Devices, methods, and systems for providing interactivity with digital signs
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsScott A. Krig, Cynthia A. Pickering
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Abstract
A device, method, and system for providing interactivity with a digital sign includes an interactive digital sign configured to display information in response to interactions by a viewer. The viewer may interact with the digital sign using sensors of the digital sign or via use of a mobile communication device carried by the viewer. User data may be used by the interactive digital sign to select the information, which may include advertisements, coupons, directions, and other information. The information may be transmitted to the viewer's mobile communication device.
Claims15
An interactive digital sign for providing information to a viewer, the viewer having an associated mobile communication device, and having a plurality of context parameters including a presence of the viewer and a physical characteristic of the viewer, the interactive digital sign comprising:
- a display;
- a sensor to generate sensor data indicative of context parameters of the viewer;
- a viewer context determination module to detect the presence of the viewer within a pre-defined range of the display as a function of the sensor data;
- a wireless communication module configurable to detect the presence of the mobile communication device and establish a communication link thereto;
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- a user interaction module to:
- receive user data transmitted by the mobile communication device including user preference data;
- determine the physical characteristic of the viewer based on analysis of voice data supplied by the viewer and received from a microphone of the digital interactive sign;
- select information to be displayed on the display as a function of (i) the presence of the viewer;
- (ii) the physical characteristic of the viewer determined based on the analysis of the voice data;
- (iii) the user preference data transmitted by the mobile computing device and received by the interactive digital sign;
- and (iv) text data supplied by the viewer;
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- display the selected information of the display.
One or more non-transitory, machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that in response to being executed result in an interactive digital sign:
- receiving, on the interactive digital sign, sensor data from at least one sensor of the interactive digital sign, the sensor data indicative of context parameters of a viewer of the interactive digital sign, wherein the context parameters include a presence of the viewer and a physical gesture performed by the viewer;
- detecting the presence of the viewer within a pre-defined range of a display of the interactive digital sign as a function of the sensor data and the presence of a mobile communication device associated with the viewer;
- establishing a communication link with the mobile communication device in response to detecting the presence of the mobile communication device;
- receiving data transmitted by the mobile communication device including user preference data;
- determining a physical characteristic of the viewer based on analysis of voice data supplied by the viewer and received from a microphone of the digital interactive sign;
- selecting information to be displayed on the interactive digital sign as a function of (i) the presence of the viewer, (ii) the physical gesture performed by the viewer, (iii) the user preference data transmitted by the mobile computing device and received by the interactive digital sign, (iv) the physical characteristic of the viewer determined based on the analysis of the voice data, and (v) text data supplied by the viewer;
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- displaying the selected information on the display of the interactive digital sign in view of the viewer.
A method for providing interactivity on an interactive digital sign, the method comprising:
- receiving, on the interactive digital sign, sensor data from at least one sensor of the interactive digital sign, the sensor data indicative of context parameters of a viewer of the interactive digital sign, wherein the context parameters include a presence of the viewer and a physical characteristic of the viewer;
- detecting the presence of the viewer within a pre-defined range of a display of the interactive digital sign as a function of the sensor data the presence of a mobile communication device;
- establishing a communication link with the mobile communication device in response to detecting the presence of the mobile communication device;
- receiving data transmitted by the mobile communication device including user preference data;
- determining the physical characteristic of the viewer based on analysis of voice data supplied by the viewer and received from a microphone of the digital interactive sign;
- selecting information to be displayed on the interactive digital sign as a function of the presence of the viewer, the physical characteristic of the viewer determined based on the analysis of the voice data, and the user preference data transmitted by the mobile computing device and received by the interactive digital sign;
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- displaying the selected information on the display of the interactive digital sign in view of the viewer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.