Context-aware filter for participants in persistent communication

• US 8,977,250 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2004
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2004
• 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: Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Allen, Paul G., Levien, Royce A.
• Primary Examiner(s): BALAOING, ARIEL A
• Application Number:
  US10/927,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20060046707A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,847 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/415, 455/416, 455/311, 455/516, 704/208, 345/632, 345/625, 379/88.01
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/005 using recorded signals, e.g. speech

Abstract

A processing device local context is determined, and a communication of the processing device is filtered at least in part according to the local context.

Claims

1. A method at least partly performed using one or more processing components, the method comprising:

determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device; and

altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

2. A method at least partly performed using one or more processing components, the method comprising:

determining at least one remote context associated with a device based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of the device; and

altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one remote context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

3. A system comprising:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device; and

circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of one or more of the following types of devices;

wireless device, phone device, personal computer, personal digital assistant, and/or television.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on at least one functional object identified in one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more of the following types of objects identified in one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device;

a machine, a control, a tool, a fixture, an appliance, and/or a utility feature.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on at least one designated location, area, or zone identified in one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images and audio obtained by a device.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device and based at least partly on at least one of the following types of sounds;

background, sink, liquor bottle, restaurant, spoken word, music, conversation, traffic, vehicle, service area, service establishment, human activity, animal, weather, and/or nature.

10. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more digital photographs obtained one or more cameras of by a device.

11. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on at least one video obtained by one or more cameras of a device.

12. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on at least one device or person identified in one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device.

13. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device and based at least partly on proximity to one or more devices, objects, and/or people.

14. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device and based at least partly on detection of at least one signal or class of signals.

15. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for altering one or more of level, pitch, tone, and/or frequency of at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

16. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for at least one of filtering, substituting, reducing, removing, restricting, and/or suppressing at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

17. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for substituting at least one object sound with at least one other object sound within at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

18. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for altering at least one of intensity, color content, shading, lighting, hue, saturation, reflectivity, and/or opacity of visual information associated with at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

19. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for altering audio, image, and/or video content associated with at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

20. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for (i) at least one attribute or identity of one or more parties involved in the at least one communication and (ii) the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

21. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for (i) at least one remote context and (ii) the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

22. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local environment associated with a device based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of the device.

23. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more people present in one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device,

wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises

circuitry configured for adding information to at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more people present in the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

24. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for determining at least one local context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one object, person, or place around a device based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of the device.

25. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for adding information to at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

27. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for at least one of restricting or substituting visual information associated with at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

28. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device comprises:

circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one video or image communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one local context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.

29. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

circuitry configured for performing at least one of facial recognition, feature recognition, or feature extraction on at least one image.

26. A system comprising:

circuitry configured for determining at least one remote context based at least partly on one or more images obtained by one or more cameras of a device; and

circuitry configured for altering at least part of at least one communication involving the device at least in part according to one or more rules defined for the at least one remote context determined based at least partly on the one or more images obtained by the one or more cameras of the device.