and

an output device for outputting the result of the one or more information services, wherein

the sensor driving program modules executed by the execution device drives the sensor adapted to the sensor driving program modules contained in the first combination, detects sensor information, and outputs the sensor information,

and each of the processing program modules executed by the execution device processes the sensor information which is input from the sensor driven by the sensor driving program modules executed by the execution device and the provided content information, and outputs a processing result.

3. The service providing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

one or more output program modules for processing the processing result, creating an information service result of the one or more information services in a predetermined format, and outputting the information service result to the output device, wherein

the output device outputs the information service result.

4. The service providing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

one or more sensor setting parameters which are set to each of the sensor driving program modules adapted to the sensor driving program modules contained in the first combination and used for its process;

one or more process setting parameters which are set to each of the processing program modules executed by the execution device and used for its process; and

a setupper for setting each of the one or more sensor setting parameters and the one or more process setting parameters to each of the sensor driving program module and the processing program modules which are adapted to these, wherein

the selector further selects one or more of the sensor setting parameters and one or more of the process setting parameters to implement the specified one or more information services on the basis of the plurality of information services and one or more of the sensor setting parameters and one or more of the process setting parameters.

5. The service providing device according to claim 3, further comprising:

one or more sensor setting parameters which are set so as to be adapted to each of sensor driving program modules contained in the first combination, and are used for its process;

one or more process setting parameters which are set to each of the processing program modules executed by the execution device and used for its process;

one output setting parameter which is set to each of the output program modules executed by the execution device and used for its process; and

a setupper for setting each of the sensor setting parameter, the process setting parameters and the output program modules to each of the sensor driving program module, the processing program modules and the output program modules which are adapted to these, wherein

the selector further selects at least one of the one or more sensor setting parameters, the one or more of the process setting parameters, and the one or more of the output program modules to implement the one or more information services on the basis of the plurality of information services and the at least one of the one or more sensor setting parameters, the one or more of the process setting parameters, and the one or more of the output program modules, and

the execution device executes the sensor driving program module, the processing program modules and the output module, and delivers information input-output between these so as to be adapted to the implementation of the one or more information services.

6. The service providing device according to claim 2, wherein,

to each of the plurality of information services, priorities for its implementation are assigned, and

the execution device implements only the information service which is implementable in accordance with the priority assigned to the specified information service.

7. The information service providing device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a module providing device for providing, in response to a request, one or more of;

the one or more sensor driving program modules,

the one or more processing program modules,

the one or more sensor setting parameters, and

the one or more process setting parameters; and

a receiver for requesting to the module providing device for one or more of;

the one or more sensor driving program modules,

the one or more processing program modules,

the one or more sensor setting parameters, and

the one or more process setting parameters

to implement at least one of the one or more information services,

requesting this component for the module-parameter providing device, and receiving a component provided in response to this request, wherein

the selector further handles, as the objects to be selected, one or more of;

the one or more sensor driving program modules,

the one or more processing program modules,

the one or more sensor setting parameters, and

the one or more process setting parameters

which are provided from the module-parameter providing device.

8. The information service providing device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a module providing device for providing, in response to a request, one or more of;

the one or more sensor driving program modules,

the one or more processing program modules,

the one or more output program modules,

the one or more sensor setting parameters,

the one or more process setting parameters, and

the one or more output setting parameters

to implement at least one of the one or more specified information services; and

a receiver for requesting to the module providing device for one or more of;

the one or more sensor driving program modules,

the one or more processing program modules,

the one or more output program modules,

the one or more sensor setting parameters,

the one or more process setting parameters, and

the one or more output setting parameters

to implement at least one of the one or more information services,

requesting this component for the module-parameter providing device, and receiving a component provided in response to this request, wherein

the one or more selectors further handle, as the objects to be selected, one or more of;

the one or more sensor driving program modules,

the one or more processing program modules,

the one or more output program modules,

the one or more sensor setting parameters,

the one or more process setting parameters, and

the one or more output setting parameters

which are provided from the module-parameter providing device.

9. The information service providing device according to claim 2, wherein

the content data is Web data,

the plurality of sensors is at least adapted to at least one of the one or more sensor driving program modules contained in the first combination, and comprise one or more sensors for detecting physical information of the viewer,

each of the combinations of one or more sensor driving program modules comprises one or more sensor driving program modules for processing the physical information of the viewer detected by the plurality of sensors,

at least one of the one or more processing program modules

comprises a first processing program module for displaying the

Web data, and a second processing program module for detecting

a component contained in the Web data that interests a viewer, and

a service for detecting the component contained in the Web data is provided as the information service.

10. The information service providing device according to claim 9, wherein

the plurality of sensors comprise one or more viewpoint sensors for detecting a viewpoint of a viewer on the Web data,

and one or more signal sensors for detecting a signal obtained from the body of the viewer of the Web data, and

each of the sensor driving program modules contained in each of the combinations of the one or more sensor driving program modules is adapted to each of one or more of the viewpoint sensors and one or more of the signal sensors.

11. A method for providing an information service, comprising:

accepting external input specifying one or more information services;

selecting

a first sensor driving program module contained in a first combination to which a highest priority is assigned and in which all sensors adapted to driving program modules contained in the first combination are available, within combinations to which priorities of one or more sensor driving program modules to implement the one or more information services are assigned, and

one or more processing program modules to implement the one or more specified information services,

on the basis of the one or more information services, the one or more sensor driving program modules, and the one or more processing program modules;

executing the one or more processing program modules, executing the first sensor driving program module contained in the first combination to which the highest priority is assigned and in which the sensors adapted to the sensor driving program modules contained in the combination are available, and delivering information input-output between these so as to be adapted to the implementation of the one or more information services, thereby implementing the one or more information services; and

outputting one or more result of the one or more information services, wherein

the first sensor driving program module drives one of a plurality of kind of sensors adapted to the first sensor driving program module, detects and outputs sensor information according to the kind of sensor driven by the first sensor driving program module,

the one or more processing program modules processes the sensor information and outputs a processing result as the result of the one or more information services.

12. A method for providing an information service, comprising:

accepting external input specifying one or more information services;

selecting

a first sensor driving program module contained in a first combination to which a highest priority is assigned and in which all sensors adapted to driving program modules contained in the combination are available from among combinations to which priorities of one or more sensor driving program modules to implement the one or more information services are assigned, and

one or more processing program modules to implement the one or more information services,

on the basis of the plurality of information services, the one or more sensor driving program modules, and the one or more processing program modules;

executing the one or more processing program modules, executing the first sensor driving program module contained in the first combination to which the highest priority is assigned and in which the sensors adapted to the sensor driving program modules contained in the combination are available, and delivering information input-output between these so as to be adapted to the implementation of the one or more information services, thereby implementing the one or more information services; and

outputting one or more result of the one or more information services, wherein

the first sensor driving program module drives one of a plurality of kind of sensors adapted to the first sensor driving program module, detects and outputs sensor information according to the kind of sensor driven by the first sensor driving program module,

each of the one or more processing program modules is a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of processing the sensor information and outputting a processing result as the result of the one or more information services.