Systems and methods for providing one or more functionalities to a wearable computing device with directional antenna

A wearable computing device designed to be worn by a user, comprising:

• a directional antenna;
• a signal capturing module configured to capture one or more signals through the directional antenna, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices;
• a nearby ascertaining module configured to ascertain that the one or more electronic devices that transmitted the one or more signals are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals captured through the directional antenna, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary;
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• a functionality acquiring module configured to acquire, via the directional antenna, at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were ascertained to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium bearing:
• one or more instructions for capturing one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices;
• one or more instructions for ascertaining that the one or more electronic devices that transmitted the one or more signals are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals captured through the directional antenna, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary;
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• one or more instructions for acquiring, via the directional antenna, at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were ascertained to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device.

A wearable computing device, comprising:

• a directional antenna;
• a signal capturing module configured to capture one or more signals through the directional antenna, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices;
• a nearby ascertaining module configured to ascertain that the one or more electronic devices that transmitted the one or more signals are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals captured through the directional antenna, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary;
• a functionality acquiring module configured to acquire, via the directional antenna, at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were ascertained to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device;
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• one or more components to facilitate coupling the wearable computing device to a portion of a user's body.