Wireless directional identification and subsequent communication between wearable electronic devices
US8184983B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B11/00
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems for exchanging information between a first wearable electronic device and one of a second wearable electronic device and an account at a remote computing device associated with a user of the second wearable electronic device. The first wearable electronic device intermittently emits directed electromagnetic radiation comprising a beacon signal, and receives, via a receiver coupled to the first wearable electronic device, a signal from the second wearable electronic device identifying one of the second wearable electronic device and the account at the remote computing device. An input may then be detected at the first wearable electronic device, and in response to receiving the signal and detecting the input, the first wearable device may transmit additional data to one of the second wearable electronic device and the remote computing device associated with the second user.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.