| Publication number |
US8311522 B1 |
| Publication type |
Grant |
| Application number |
US 12/891,875 |
| Publication date |
Nov 13, 2012 |
| Priority date |
Sep 28, 2010 |
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US8306514, 9 More »
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| Inventors |
Patrick Nunally |
| Original Assignee |
E.Digital Corporation |
| Export Citation |
BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan |
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Patent Citations (5), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (2),Classifications (14), Legal Events (2)
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External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
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System and method for managing mobile communications
US 8311522 B1
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.
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…During the examination process, the examiner searches the pertinent portion of the “classified” patent file. His purpose is to identify any prior disclosures of technology …which might anticipate the claimed invention and preclude the issuance of a patent; which might be similar to the claimed invention and limit the scope of the patent protection….;or which, generally, reveal the state of the art of the technology to which the invention is directed…If such documents are found they are made known to the inventor and are “cited” in any patent which matures from the application…Thus, the number of times a patent document is cited may be a measure of its technological significance.
