United States Patent 9,002,331 Nunally April 7, 2015 System and method for managing mobile communications Abstract A device to automatically provide differing information levels according to a predetermined social hierarchy includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores social templates corresponding to unique social signatures and being selectable to provide, for each level of the predetermined social hierarchy, a corresponding differing amount of information to each member of the predetermined social hierarchy and/or a social networking service. The processor receives sensor data from a sensor set which detects sensor data related to an environment of a communication device, creates a detected social signature from the received sensor data, determines which of the social signatures of the social templates has the greatest correspondence with the created social signature, retrieves from the memory the determined one social template having the greatest correspondence, and provides only as much information as allowed in the retrieved social template. Inventors: Nunally; Patrick O'Neal (Escondido, CA) Applicant: Name City State Country Type e.Digital Corporation San Diego CA US Assignee: e.Digital Corporation (San Diego, CA) Family ID: 1000001023635 Appl. No.: 13/646,158 Filed: October 5, 2012 Prior Publication Data Document Identifier Publication Date US 20130029647 A1 Jan 31, 2013 Related U.S. Patent Documents Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date 12891875 Sep 28, 2010 8311522 Current U.S. Class: 455/414.1; 455/418; 455/456.1; 455/550.1; 455/565; 455/567; 709/207; 709/216