Bendable electronic interface external control system and method

• US 8,544,722 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2009
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Cohen, Alexander J., Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Haupt, Kristy A
• Application Number:
  US12/583,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20100085300A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,502 Days
• Field of Search: 235/472.01, 235/454, 235/375, 345/156, 345/211
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/023 Display panel composed of stacked panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3433 using light modulating elements actuated by an electric field and being other than liquid crystal devices and electrochromic devices using liquid crystal devices G09G3/36; using electrochromic devices G09G3/38

Abstract

A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of a bendable electronic interface and sending one or more application related information portions to the bendable electronic interface based upon the obtaining of the first information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface;

selecting an application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface;

sending content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface; and

directing one or more wallet transactions associated with at least one of a debit card account, a credit card account, a bank account, or an investment account associated with the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface relative to another bendable electronic interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining radio frequency identification (RFID) information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining inclinometer information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining accelerometer information associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining inertial information associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the bendable electronic interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining conformation information relative to a reference associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining conformation information relative to a table top reference grid associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining conformation information relative to other portions of the bendable electronic interface associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining conformation information relative to a reference beacon associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining conformation information relative to a light source associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining conformation information relative to an audio source associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

obtaining location information associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

14. A system comprising:

means for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface;

means for selecting an application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface;

means for sending content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface; and

means for directing one or more wallet transactions associated with at least one of a debit card account, a credit card account, a bank account, or an investment account associated with the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

15. A system comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer readable media bearing;

one or more instructions for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface;

one or more instructions for selecting an application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface;

one or more instructions for sending content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface; and

one or more instructions for directing one or more wallet transactions associated with at least one of a debit card account, a credit card account, a bank account, or an investment account associated with the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

16. A system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface;

circuitry for selecting an application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface;

circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface; and

circuitry for directing one or more wallet transactions associated with at least one of a debit card account, a credit card account, a bank account, or an investment account associated with the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining detection information associated with one or more conformations of the bendable electronic interface.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining stress information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining pattern information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining sequence information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information related to predetermined indicia associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining optical fiber derived information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more sequences of one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more sequences of one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more orders of folding sequences of one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

25. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining angle of bend information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

26. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining substantially transient information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

27. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining gestured information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

28. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining draping information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

29. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining rolling information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

30. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining hinge status information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

31. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining folded to unfolded ratio information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

32. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining conformation information of the bendable electronic interface relative to another bendable electronic interface.

33. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining radio frequency identification (RFID) information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

34. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining inclinometer information associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

35. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining accelerometer information associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

36. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining inertial information associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

37. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining conformation information relative to a reference associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

38. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining conformation information relative to a table top reference grid associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

39. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining position information relative to other portions of the bendable electronic interface associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

40. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining conformation information relative to a reference beacon associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

41. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining conformation information relative to a light source associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

42. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining conformation information relative to an audio source associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

43. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining location information associated with one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

44. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

45. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

46. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more orientations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

47. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information associated with one or more orientations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface with respect to another object.

48. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information associated with one or more locations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface with respect to another object.

49. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more locations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface with respect to another object.

50. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more GPS locations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface with respect to another object.

51. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more GPS locations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface with respect to another object.

52. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for selecting an application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for selecting a wallet application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

53. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more cell phone applications.

54. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more television applications.

55. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more wallet applications.

56. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more audio applications.

57. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more mapping applications.

58. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more entertainment applications.

59. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending public content to be displayed by the bendable electronic interface on one or more portions of a surface display portion of the bendable electronic interface viewable from a display surface of the bendable electronic interface and to block an internal display portion of the bendable electronic interface from displaying private content that would otherwise be viewed from the display surface from being viewed from the display surface.

60. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending private content to be displayed on one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface.

61. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending movie related content to the bendable electronic interface.

62. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending audio related content to the bendable electronic interface.

63. The system of claim 16, wherein circuitry for sending wallet related content associated with the application for display from the bendable electronic interface comprises:

circuitry for sending video related content to the bendable electronic interface.

64. A system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface;

circuitry for selecting an application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface; and

circuitry for identifying at least one geometry of the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface, determining whether the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, and, if the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, sending wallet related content that is associated with the at least one predefined geometry.

65. The system of claim 64, wherein circuitry for identifying at least one geometry of the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface, determining whether the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, and, if the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, sending wallet related content that is associated with the at least one predefined geometry comprises:

circuitry for identifying at least one geometry of the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface, determining whether the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined wallet function geometry, and, if the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined wallet function geometry, sending wallet function related content that is associated with the at least one predefined wallet function geometry.

66. The system of claim 65, wherein circuitry for identifying at least one geometry of the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface, determining whether the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined wallet function geometry, and, if the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined wallet function geometry, sending wallet function related content that is associated with the at least one predefined wallet function geometry comprises:

circuitry for identifying at least one geometry of the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface, determining whether the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one wallet identification display function geometry, and, if the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one wallet identification display function geometry, sending at least one image of at least one identification document stored in at least one data store associated with the wallet function, the at least one identification document associated with the at least one wallet identification display function geometry, for display from at least a portion of a surface display of the bendable electronic interface.

67. A method comprising:

obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface;

selecting an application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface; and

identifying at least one geometry of the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface, determining whether the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, and, if the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, sending wallet related content that is associated with the at least one predefined geometry.

68. A system comprising:

means for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface;

means for selecting an application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface; and

means for identifying at least one geometry of the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface, determining whether the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, and, if the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, sending wallet related content that is associated with the at least one predefined geometry.

69. A system comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer readable media bearing;

one or more instructions for obtaining information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of a bendable electronic interface;

one or more instructions for selecting an application from a plurality of applications based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface; and

one or more instructions for identifying at least one geometry of the bendable electronic interface based at least partly on the information regarding one or more conformations of one or more portions of the bendable electronic interface, determining whether the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, and, if the at least one geometry corresponds to at least one predefined geometry, sending wallet related content that is associated with the at least one predefined geometry.