Supplying enhanced computer user's context data

Details Supplying enhanced computer user's context data Supplying enhanced computer user's context data

2004-11-02

2009-02-24

Hailu, Tadeese (Department: 2173)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Operator interface

For plural users or sites

C715S734000, C715S740000, C715S747000, C706S014000, C706S021000, C706S046000, C706S060000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07496849

ABSTRACT:
Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is modeled with multiple state attributes. In some situations, the providing of information includes receiving from first and second sources indications of ability to supply values for, respectively, an indicated one of the state attributes and another of the state attributes. In such situations, after receiving an indication of the indicated attribute from a first client, the providing of information further includes determining that the first source is available to supply a value for the indicated attribute, obtaining from the first source an indication of the value and information describing the indicated value, determining based at least in part on the descriptive information whether the indicated value is appropriate to be supplied to the client, and supplying the indicated value to the client when it is determined that the indicated value is appropriate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4916441 (1990-04-01), Gombrich
patent: 5032083 (1991-07-01), Friedman
patent: 5201034 (1993-04-01), Matsuura et al.
patent: 5208449 (1993-05-01), Eastman et al.
patent: 5214757 (1993-05-01), Mauney et al.
patent: 5227614 (1993-07-01), Danielson et al.
patent: 5335276 (1994-08-01), Thompson et al.
patent: 5416730 (1995-05-01), Lookofsky
patent: 5470233 (1995-11-01), Fruchterman et al.
patent: 5493692 (1996-02-01), Theimer et al.
patent: 5544321 (1996-08-01), Theimer et al.
patent: 5555376 (1996-09-01), Theimer et al.
patent: 5559520 (1996-09-01), Barzegar et al.
patent: 5568645 (1996-10-01), Morris et al.
patent: 5601435 (1997-02-01), Quy
patent: 5603054 (1997-02-01), Theimer et al.
patent: 5611050 (1997-03-01), Theimer et al.
patent: 5642303 (1997-06-01), Small et al.
patent: 5646629 (1997-07-01), Loomis et al.
patent: 5719744 (1998-02-01), Jenkins et al.
patent: 5726660 (1998-03-01), Purdy et al.
patent: 5751260 (1998-05-01), Nappi et al.
patent: 5781913 (1998-07-01), Felsenstein et al.
patent: 5790974 (1998-08-01), Tognazzini
patent: 5798733 (1998-08-01), Ethridge
patent: 5812865 (1998-09-01), Theimer et al.
patent: 5873070 (1999-02-01), Bunte et al.
patent: 5878274 (1999-03-01), Kono et al.
patent: 5902347 (1999-05-01), Backman et al.
patent: 5910799 (1999-06-01), Carpenter et al.
patent: 5938721 (1999-08-01), Dussell et al.
patent: 5948041 (1999-09-01), Abo et al.
patent: 5959611 (1999-09-01), Smailagic et al.
patent: 5991687 (1999-11-01), Hale et al.
patent: 6014638 (2000-01-01), Burge et al.
patent: 6047301 (2000-04-01), Bjorklund et al.
patent: 6064943 (2000-05-01), Clark, Jr. et al.
patent: 6108197 (2000-08-01), Janik
patent: 6127990 (2000-10-01), Zwern
patent: 6747675 (2004-06-01), Abbott et al.
patent: 6791580 (2004-09-01), Abbott et al.
patent: 6801223 (2004-10-01), Abbott et al.
patent: 0 823 813 (1998-02-01), None
patent: 5-260188 (1993-10-01), None
patent: 9-091112 (1997-04-01), None
patent: WO 90/08361 (1990-07-01), None
patent: WO 97/03434 (1997-01-01), None
“‘Affective Understanding:’ Modeling and Responding to User Affect,” http://www.media.mit.edu/affect/AC—research/understanding.html, pp. 1-3, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“Alps GlidePoint,” http://www.alps.com/p17.html, p. 1, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“GyroPoint Technology,” http://www.gyration.com/html/gyropoint.html, pp. 1-3, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“Haptics,” http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/handarm-haptics/haptics.html, pp. 1-2, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“Research Areas in Affective Computing,” http://www.media.mit.edu/affect/, p. 1, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“Research on Affective Pattern Recognition and Modeling,” http://www.media.mit.edu/affect/AC—research/ recognizing.html, pp. 1-4, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“Research on Sensing Human Affect,” http://www.media.mit.edu/affect/AC—research/sensing.html, pp. 1-5, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“Smart Rooms,” http://vismod.www.media.mit.edu/vismod/demos/smartroom/, pp. 1-3, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“SmartDesk Home Page,” http://vismod.www.media.mit.edu/vismod/demos/smartdesk/, pp. 1-4, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“The MIT Wearable Computing Web Page,” http://wearables.www.media.mit.edu/projects/wearables/, pp. 1-3, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
“Wearable Computer Systems for Affective Computing,” http://www.media.mit.edu/affect/AC—research/wearables.html, pp. 1-5, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
Aoki, H., et al., “Realtime Personal Positioning System for a Wearable Computer,” 3rdInt'l. Symposium on Wearable Computers, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 18-19, 1999.
Bauer et al., “A Collaborative Wearable System with Remote Sensing,” University of Oregon, Feb. 1996.
Billinghurst, M., et al., “New Ways to Manage Information,” IEEE, pp. 57-64, Jan. 1999.
Bowskill, J., et al., “Wearable Location Mediated Telecommunications; A First Step Towards Contextual Communication,” 3rdInternational Symposium ion Wearable Computer, San Francisco,. CA, Oct. 18-19, 1999.
Dey, A., et al., “The Conference Assistant: Combining Context-Awareness with Wearable Computing,” 3rdInternational Symposium on Wearable Computers, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 18-19, 1999.
U.S. Appl. No. 09/724,777, filed Dec. 28, 2000, Abbott et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 09/724,799, filed Dec. 28, 2000, Abbott et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 09/724,892, filed Dec. 28, 2000, Abbott et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 09/724,902, filed Dec. 28, 2000, Abbott et al.
Finger et al., “Rapid Design and Manufacture of Wearable Computers,” Communications of the ACM, vol. 39, No. 2, , Feb. 1996, pp. 63-68.
Golding, A., et al., “Indoor Navigation Using a Diverse Set of Cheap, Wearable Sensors,” 3rdInternational Symposium on Wearable Computers, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 18-19, 1999.
Hull et al., “Towards Situated Computing,” Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, HPL-97-66 (1997).
Kirsch, D., “The Sentic Mouse: A Tool for Measuring Emotional Valence,” http://www.media.mit.edu/affect/AC—research/projects/sentic—mouse.html, pp. 1-2, retrieved Oct. 2, 1998.
Kortuem et al., “Context-Aware, Adaptive Wearble Computers as Remote Interfaces to ‘Intelligent’ Environments,” University of Oregon, Oct. 1998.
Kortuem, G., “When Cyborgs Meet: Building Communities of Cooperating Wearable Agents,” 3rdInternational Symposium on Wearable Computers, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 18-19, 1999.
Lashkari, Y., et al., “Collaborative Interface Agents,” Proceedings of AAAI '94 Conference, Seattle, Washington, Aug. 1994.
Lehikoinen, J., et al., “MEX: A Distributed Software Architecture for Wearable Computers,” 3rdInternational Symposium on Wearable Computers, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 18-19, 1999.
Leonhardi, A., et al., “Virtual Information Towers—A Metaphor for Intuitive, Location-Aware Information Access in a Mobile Environment,” 3rdInternational Symposium on Wearable Computers, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 18-19, 1999.
Lunt, T., et al., “Knowledge-Based Intrusion Detection,” Proceedings of the Annual Artificial Intelligence Systems in Government Conference, IEEE Comp. Soc. Press, vol. Conf. 4, 1989, pp. 102-107.
Maes, P., “Agents that Reduce Work and Information Overload,” Communications of the ACM, vol. 37, No. 7, Jul. 1994.
Mann, S., “‘Smart Clothing’: Wearable Multimedia Computing and ‘Personal Imaging’ to Restore the Technological Balance Between People and Their Environments,” Proceedings, ACM Multimedia 96, Nov. 18-22, 1996, pp. 163-174.
Metz, C., “MIT: Wearable PC's, Electronic Ink, and Smart Rooms,” PC Magazine, pp. 192-193, Jun. 1998.
Mott, P., et al., “A Formalism for Context Mediation Based on Feature Logic,” Feb. 1998.
Oakes, C., “The Truman Show Realized?,” retrieved Oct. 21, 1998, from http://www.wired.com
ews
ews/technology/story/15745.html, pp. 1-4.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Supplying enhanced computer user's context data does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Supplying enhanced computer user's context data, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Supplying enhanced computer user's context data will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4064098