Systems and methods for selecting for usage one or more functional devices detected within a communication range of a wearable computing device

A system, comprising:

• a functional device presence sensing module configured to sense presence of a plurality of functional devices within communication range of a wearable computing device, the communication range of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being externally defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary;
• a functional device choosing module configured to choose, from the plurality of functional devices that were sensed to be within the communication range of the wearable computing device, one or more functional devices for providing to the wearable computing device one or more functionalities;
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• a functionality use facilitating module configured to facilitate the wearable computing device to use the one or more functionalities provided by the one or more chosen functional devices.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium bearing:
• one or more instructions for sensing presence of a plurality of functional devices within communication range of a wearable computing device, the communication range of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being externally defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary;
• one or more instructions for choosing, from the plurality of functional devices that were sensed to be within the communication range of the wearable computing device, one or more functional devices for providing to the wearable computing device one or more functionalities;
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• one or more instructions for facilitating the wearable computing device to use the one or more functionalities provided by the one or more chosen functional devices.

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

• a functional device presence sensing module configured to sense presence of a plurality of functional devices within communication range of a wearable computing device, the communication range of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being externally defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary;
• a functional device choosing module configured to choose, from the plurality of functional devices that were sensed to be within the communication range of the wearable computing device, one or more functional devices for providing to the wearable computing device one or more functionalities;
• a functionality use facilitating module configured to facilitate the wearable computing device to use the one or more functionalities provided by the one or more chosen functional devices;
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• one or more components to facilitate coupling the wearable computing device to a portion of the person's body.