Systems and methods for processor-based learning of user-specific uses of user's portable items

A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of a portable item reporting device, causes the hardware processor to execute a method for learning a first use of a user-selected portable item by a user of the portable item during a training period, the portable item reporting device comprising an environmental sensor configured for environmental monitoring while the portable item is proximately coupled to, attached to, and/or embedded within the portable item and thereby in sustained collocation with the portable item reporting device, the method comprising:

• (I) identifying via the hardware processor an item-specific identity for the portable item which is associated with the environmental sensor and storing in the memory of the portable item reporting device the item-specific identify, wherein:
• (i) the stored instructions provide for item identity management services (IIMS) for storing a plurality of different respective identifications for a plurality of different respective portable items, each of which can be coupled with the portable item reporting device at different times, and
• (ii) the hardware processor is adaptable for learning a plurality of item-respective uses of the different respective portable items;
• (II) identifying via hardware processor:
• (A) the training period of time, the training period comprising a time range when the portable item will be at least one of:
• (1) under control of the user of the portable item and (2) in a storage location designated by the user;
• and
• (B) any one user-selected portable item to be monitored during the training period of time, the user-selected portable item so designated from among one or more different respective portable item identifications stored in step (I);
• (III) over the training period of time, receiving at the hardware processor from the environmental sensor the environment of the user-selected portable item, the receiving being performed while the portable item reporting device is proximately coupled to, attached to, and/or embedded within any one user-selected portable item from among the plurality of different respective portable items;
• (IV) based on the environmental data received during the training period of time, identifying via the hardware processor a consistent item-specific use of the portable item, wherein:
• (A) said consistent item-specific use is correlated with at least one of:
• (i) a recurring location of use of the portable item during the training period and (ii) a recurring time interval of use of the portable item among a plurality of time intervals within the training period;
• and
• (B) said consistent item-specific use is at least one of:
• (i) a pattern in the environmental data at the recurring location during the training period;
• and
• (ii) a pattern in the environmental data during the recurring time interval within the training period;
• and
• (V) retaining, in the memory associated with the environmental sensor, the consistent item-specific use of the portable item, wherein a stored expected use of the portable item at the recurring location or during the recurring time interval comprises the consistent item-specific use.

A method for automated learning of a use of a portable item as used by a user of the portable item, the method to be executed by a portable item reporting device associated with a user-selected portable item during a training period during which the portable item is proximately coupled with and in sustained colocation with the portable item reporting device, the portable item reporting device comprising an environmental sensor, a memory, and a hardware processor, the method comprising:

• (I) identifying via an identity management service (IIMS) executed by the hardware processor an item-specific identity for the portable item which is associated with the environmental sensor of the portable item reporting device and storing in the memory of the portable item reporting device the item-specific identity, wherein the method provides for storage of a plurality of different respective identifications for a plurality of different respective portable items, each of which can be coupled with the portable item reporting device at different times, and
• (II) identifying via the hardware processor:
• (A) the training period of time, the training period comprising a time range when the portable item will be at least one of:
• (i) under control of the user of the portable item and (ii) in a storage location designated by the user;
• and
• (B) any one user-selected portable item to be monitored during the training period of time, the user-selected portable item so designated from among one or more different respective portable item identifications stored in step (I);
• (III) over the training period of time, receiving at the hardware processor from the environmental sensor the environment of the user-selected portable item, the receiving being performed while the portable item reporting device is proximately coupled to, attached to, and/or embedded within any one user-selected portable item from among the plurality of different respective portable items;
• (IV) based on the environmental data received during the training period of time, identifying via the hardware processor a consistent item-specific use of the portable item, wherein:
• (A) said consistent item-specific use is correlated with at least one of:
• (i) a recurring location of use of the portable item during the training period and
• (ii) a recurring time interval of use of the portable item among a plurality of time intervals within the training period;
• and
• (B) said consistent item-specific use is at least one of:
• (i) a pattern in the environmental data at the recurring location during the training period;
• and
• (ii) a pattern in the environmental data during the recurring time interval within the training period;
• and
• (V) retaining, in the memory associated with the portable item reporting device, the consistent item-specific use of the portable item, wherein a stored expected use of the portable item at the recurring location or during the recurring time interval comprises the consistent item-specific use.