Wearable computing device capable of responding intelligently to surroundings
AssigneeCharmed Technology, Inc.
InventorsAlexander Lightman, Thad Starner
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Abstract
Techniques and approaches that enable wireless communication devices, namely, wearable devices, to assist users in new ways by interacting with other devices or surroundings to notify users of things that would be of interest to users. In one aspect of the invention, wearable devices display information for users in response to surrounding signals. The surrounding signals can come from a nearby wireless transceiver that may be included in another wearable device, a terminal device or an isolated device provided in a setting. In another aspect of the invention, wireless communication or computing devices (e.g., wearable devices) can interact and perform social filtering. The users of the devices can then be suitably notified.
Claims20
A method for exchanging data between wearable computing devices, said method comprising:
- (a) determining whether a first wearable computing device having a display can presently communicate with a second wearable computing device;
- (b) sending a data exchange request from the first wearable computing device to the second wearable computing device when said determining (a) determines that the first wearable computing device can presently communicate with the second wearable computing device, the data exchange request requesting a data exchange between the first wearable computing device and the second wearable computing device;
- (c) receiving a request response at the first wearable computing device, the request response indicating whether the second wearable computing device has authorized the data exchange;
- (d) performing the data exchange between the first wearable computing device and the second wearable computing device when the request response indicates that the second wearable computing device has authorized the data exchange;
- (e) examining at least one of the data received at the first wearable computing device and the request response to determined whether the second wearable computing device desires to have certain information displayed on the display of the first wearable computing device;
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- (f) displaying the certain information on the display of the first wearable computing device when said examining (e) indicates that the second wearable computing device desires to have certain information displayed on the display of the first wearable computing device.
A method for exchanging data between wearable computing devices, said method comprising:
- (a) determining whether a first wearable computing device can presently communicate with a second wearable computing device;
- (b) sending a data exchange request from the first wearable computing device to the second wearable computing device when said determining (a) determines that the first wearable computing device can presently communicate with the second wearable computing device, the data exchange request requesting a data exchange between the first wearable computing device and the second wearable computing device;
- (c) receiving a request response at the first wearable computing device, the request response indicating whether the second wearable computing device has authorized the data exchange;
- (d) performing the data exchange between the first wearable computing device and the second wearable computing device when the request response indicates that the second wearable computing device has authorized the data exchange;
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- (e) thereafter performing social filtering on the data received by at least one of the first wearable computing device and the second wearable computing device based on predetermined criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.