US 9,746,990 B2 · Selectively augmenting communications transmitted by a communication device

Abstract

Technologies for selectively augmenting communications transmitted by a communication device include a communication device configured to acquire new user environment information relating to the environment of the user if such new user environment information becomes available. The communication device is further configured to create one or more user environment indicators based on the new user environment information, to display the one or more created user environment indicators via a display of the communication device and include the created user environment indicator in a communication to be transmitted by the communication device if the created user environment indicator is selected for inclusion in the communication.

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Dependent claims

A communication device for selectively augmenting communications, the communication device comprising:

a display,
a user environment information acquiring module to acquire, in response to a change in a sensed physical environment relating to a user of the communication device, user environment information comprising one or more user-defined stimulus events for the sensed physical environment, wherein to acquire, in response to the change in the sensed physical environment, the user environment information comprises to acquire the user environment information only when the change is at least a threshold amount,
a user environment indicator creation module to create one or more user environment indicators based on acquired user environment information,
a user environment indicator display module to display the one or more created user environment indicators via the display, and
a user environment indicator selection module to include a selected one or ones of the one or more displayed user environment indicators in a communication to be transmitted by the communication device.

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One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media containing instructions for selectively augmenting communications transmitted by a communication device wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a computing device causes the one or more processors to:

acquire, in response to a change in a sensed physical environment relating to a user of the communication device, new user environment information comprising one or more user-defined stimulus events for the sensed physical environment relating to the user of the communication device, wherein to acquire, in response to the change in the sensed physical environment, the user environment information comprises to acquire the user environment information only when the change is at least a threshold amount,
create a user environment indicator based on the new user environment information,
display the created user environment indicator via a display of the communication device, and
include the created user environment indicator in a communication to be transmitted by the communication device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Selectively augmenting communications transmitted by a communication device

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Abstract

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