TW201419182A - Integrated display and management of data objects based on social, temporal and spatial parameters - Google Patents

Abstract

In an embodiment, a client device receives a query that specifies social, temporal and spatial parameters relative to a set of users (e.g., a source user or source user group). The client device determines degrees to which the specified parameters are related to a group of target users in social, temporal and spatial dimensions. The client device also determines an expected availability of one or more target users for interaction (e.g., interaction via particular types of communication session types, such as voice, video, text, etc.). The client device performs a processing function on at least one data object associated with the group of target users based on (i) whether the determined degrees of relation satisfy the specified parameters of the query, and (ii) the expected availability of the one or more target users in the group of target users.

Description

Integrated display and management of data objects based on community, time and spatial parameters [Cross-Reference to Related Applications]

This application is part of a continuation application filed on September 24, 2012, entitled "INTEGRATED DISPLAY AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA OBJECTS BASED ON SOCIAL, TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PARAMETERS", US Patent Application No. 13/625,543, 2009 Part of the continuation application of U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/552,864, entitled "INTEGRATED DISPLAY AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA OBJECTS BASED ON SOCIAL, TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PARAMETERS", which claims to be filed on September 4, 2008 The priority of the provisional application No. 61/094,376, entitled "INTEGRATED DISPLAY OF USER-CENTERED ACTIVITY AND SOCIAL PROXIMITY", each of which is filed by the inventor of the present application and assigned to It is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Embodiments are directed to providing integrated display and management of data objects based on community, time, and spatial parameters.

In mobile telecommunications devices such as cellular phones, PDAs, mini-laptops, and advanced pagers, these devices typically contain information about contacts, calendars, emails, and Various types of information of similar people. Each type of information is typically categorized and presented to the user based on the categories that are tailored to that particular type of information. For example, calendar information is usually presented in chronological order. Contact information is usually sorted and presented in alphabetical order. In some cases, two types of information can be integrated. For example, a calendar event may include contact information for a person invited by the event. The calendar event can further include location information (if typed by the user).

Mobile devices typically have limited space to provide a user interface. In particular, a mobile phone device with a numeric keypad can have limited screen space and key functions to provide detailed information and user interface options. Users must typically scroll through the many screens and scroll through the numerous menu choices to find the information they are looking for. For example, if the user wants to find a contact that has been invited to the calendar event, the user must typically have a priori information about the name and type of the event. The user must then open the event and search for a list of contacts. If the user wants to find more information about the relationship or location of each contact, the user must open each contact to find the information.

These traditional user interfaces have the limited ability to present information to the user, which is intuitive and represents how the user actually thinks and perceives events, places, and people. People are usually perceived by relationship and location. In addition to location, events can be perceived more based on the importance of the community and the people invited by the event. However, the traditional hierarchical, segmented, and menu-driven architecture of the information provided in mobile devices does not provide this intuitive and user-friendly interface.

In one embodiment, the client device receives an inquiry specifying community, time, and spatial parameters for a group of users (eg, a source user or a source user group). The client device determines the extent to which the specified parameters relate to a group of target users in the community, time, and spatial dimensions. The client device also determines that one or more target users are used for interaction (eg, via a particular type of communication conversation type such as voice, video, text, etc.) Expected availability of the project). The client device performs a processing function on at least one of the data objects associated with the group of target users based on: (i) whether the determined degree of relationship satisfies a specified parameter of the query; and (ii) among the group of target users The expected availability of the one or more target users.

14‧‧‧Mobile Phone

78‧‧‧PTT button

80‧‧‧Graphic display

82‧‧‧Computer platform

84‧‧‧Special application integrated circuit "ASIC"

86‧‧‧Application Design Interface "API" Layer

88‧‧‧ memory

90‧‧‧Regional database

92‧‧‧Direct communication interface

100‧‧‧Wireless System/Mobile Data Machine

102‧‧‧Hive Phone/Access Terminal/Advanced Mobile User Software

104‧‧‧Air Intermediary/Action System Layer

106‧‧‧Community Network Link Sensing UI

108‧‧‧Community network connection client/access terminal/personal digital assistant

110‧‧‧Community network connection media client/access terminal/pager

112‧‧‧Computer platform/access terminal

120‧‧‧Radio Access Network (RAN)

122‧‧‧Base Station Controller/Packet Control Function (BSC/PCF)

124‧‧‧Dataset Rack Transceiver (MPT)

126‧‧‧Carrier Network/Core Network

160‧‧‧Packet Data Servo Node (PDSN)

165‧‧‧Broadcast Servo Node (BSN)

172‧‧‧ exchange server

174‧‧‧Community Network Connection Server

175‧‧‧Internet

500‧‧‧Mobile communication devices

505‧‧‧ display

507‧‧‧ soft keys

510‧‧‧ navigation button

515‧‧‧Keypad

550‧‧‧determination key

600‧‧‧ coordinate system

605‧‧‧Users

610‧‧‧ horizontal axis

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710‧‧‧Themes-Rules-Group Triads

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810‧‧‧Space-time map

820‧‧‧Absolute future light cone

830‧‧‧Absolute past light cone

840‧‧‧ Target time

850‧‧‧ event snapshot

900‧‧‧User interface

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915‧‧‧ display

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920‧‧‧ icon or false/contact

922‧‧‧"-" indication

925‧‧‧"+" instructions

930‧‧‧ soft keys

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945‧‧‧Select button

950‧‧‧Location icon or artifact/data object/circle/display area

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1200‧‧‧User interface

1210‧‧‧Contact

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1410‧‧‧false shadow

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1510A‧‧‧ zoom indicator

1510B‧‧‧Zoom indicator

1510C‧‧‧Zoom indicator

1515A‧‧‧degree indicator

1515B‧‧‧degree indicator

1515C‧‧‧degree indicator

1520A‧‧‧degree indicator

1520B‧‧‧degree indicator

1520C‧‧‧degree indicator

1525A‧‧‧degree indicator

1525B‧‧‧degree indicator

1525C‧‧‧degree indicator

1530A‧‧‧Information - Object Type Indicator

1530B‧‧‧Information - Object Type Indicator

1530C‧‧‧Information - Object Type Indicator

1535A‧‧‧Information - Object Type Indicator

1535B‧‧‧Information - Object Type Indicator

1535C‧‧‧Information - Object Type Indicator

1540A‧‧‧Information - Object Type Indicator

1540B‧‧‧Information - Object Type Indicator

1540C‧‧‧Information - Object Type Indicator

1545A‧‧‧Display content

1545B‧‧‧Display content

1545C‧‧‧Display content

1900‧‧‧Display content

1910‧‧‧"Family"

1920‧‧‧ Display content

1925‧‧‧ option button

1930‧‧‧Contact "al"

1940‧‧‧Display content

1950‧‧‧Concentric Circle

2000‧‧‧Display content

2010‧‧‧Trust level "trusted"

2020‧‧‧Display content

2025‧‧‧ option button

2030‧‧‧Contact "al"

2040‧‧‧Display content

2050‧‧‧Concentric Circle

2400‧‧‧There is a server

2700‧‧‧User interface

2705‧‧‧Information items

2710‧‧‧Information items

2715‧‧‧Information items

2720‧‧‧Information items

2725‧‧‧Information items

2730‧‧‧Information items

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A more complete understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, and the accompanying <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; The invention is presented to illustrate the accompanying drawings, and wherein: FIG. 1 is a representative diagram of a wireless network of specified PTT groups having wireless telecommunication devices spanning the wireless network and the group The communication server communicates with other computer devices.

2 is a representative diagram of one embodiment of a wireless network in a common cellular telecommunications configuration with group communication server control communications between wireless telecommunications devices of members of the PTT group.

3 is a block diagram showing a computer platform of a PTT capable wireless telecommunications device.

4 is a diagram of an embodiment of a software layer of a communication group application having a PTT client and a group directed media client.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary mobile communication device.

Figure 6 is an exemplary three-dimensional representation based on the axes of time, relationship, and space.

Figure 7 is an illustrative diagram depicting an activity-centric design.

Figure 8 is an exemplary space-time diagram.

9 depicts an exemplary user interface on a mobile communication device with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

FIG. 10 depicts an exemplary user interface on a mobile communication device with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

11 depicts an exemplary user interface on a mobile communication device with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

12 depicts an exemplary user interface on a mobile communication device with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

FIG. 13 depicts an exemplary user interface on a mobile communication device with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

FIG. 14 depicts an exemplary user interface on a mobile communication device with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

15A-15C illustrate examples of visual representations of sets of specific data items in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 depicts an illustrative process for some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

FIG. 17 depicts an illustrative process procedure with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

FIG. 18 depicts an illustrative process procedure with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

19 depicts an exemplary user interface on a mobile communication device with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

20 depicts an exemplary user interface on a mobile communication device with some of the embodiments disclosed herein.

Figure 21 illustrates a processing program by which one or more data items belonging to a group of data objects can be displayed to a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

22A-22J are diagrams of an exchange of views from a sender of a data item in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 23 is an illustration of an exchange of views from a recipient or target of a data item in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 24 is a flowchart of a process for exchanging presence information between client devices via presence server 2400 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 25A illustrates a movie situation in which a user has an online presence status, is available for text messaging but is not available for voice communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 25B illustrates a car driving situation in which a user has an online presence status, is not available for text messaging, but is available for voice communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 25C illustrates an in-flight scenario in which a user has an offline presence status in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 25D illustrates a sleep situation in which a user has an online presence status and is not available for non-emergency text messaging or non-emergency voice communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 25E illustrates an operation in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention in which a user has an online presence status and is available for text messaging or voice communication.

26 illustrates a processing program for processing one or more data items belonging to a group of data objects based at least in part on presence status and/or availability information, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

27 illustrates an exemplary user interface that can be implemented on a client device based on execution of the processing routine of FIG. 26, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

The aspects of the invention are disclosed in the following description and in the associated drawings of specific embodiments of the invention. Alternative embodiments may be devised without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, elements that are well known in the art are not described in detail or are omitted so as not to obscure the details of the invention.

The words "exemplary" and/or "example" are used herein to mean "serving as an instance, instance or description." Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" and/or "example" is not necessarily construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. Also, the term "embodiment of the invention" does not require that all embodiments of the invention include the features, advantages, or modes of operation discussed. formula.

In this description, the terms "mobile communication device", "communication device", "wireless device", "wireless communication device", "PTT communication device", "handheld device", "mobile device" and "mobile phone" are interchangeable. Use. The terms "call" and "communication" are also used interchangeably. The term "application" as used herein is intended to cover both executable and non-executable software files, source materials, aggregated materials, patches, and other code segments. The term "group communication" means point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication that is transmitted between wireless communication devices across real or virtual half-duplex channels. The term "exemplary" means that the disclosed elements or embodiments are merely an example and do not indicate any preference of the user. In addition, the same numerals are used to refer to the same elements throughout the several views, and unless otherwise specified in the description, "a" or "the"

In addition, many of the embodiments are described in terms of a sequence of actions to be performed by, for example, elements of a computing device. It will be appreciated that the various actions described herein can be performed by a particular circuit (e.g., an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)), by program instructions executed by one or more processors, or by a combination of the two. carried out. In addition, it is contemplated that such sequences of actions described herein are fully embodied in any form of computer readable storage medium having stored thereon that, when executed, will cause the associated processor to perform the operations herein. Describe the functional correspondence of a group of computer instructions. Accordingly, the various aspects of the invention may be embodied in a variety of forms and are intended to be within the scope of the claimed subject matter. In addition, for each of the embodiments described herein, a corresponding form of any such embodiments can be described herein as, for example, "logic configured to perform the described acts."

A high data rate (HDR) subscriber station (referred to herein as a user equipment (UE)) may be mobile or fixed and may be in communication with one or more access points (APs), which may be referred to as Node Bs. . The UE transmits the data packet to the Radio Network Controller (RNC) via one or more of the Node Bs and receives the data packet via one or more of the Node Bs. Node B and RNC Part of the network known as the Radio Access Network (RAN). The radio access network can transmit voice and data packets between multiple access terminals.

The radio access network can be further connected to additional networks external to the radio access network (such as including specific carrier-related servers and devices and to other networks (such as corporate intranets, the Internet, public switched phones) Network (PSTN), Servo General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node (SGSN), Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) connectivity core network, and can be used in each UE and such networks Transfer voice and data packets between. A UE that has established an active service channel connection with one or more Node Bs may be referred to as an active UE, and may be referred to as being in a traffic state. A UE in a handler that establishes an active traffic channel (TCH) connection with one or more Node Bs may be referred to as being in a connection setup state. The UE may be any data device that communicates via a wireless channel or via a cable channel. The UE may additionally be any of a number of types of devices including, but not limited to, PC cards, compact flash devices, external or internal data machines, or wireless or wireline phones. The communication link by which the UE transmits signals to the Node B is referred to as an uplink channel (eg, a reverse traffic channel, a control channel, an access channel, etc.). The communication link by which Node B sends signals to the UE is referred to as a downlink channel (eg, paging channel, control channel, broadcast channel, forward traffic channel, etc.). As used herein, the term traffic channel (TCH) may refer to an uplink/reverse traffic channel or a downlink/forward traffic channel.

FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of an illustrative embodiment of a wireless system 100 in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention. System 100 can include an access terminal (such as cellular telephone 102) that communicates with an access network or radio access network (RAN) 120 across an empty intermediation plane 104, which can connect the access terminal 102 to the network The device, thereby providing data connectivity between the packet switched data network (e.g., internal network, internet, and/or carrier network 126) and the access terminals 102, 108, 110, 112. As shown herein, the access terminal can be a cellular telephone 102, a personal digital assistant 108, a pager 110 (which is shown here as a two-way text pager) or even a separate computer platform 112 with a wireless communication portal. because Thus, embodiments of the present invention can be implemented on any form of access terminal including a wireless communication portal or having wireless communication capabilities, including (unrestricted) wireless data, PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card Interface Association) cards, Personal computer, telephone, or any combination or sub-combination thereof. Also, as used herein, the terms "access terminal", "wireless device", "customer device", "mobile terminal" and variations thereof are used interchangeably.

Referring back to Figure 1, the interrelationship of the components of the wireless network 100 and the elements of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the illustrated configuration. System 100 is merely exemplary and may include allowing remote access terminals (such as wireless client computing devices 102, 108, 110, 112) to be between each other and between each other and/or via an empty interfacing plane Any system that wirelessly communicates between and between the components of the RAN 120 and its components, including (unrestricted) carrier network 126, the Internet, and/or other remote servers.

The RAN 120 controls the messages that are sent to the base station controller/packet control function (BSC/PCF) 122 (usually sent as data packets). The BSC/PCF 122 is responsible for signaling, establishing and tearing down bearer channels (i.e., data channels) between the packet data service node 100 ("PDSN") and the access terminal 102/108/110/112. If link layer encryption is enabled, the BSC/PCF 122 also encrypts the content before forwarding the content via the empty media plane 104. The functions of BSC/PCF 122 are well known in the art and will not be discussed separately for the sake of brevity. Carrier network 126 can communicate with BSC/PCF 122 via a network (Internet and/or Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)). Alternatively, the BSC/PCF 122 can be directly connected to the Internet or an external network. Typically, a network or internet connection between carrier network 126 and BSC/PCF 122 transmits data, and the PSTN transmits voice information. The BSC/PCF 122 can be connected to multiple base stations (BSs) or modem hub transceivers (MPTs) 124. In a manner similar to a carrier network, the BSC/PCF 122 is typically connected to the MPT/BS 124 via a network (Internet and/or PSTN) for data transfer and/or voice information. The MPT/BS 124 can wirelessly broadcast data messages to an access terminal, such as the cellular telephone 102. MPT/BS 124, BSC/PCF 122 and other components may form RAN 120, As is known in the art. However, alternative configurations may also be used, and the invention is not limited to the configuration illustrated. For example, in another embodiment, the functionality of one or more of BSC/PCF 122 and MPT/BS 124 may be compressed to a single functionality having both BSC/PCF 122 and MPT/BS 124 functionality. In the "Mixed" module.

FIG. 2 illustrates a core network 126 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, carrier network 126 includes packet data server (PDSN) 160, broadcast servo node (BSN) 165, and internet network 175. Exchange server 172 and social network connection server 174 are also shown in FIG. However, in an alternate embodiment, the switching server 172, the social network connection server 174, and/or other components may be external to the carrier network. The PDSN 160 utilizes, for example, a cdma2000 Radio Access Network (RAN) (e.g., RAN 120 of FIG. 1) to provide mobile stations (e.g., access terminals, such as 102, 108, 110, 112 from Figure 1). Access to the Internet 175, the internal network, and/or remote servers (e.g., servers 172, 174). In the case of acting as an access gateway, PDSN 160 can provide simple IP and mobile IP access, foreign agent support, and packet delivery. The PDSN 160 can act as a gateway for authentication, authorization, and account processing (AAA) servers and other supporting infrastructure and provide the mobile station with a gateway to the IP network, as is known in the art. As shown in FIG. 2, PDSN 160 can communicate with RAN 120 (e.g., BSC/PCF 122) via a conventional A10 connection. A10 connections are well known in the art and will not be described separately for the sake of brevity. The Broadcast Servo Node (BSN) 165 can be configured to support multicast and broadcast services. The BSN 165 communicates with the RAN 120 (e.g., BSC/PCF 122) via a broadcast (BC) A10 connection. The BCA10 connection is used to deliver multicast and/or broadcast messaging.

Referring to FIG. 2, the switching server 172 corresponds to one or more distributed servers that support messaging and collaboration software accessible via the Internet 175. For example, the Microsoft Exchange Server is a type of switching server 172 that is widely used. As should be appreciated, the exchange server 172 can store contact information (eg, email contacts, addresses, etc.) and associated messaging (eg, email, etc.) and/or calendar information (eg, meetings, appointments) Wait). Twitter is another example of a service that can be supported by the exchange server 172.

The social network connection server 174 corresponds to one or more distributed servers that support the user's social networking service (eg, Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, etc.). The social network connection server 174 stores information about the user profile and inter-user information (eg, a list of friends of the user, a list of family members, a list of business contacts, etc.). The social network connection server 174 can also evaluate and/or generate a community map of the user, such as cartographic users (eg, friends of friends, etc.) that are indirectly related but do not have direct community connections, and the like. The social network connection server 174 can also store multimedia about its users, such as published multimedia files (eg, images, audio files, video files, text files, etc.) and their associated information (eg, when published or generated) The location associated with the multimedia file, such as the location at which the picture was taken or the location at which the sound was recorded, the user or non-user associated with the multimedia file (such as the person speaking in the audio file or the location where the picture was taken) Wait)).

As will be appreciated, the functions of the switching server 172 and the social network connection server 174 can be overlapped such that the functionality of each server can be combined into a single server, or alternatively, such different servers can be independent. But ask each other about the information when needed.

3 is a block diagram illustrating one embodiment of a wireless telecommunications device that is a mobile telephone 14 having a PTT button 78 that is disconnected to a group of target devices (ie, other members of the communication group 12) Direct communication. The wireless device 14 is also shown to have a graphical display 80 to a user of the wireless device 14. The wireless device 14 includes a computer platform 82 that processes voice and data packets and receives and executes software applications transmitted across the wireless network 20 to include group-oriented media. Computer platform 82 includes, inter alia, special application integrated circuits ("ASICs") 84 or other processors, microprocessors, logic circuits, programmable gate arrays, or other data processing devices. The ASIC 84 is mounted during the manufacture of the wireless device, and the ASIC 84 is typically not upgradeable. The ASIC 84 or other processor executes an application programming interface ("API") layer 86, which includes resident application loops And may include an operating system loaded on the ASIC 84. The resident application environment establishes an interface with any resident program in the memory 88 of the wireless device. An example of a resident application environment is the Wireless Binary Execution Environment (BREW) software developed by QUALCOMM® for wireless device platforms.

As shown herein, the wireless device can be a mobile phone 14 having a graphical display 80, but can be any wireless device having a computer platform 82 as is known in the art, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) having a graphical display 80. The pager or even a separate computer platform 82 having a wireless communication portal can additionally have a wired connection to a network and the Internet. In addition, the memory 88 can include any memory shared by the read only memory or random access memory (RAM and ROM), EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory card, or computer platform. The computer platform 82 can also include a regional repository 90 for storing software applications that are not in use in the memory 88. The regional repository 90 typically contains one or more flash memory cells, but may be secondary or tertiary storage devices known in the art, such as magnetic media, EPROM, EEPROM, optical media, tape or floppy or hard. dish. The graphical display 80 can present not only information about the ongoing group call, but also information about the group directed media to include an archive preview, as described more fully herein.

In this embodiment of the wireless device, computer platform 82 also includes a direct communication interface 92 that can be disconnected from the communication channel of the wireless device. The direct communication interface 92 can also be part of a standard communication interface for wireless devices that typically carries voice and data transmitted to and from the wireless device. Direct communication interface 92 typically includes hardware as is known in the art.

4 is a diagram of one embodiment of a software layer configured for execution on a wireless device 14. In this embodiment, the computer platform 82 in the mobile device environment consists of a series of software "layers" developed at the top of the Mobile Station Data Machine (MSM) 100, driven by Advanced Mobile User Software (AMSS) 102 developed by QUALCOMM. Volt MSM chipset and implement a complete set of CDMA communication technologies (including CDMA2000 1X and CDMA2000) 1xEV-DO) software contract stack. There is a mobile operating system layer 104 (BREW® in this embodiment) also developed by QUALCOMM. The mobile operating system layer 104 application programming interface is used for wafer-specific or device-specific operations while providing an isolation layer that eliminates direct contact to the AMSS 100 and any OEM software on the computer platform. The mobile operating system layer 104 enables application development using mobile device features without having to rewrite the application each time a new version of the device specific software is released.

The social network connection client 108 provides access to social network connection services (eg, connections to Facebook, MySpace, etc.) via an external interface (shown here at the social network connection aware UI 106). Take the app. The social network connection client 108 includes all of the functionality required to enable the mobile operating system 104 application, such as the social network connection media client 110. In one example, the social network connection client 108 can also act as all social network connection-aware types in addition to providing access to the social network connection service via the social network connection client 108. The isolation layer between the application and the interface to the social network connection server 174. In this embodiment, the social network connection client 108 maintains access to the social network connection service, responds to the social network connection communication request, and processes all communities for the social network connection service. The Network Link Awareness Action System application requests and handles all outgoing community network connection requests.

The social network connection media client 110 is a mobile operating system based application that extends the social network connection service for accessing media associated with the social network connection (eg, via the community) Group conversations between network-connected contacts, exchange of video data, video data, etc. between social network connection contacts and/or social network connection servers 174, etc.). Referring to Figure 5, an exemplary mobile communication device 500 is illustrated, and the user interface of the device is described in detail. The mobile communication device 500 includes a display 505 (eg, an LCD or OLED display). In some embodiments, display 505 can include touch screen capabilities. The mobile communication device 500 can include a keypad 515 (eg, a standard telephone keypad, a QWERTY keypad, a physical haptic response keypad, a soft key via a touch screen) Disk, etc.). The mobile communication device 500 can also include a navigation button 510 that can additionally include up, down, left, and right keys for navigating the display 505. In one example, the navigation button 510 can correspond to an orientation pad that can acquire a desired direction from a user in other directions (eg, upper left, lower right, etc.). The navigation button 510 can additionally include a selection or determination key 550 to indicate the user's selection or confirmation of a particular function. The device can also include soft keys 507 that are programmable and used to select functions as indicated in the area of display 505 that is located adjacent to soft keys 507.

In various embodiments, systems, methods, and communication devices for providing integrated data management, visualization, and user interface capabilities on a communication device (eg, a mobile communication device) are disclosed. The user interface can provide "data objects" (eg, events, events, contacts via social network links, multimedia files, etc.) along a time dimension (eg, a timetable), a spatial dimension (eg, based on a user or a specified location distance) or based on the community proximity of the data item itself (eg, based on the expected amount of interest the user has in the activity and/or the assessed social network connection contact) Visual representations in the community dimension (for example, community maps, location maps, timetables for events, etc.).

In one embodiment, the time dimension can be configured to convey past or historical information (eg, past or past locations for contacts connected via a social network), current information (eg, based on instant information or expected) Information indicating the current time) or future information (for example, scheduled schedules based on events, calendars of contacts connected via social networks, etc.). The data item may additionally be presented in a user selectable level of time in chronological order. For example, a level zone can represent a past event, a current event, or a planned (future) event. The time zone can contain consecutive future time zones. In various embodiments, the invention may be referred to in various ways as an "integrated display" or "integrated zoom."

In another embodiment, in a user-selectable time-based level of a data item (eg, event, activity, multimedia file, and/or contact), the user and the group have completed or planned the data item. Dimensions along the proximity of the community (ie, "community dimension") It is indicated that it is depicted by artifacts or illustrations of different sizes and shapes (eg, whereby each artifact is configured to have a visual saliency indicative of the data object, whereby a similar artifact can be used Represents a similar data item to help the user visually identify the event and/or contact person). The ability to move browsing across data objects in different spatial, community, and/or time dimensions (eg, events and events that have occurred or contacts connected by the social network in the current time zone) The location of the visit), the user can extract and maintain the context of the content based on various attributes of the data object. In instances where the data item corresponds to an activity, such attributes may include: (a) who, or the person who achieved the activity or planned activity; (b) what, or the nature of the activity achieved or planned; (c) When, or when, past, current, or planned activities; (d) where, or the location of past, current, or planned activities.

The contextual information obtained from the nature of the activity can also be used to plan future activities. The user may repeat a particular activity immediately or later. Activities can cover various actions performed by the user on the mobile device (such as push-to-talk, one-to-one and conference voice calls, and push-to-share objects (such as pictures). , video, memo, chat, emoji, planned calendar events and other pieces of information)).

In yet another embodiment, a visual representation of a set of data objects (eg, activities, events, contacts via a social network connection, etc.) can be implemented on a shaft within a three-dimensional coordinate frame, where the axes correspond to space Dimensions (eg, distances, etc.), time dimensions (eg, time), and community dimensions (eg, expected interest of users in events or content linked via social networks, or "community proximity" ). By navigating the spatial and community proximity axes or dimensions, the user may additionally have the ability to select a contact within the frame of reference for achieving the purpose of starting the activity with the selected contact. Thus, the particular data item represented on the map may correspond to an event or activity having its associated spatial and temporal information, or may correspond to the user's social network connection contact (with its associated Space and time information).

Alternatively, the visual representation itself does not need to display each of the dimensions, but the manner in which the data objects are displayed is still based on each of the three dimensions. For example, if the visual representation corresponds to a location map of a geographic area, the actual visual representation displays the spatial dimension. However, the actual data item displayed on the location map in the corresponding location also satisfies the time and community parameters of the inquiry for display first on the location map. Thus, although topographic maps are often used to indicate location, in this case, artifacts representing data objects appearing on the map are also used to indicate that the respective data objects satisfy other parameters of the query rather than just the location parameters.

FIG. 6 depicts an illustrative coordinate system 600 for implementing some of the embodiments disclosed herein. In this figure, three orthogonal axes are considered for presenting information and scaling (relative to the user 605 considered to be the origin of the orthogonal axes). It should be appreciated that the origin of the orthogonal axes may represent any point that may be identified in terms of community, space, and time dimensions (eg, a profile such as a given user or user at the current location of the user at the current time, A given user group is based on a group-specific nature profile at the current time, etc., such that the relative position of the data object relative to the origin in each dimension can be determined. On the horizontal axis 610 (or x-axis), space-based scaling along the spatial dimension can be represented. In an embodiment, the physical distance from the origin (eg, the location of the user) of the location associated with the data item may be represented along this axis. A vertical axis 620 (or y-axis) can be used to represent time-based scaling along the time dimension. In another embodiment, the amount of time (both past and present) can be represented along this axis. The third axis 630 (or z-axis) can be used to represent a relationship-based scaling along the community dimension. In various embodiments, this axis can be used to indicate community distance or proximity to the origin (such as a user's community profile or group profile). For example, a data item corresponding to a close friend or family member may be represented as being closer to the origin than a distantly acquainted person, and the alienated person may be represented as being farther from the origin. In addition to the "type" of the relationship (for example, preferring family liaisons to friends, etc.), community proximity can also consider indirect relationships (for example, friends and friends) Friends of friends are more intimate, etc.).

In another example, the origin of the visual representation of the data item representation in FIG. 6 may indicate a specified origin (eg, community profile of the user or user group, time of interest, and location of interest) and along the display A query for the desired dimension range for each axis (eg, for a given user). Thus, in one example, if a given user wishes to view his social network contacts within three (3) miles of his current location, the query consists of the following three: community parameters (eg, if The user does not narrow or expand the contact he requests for viewing, the community parameter can be preset to any direct friend of the user); the spatial parameters (eg, the user's current location and its three miles) And a time parameter (eg, current time, which may include a preset time range such that any location known to have a current amount of threshold time (such as within the last 10 minutes) is considered "current" "). In this example, the visual representation will thus include the display content of each of the direct contacts of the user currently within the specified three-mile radius. The actual representation of such contacts may be achieved via an associated hypothesis (eg, a picture of the contact, a picture of the location of the contact, a video indicating the user's relationship with the contact's community, etc.).

Although this example has been given based on the user's social network connection contact, it should be understood that the activity can be specified in a similar manner to enable the user to target their activities (eg, in their community profile) The display of the indications in the instructions, or specific activities (eg, golf, bowling) and/or where the activity is available for the data item corresponding to the contact person connected to the social network having the common activity interest An inquiry is made (for example, a golf course, a bowling alley, etc.).

For example, if the visual representation corresponds to a location map, the visual representation may display a given location range having a zoomed field based on the spatial parameter, and the location of each data item satisfying the spatial, community, and time parameters may be displayed. At its corresponding location within the given location range. Thus, the user can view the location map and know that each artifact is associated with the result of the match, and can infer its respective location. Or if the visual representation corresponds to The social map, the visual representation may cause the matching results to be displayed in a manner that infers the user's community relationship with the matching data object from the displayed content. Alternatively, if the visual representation corresponds to a timetable, the visual representation may enable the timing of the data object to be inferred from visual inspection of the displayed content (eg, the occurrence of an event, when the contact will be located at a location corresponding to the spatial parameter, etc.) The way to display the result of the match.

In various embodiments, other representations may be implemented using two of the three information types (physical distance, time, and community proximity). For example, space-based scaling can be provided in two axes, where the horizontal axis represents the longitudinal or east-west distance and the vertical axis represents the lateral or north-south distance. The present invention contemplates various embodiments in which a more integrated user interface can be provided to enable a user to access, view, and manage information on a mobile device in a more intuitive manner.

According to the purpose of the activity theory, from the perspective of people-centered, the main content of the activity system. Activity theory proposes the following theory: When people participate and interact with their environment, various tools and processes can be generated. Such tools and processes may be external to the mental and community processes, and thus such tools and processes may be more easily accessed by others and communicated to others. These tools and handlers are especially useful for community interaction. In the framework of self-activity theory, tasks and activities can be subdivided into actions, which are further subdivided into operations. In the context of system design content, the use of such categories provides an understanding of the steps necessary to enable a user to perform a task. The present invention contemplates the implementation of the theoretical principles of activity to provide an intuitive user interface for managing and accessing information on mobile devices.

User activities can be considered within the framework depicted in FIG. As should be appreciated, the description of FIG. 7 provides a "community proximity" or association with respect to how a user or group of users (or origin) can be determined to be a given data item (eg, an activity in this situation). An instance of the degree of group relationship. When considering human activities, three basic triads can be considered. 710 depicts the subject-rule-group triad. 720 depicts a group-role-object triad. 730 depicts the subject-tool-object triad. In the subject-rule-group triad, people follow the implicit and explicit within the group. Rules. The social network is a "scale-free" network that contains a few hubs with highly connected people and many satellites connected by spokes. The social network continues to add newer people and therefore grows. New people are more likely to join the group that already has many "connections".

In the group-role-object triad, in order to perform activities, people follow the hierarchy and play several roles for division of labor. In the subject-tool-object triad, people need to mediate through appropriate tools to perform activities. The tool chosen should provide modest mediation of the object (target) at hand. By treating the activity as an "event", a snapshot of the event from a Minkowski time-space map is used to provide a mechanism for forming and maintaining a spatial-temporal context. FIG. 8 depicts an exemplary space-time diagram 810. Future and past events may be represented by an absolute future light cone 820 and an absolute past light cone 830, where the intersection of the two light cones indicates the current time 840. The event can then be represented as an event snapshot 850 as a slice of a past light cone or a future light cone. Again, although the "event" is used to illustrate and describe Figure 8, the same teachings can be applied to other types of data objects (such as the user's social network connection contact), where the "event" corresponds to the contact person. The location of a specific time is expected, such as the calendar of contacts, meeting schedules, etc.

In light of the foregoing discussion, various views, filters, and containers are disclosed that enable a user to perform activities in a context. In an embodiment, three main views can be provided. In an embodiment of an activity map (eg, which is an example of a visual representation of a data item that corresponds to an activity that matches parameters from a user's query), the activity map view may present a snapshot of the activity as a time table The event above is similar to the event in space-time. A completed event may be indicated as a historical event and may be referred to as "proximity" in the past time for an event that occurred in a past that is not far away. Events in the far past can be expressed as "distance" in the past. Planned events can be indicated as future events, and events in the near future can be expressed as "close" in future time. Events in the distant future can be expressed as "distant" in the future. Therefore, if The time position of the origin or the time parameter of the query corresponds to the current, then the position of the data object in the time dimension corresponds to how far or expected the data object (for example, an event or activity in this case) is in time. far.

In an embodiment, navigation of various data items (e.g., events, contacts, multimedia files, etc.) as described above can be implemented on the mobile communication device using the available keys. In devices with a numeric keypad, soft keys are available. The soft key may be a button that performs an assignable function depending on the text or other indication displayed on the display near the button at the moment the button is pressed. In one embodiment, the soft keys can be used to zoom in and out of the display content (eg, where "zooming" means modifying the spatial, temporal, and/or community dimensions of the visual representation of the data item). In other embodiments, a five button type navigation key having left, right, up, down, and OK keys can be used. In some embodiments, the determination key can be used simultaneously as a push-to-share button.

In one embodiment, a softkey can be assigned as a "zoom out" function and a softkey can be assigned as a "zoom in" function. Zooming out can traverse the time direction and increase the event history toward the past or toward the direction. Magnification can traverse the time direction and increase the planned event toward the future or toward the direction. In an embodiment for representing a three-dimensional frame of activity, the time direction can be assigned to the Y-axis, as shown in FIG. However, it should be appreciated that the user is permitted to zoom in on any of these dimensions rather than just in time. For example, the user may zoom out with respect to the spatial dimension, which may correspond to increasing the range of spatial parameters such that the farther distance satisfies the user's query. In another example, the user may zoom in on the community dimension, which may correspond to increasing community requirements for community parameters, such that they obtain a more intimate community relationship to satisfy the user's query (eg, with " "Showing family members only" is a narrower requirement than showing both friends and family members.) As should be appreciated, "zoom" may correspond to an expanded or collapsed field of view, or to a "shift" of the field of view, such that the same amount of data is viewed from a different perspective (eg, in a time instance, the user may self-occur in next week) The view of the data object is shifted to the view of the data object occurring in the second week, so that both views display the data One of the objects has a weekly value, but is in a different time period).

When the user navigates the data item in the visual representation, the user can select the data item by highlighting (eg, right clicking) a given data item. By clicking the OK button, the interface provides details of the data item such as the event. For example, the display content may indicate the location of the event, date/time, and invitee. Alternatively, if the data item is a contact via a social network connection, the display or selection of the data item may result in the display of the contact's profile or other information. The display content may also indicate an action that may be selected by the user for the selected event. In the event that the data item is an event, such actions may include, for example, updating event details, inviting other contacts, joining an event, or canceling an event. In the case where the data item is a contact person, such actions may include a message delivery contact, a comment board added to the contact's community profile, a new contact as a friend, and the like.

Referring to Figure 9, an illustrative user interface 900 that can be implemented on a mobile communication device such as a mobile telephone is illustrated. Display 915 can be an LCD or OLED display that provides a mobile phone user with a visual representation of the data item. Display 915 can include a title area 910 that indicates the current type of user interface currently being presented. In the example of FIG. 9, a plurality of data items 950 can be presented in a radial manner from a center point on the display. As illustrated, the data item 950 can be presented as a ghost or illustration. Other embodiments may use thumbnails or other graphical indicators as desired. Some of the data items 950 may be represented by a user ID or other component that identifies artifacts or illustrations within a limited display area. A particular manner of describing or representing a given data item 950 within display 915 may be referred to as "artifact." In an example, a similar artifact may be associated with a similar material item or a data item that shares a given proximity to the origin of the query among one or more of the spatial, community, and/or time dimensions. .

For example, if two particular data objects correspond to events occurring at the same time and/or location, the two data objects may share a common visual feature within their artifacts to convey this similarity. In another example, if two specific data objects correspond to events related to the same activity type (eg, two different bowling tournaments), then the two data objects A common visual feature can be shared within its artifacts to convey this similarity (eg, images of bowlers, bowling images, etc.). In another example, if two particular data objects correspond to family contacts, the two data objects can share a common visual feature within their artifacts to convey this similarity (eg, such as having sharing by all family members) Image of a specific color background). In another example, the three-letter acronym or initials of the contact person may be used to identify the icon or artifact 920. It should be appreciated that many different types of artifacts can be used to visually represent different data objects, and the examples given above in this section are non-limiting.

Soft keys 930 and 935 can be assigned to functions as indicated on the display. Referring to the figure, soft key 935 can be assigned to the "+" indication 925. Soft key 930 can be assigned to the "-" indication 922 on the display. The user interface 900 can also include a navigation button 940 for navigating in the up, down, left, and right directions. The interface can also include a select button 945 (generally embodied as an OK button).

As explained above, the user can navigate through the display content by selecting the navigation button 940. In one example, the initial display of the data item 950 in the display 915 can be considered an initial inquiry by the user, wherein the displayed data item 950 satisfies the initial setting of the user's community, time, and spatial parameters. However, the user is not limited to the initial display of the data item 950 in the display 915. The fact is that, for example, the selection of the left navigation button and the right navigation button can scroll through different categories of data objects, such as activities, locations, events, and the like. Using the up and down buttons to navigate can move the active display area to the top and bottom of the hierarchy so that one or more of the community, time, and/or spatial parameters of the query can be modified. For example, the current active area can be the active graphical area 917. By pressing the up arrow button, the active area can be shifted to the main subject area 910, which indicates "My Activity Map" in the figure. The user can then select the left or right navigation button to change the subject area (eg, to "My Items"), which means that the data items displayed in display 915 are transitioned from activities (eg, events, etc.) to items. (for example, more Media files, etc.). After the user navigates to the desired type of data item, the user is presented with data items that satisfy the current community, time and space parameters, and the like. As will be described in more detail below, the user can then modify the parameters of the query (eg, space, time, and/or community parameters) that are used to determine which data objects will be displayed.

When the active area is the illustrated area 917, the user can further enlarge the community, time and/or spatial parameters of the data object by pressing the "+" or "-" zoom soft key to select zoom in or out. This affects which data objects are displayed to the user. Referring to FIG. 10, when the user presses the "-" zoom out button, one or more of the community, time and/or spatial parameters are modified so that the field of view can be expanded to include a new circle of the data item 950, wherein the activity is The previous circle is represented as a smaller circle 1010 (indicating that circle 1010 is farther from the view). In particular, in this example, narrowing means that the origin of the query has changed and a set of new data objects within a given range of new origins in the community, space, and/or time dimension are displayed. As shown in Figure 10. Data items that more closely match the updated query may be more prominently displayed in display 915 (eg, circle 950 is larger and more prominent than circle 1010, etc.). Similarly, if the zoom "+" button is selected, the field of view can be zoomed in to provide an active circle as previously indicated in FIG. Thus, the zoom button allows the user to modify the origin of the query so that the user can focus on different times, locations, community relationships, etc. in the display 915 (eg, "Show my friends who are currently playing a baseball game" can be converted to "Show me the bowling tournament held near my house tonight", etc.). The user can also modify the range of dimensions that will satisfy the query for each circle or layer, so that the user can expand or tighten the data objects displayed on the same origin (for example, "Show me next week's activities" can be converted to "Show me the activities of the next month", etc.).

The user can additionally use the up, right, left, and down navigation buttons to select the field of view and additionally select items within the field of view. For example, referring to FIG. 11, the user can use the up and down navigation buttons to move the selected field of view from the title area 910 to the illustrated area 950. The user can then use the right and left navigation buttons to select a particular icon selection as Icon or artifact that is currently in use. In the example shown in FIG. 11, circle 1110 indicates the current active illustration or artifact. Other methods of indicating the current icon or artifact may be used, such as highlighting, generating shadow effects, and the like.

In one embodiment, a visual representation of a data item (eg, an activity map, etc.) can be generated and modified via a website (eg, maintained by a social network connection server 174, etc.) and can be made via the Internet 175. upload. For example, a web-based service can provide access to a user account associated with a mobile communication device. The service authenticates users and provides various account management functions to users. Users can additionally use web services to generate and modify social network connection information. Once the user has generated or modified the social network link information on the website, the airwave download can provide the information to the mobile phone, thus updating the new information on the mobile phone.

In one embodiment, new data objects may be generated by providing a new data object wizard to facilitate the intuitive and efficient generation of new data objects (eg, new contacts, activities, and/or events). This sprite can provide, for example, a mechanism for selecting people/contacts, places/locations, materials or media entities/items and time values. The time value may not be a specific time or date, but may be selected with respect to the current time value. For example, the user can select a person in the contact list, select a location, and select a time value that indicates "now" and "late" selection.

In another embodiment, the visual representation may correspond to a community map representing contacts and groups along the dimensions of community proximity. Contacts can include individuals, organizations, and other entities. A group can include a collection of contacts as defined by the user or by the device. Community proximity can often be defined as an indication of the extent of the relationship along the community dimension (usually between two people). In one embodiment, pictorial representations or artifacts may be displayed on the mobile communication device, such pictorial representations or artifacts indicating "intimate" and "distant" persons/contacts (eg, intimate contacts may be displayed more distantly The contact person is more prominent, etc.). This representation provides an indication for the user to quickly and intuitively determine the community relationship. Community proximity (for example) can be indicated as "intimate", "distant", "friend", "friends of friends" and the like. Or, by the number of community interactions The purpose and/or type is used to determine community proximity, for example, based on the number of instant messages or emails exchanged, the number of images that the user and contact person appear together in the same picture, and the like.

As indicated above, in one embodiment, navigation can be implemented across the mobile communication device using various keys (eg, contacts) on the mobile communication device. The examples in the embodiments given above with respect to Figures 9-11 have generally described the data items and associated artifacts as activities or events whereby the visual representation of the data objects becomes an activity map. If the data item is restricted to a contact via a social network connection, the resulting visual representation may be referred to as a community map, as will now be described with respect to FIG.

In devices with a numeric keypad, soft keys are available. In one embodiment, navigation across the data item can be accomplished by using soft keys on the mobile communication device to zoom in and out of the visual representation of the data item (eg, a community map). In other embodiments, a five button type navigation key having left, right, up, down, and OK buttons can be used. In some embodiments, the OK button can be used simultaneously as a push button.

As discussed above, a softkey can be assigned the "zoom out" function and a softkey can be assigned as the "zoom in" function. Zooming in and out can result in updating the corresponding number of contacts or people in the reference frame. For example, zooming out may increase the number of contacts or people within the reference frame based on community proximity, as indicated by the number and placement of icons or artifacts on display 915. In one example, depending on the proximity of the community, an instance of "zoom in" can be changed from a display of family and friends to a display of only friends or only family members. In another example, an instance of "zoom out" may be a display that turns from a friend only or a family member to a family and friends. Alternatively, a "shift" of the displayed community proximity may occur, thereby displaying the content changing from the display of only the friend to the display of only the family member.

Referring to Figure 12, an illustrative user interface 1200 that can be implemented on a mobile communication device is provided that provides a community map containing personal contacts. Display 915 can be an LCD or OLED display that provides a visual representation of the data to a mobile phone user. Display 915 can A header area 910 indicating that the current type of the currently presented user interface is "My Contact" is included. Thus, in Figure 12, the data item under consideration corresponds to the user's social network connection contact. Various contact icons or artifacts 920 can be presented in a radial manner from a central point on the display. Other embodiments may use thumbnails or other graphical indicators as needed. Some contacts 920 may be presented with a user ID or other component that identifies the icon within a limited display area. For example, the three-letter acronym or initials of the contact may be used to identify the icon or artifact 920.

Soft keys 930 and 935 can be assigned to functions as indicated on the display. The user interface 900 can also include a navigation button 940 for navigating up, down, left, and right directions. The interface can also include a selection button 945 (which is typically embodied as a determination button).

As explained above, the user can navigate through the display content by selecting the navigation button 940. For example, the selection of the left navigation button and the right navigation button may scroll through different categories of contacts, such as those associated with a particular letter range or group that have been identified by the user. Use the up and down buttons to navigate to move the active display area to the top and bottom of the hierarchy. For example, the current active area can be the active graphical area 917. By pressing the up arrow button, the active area can be shifted to the main subject area 910, which indicates "my contact" in the figure. The user can then select the left or right navigation button to change the subject area (eg, to "My Items"). Additional active areas may be provided to indicate whether the current display content indicates a particular letter range, a defined group of users, or other categories.

When the active area is a graphic or a false image area, the user can select to zoom in or out by pressing the "+" or "-" zoom soft key, and then provide a closer or closer contact on the display area 915. Alienation layer. In this case, the user can (i) change the origin of the query to change the display of the data object; or (ii) modify the dimension range from the origin in the space, time and/or community dimensions to adjust which data objects Eligible to display. As indicated in Figure 12, a circle or a circle outside the illusion may be provided indicating the comparison of the liaisons represented in the circle Alienation of community proximity. A circle within contact 1210 may indicate a more intimate or familiar community proximity (since it is closer to the center of the display). Alternatively, a larger artifact of the outer circle may indicate a more intimate community relationship than the inner circle. When the user presses the "-" zoom out button, the field of view can be expanded to include a new circle of contacts, where the previous circle of the activity is represented as a smaller circle. Similarly, if the zoom "+" button is selected, the field of view can be enlarged to expand the inner circle to the outer circle, and a new inner circle containing another more intimate or more familiar circle of contacts is provided.

In another embodiment, the community map may be generated and modified via a website (eg, maintained by the social network connection server 174) and uploaded via the Internet 175. For example, a web-based service can provide access to a user account associated with a mobile communication device. The service authenticates users and provides various account management functions to users. The user may additionally be able to use web services to generate and modify data items, such as contacts and groups. Contacts and groups can be additionally created as artifacts and placed along the community map provided on the website. Once the user has generated or modified the social map information on the website, the airwave download can provide the information to the mobile phone, thus updating the new information on the mobile phone.

When the user navigates the community map on the mobile device by selecting the zoom level, the user can select the contact or group by highlighting the contact or group. In one embodiment, the person within the community reference frame being viewed may be selected by clicking the OK button. The interface may additionally provide details of the selected contact or group. For example, the display content may indicate name and contact information. The display content may also indicate an action that may be selected by the user for the selected event. Such actions may include, for example, updating contact details, inviting contacts, or deleting events. In one embodiment, a community map sprite may be provided to facilitate the intuitive and efficient generation of new contacts and groups, and to initiate actions thereon. By further elf progress, various activities can be started or scheduled, such as making calls, sharing information, starting games, and the like.

Those skilled in the art should be aware that each of the community proximity indicators discussed above The categories and types are exemplary and many implementations of community proximity measures can be used to reflect a particular community or cultural context. For example, the above examples include community proximity metrics such as "friends" and "relatives." Another example is based on a community proximity measure such as the length of the relationship between "Recently Known" or "Long-Term Friends." In various embodiments, the concept of community proximity may include any number of related metrics that may be used for a particular context of content.

In one embodiment, a community proximity metric of "trust" can be used to instantiate a community proximity dimension that can be used for many activities and transactions related to the user's action group. Trust can generally be viewed as a measure of the trustworthiness of a particular contact with transactions that typically require authentication and security in other settings. For example, in an online system, a trusted client can be a person or entity with good credit and payment components for online purchases. In the context of a social network connection, a trusted contact can be an individual who can be considered a trusted friend or family member in an online community and a contact that can be trusted by others in the online community.

In at least one embodiment, the community map view can present a community map representing contacts and groups along the trust dimension. In other words, the community dimension can indicate the extent to which the contact can gain trust rather than the "intimacy" of the contact and the user (eg, although these two criteria can be truly relevant). Thus, the "distance" along the community dimension need not be based solely on emotional intimacy (eg, due to family relationships), but rather based on trust metrics. For example, a user may have their very close siblings but the user hardly trusts them (for example, if the user's sister is a long-lost woman, the user may love their sister but not trust sisters). If the community dimension is configured to indicate the degree of trust of the user, then the view of the self-trust relationship can be used by close relatives rather than being "intimate". As should be appreciated, the community parameters being queried can thereby be used to rank and display data objects based on emotional community intimacy or alternatively based on a different type of community intimacy (such as trust).

Contacts may include individuals, organizations, and other entities, each of which may be associated with a level of trust assessed by the user. In one embodiment, a graphical representation or illusion of a contact may be displayed on the mobile communication device in a radial manner, with the graphical representation closer to the center indicating a higher level of trust. This representation can provide an indication that the user can quickly and intuitively determine the level of trust in the contact. For example, the trust level can be indicated as "untrusted", "social trusted only", "financial transaction trusted" and the like. In one embodiment, the community map may only provide two levels - trusted and untrustworthy. In other embodiments, a greater variety of trust levels and types may be included.

In one embodiment, the trust level typed by one user can be pushed to other users in the action group. For example, when a user types in a new contact, the new contact and the trust level of the contact can be pushed to other members of the user's social networking group. Alternatively, when the user modifies the trust level of the contact, the change can be pushed to other members of the user's action group. Thus, once the user establishes a trust level with the contact, the same trust level can be given to the entire group or group (due to the membership of each user in the group or group). Those skilled in the art will recognize that this process provides a means of identifying contacts for various transactions and activities in the context of the action community. The initial user (because the contact is marked with a trust level) will typically have already identified the contact due to personal knowledge and experience with the contact. Since other members of the user's action group will typically trust the initial user (due to the user's membership in the action group), it will usually not be necessary to push the new contact to other members as a trusted contact. Another identification. It should be understood that the contact of the user's social network connected contact's trust level to the user's other social network connection contacts corresponds to the "shared" data object attribute between the users. The users themselves are data objects. A more detailed explanation of the manner in which the attributes of the data items and/or the data items can be shared among the users will be described in more detail below with respect to Figures 22A-22J.

Mobile devices offer a variety of options for transactions and activities that can be enabled or enabled with trust levels. In one embodiment, an action bidding mechanism can be implemented in which quotations and acceptances of financial transactions can be exchanged between trusted contacts within the social network. Since the threshold level of authentication can be assumed for a trusted contact network, this bidding mechanism implemented among the mobile user community and its associated trusted contacts can be provided for identification without continuous user identification. A secure closed network for secure transactions in the case of an add-on to an authorization and security agreement. Those skilled in the art will recognize that this mechanism can provide a more efficient and/or more secure infrastructure than an online system in which inherent security can be difficult to implement.

Use a trusted network of trusted contacts to implement various methods of e-commerce. As noted above, this framework can be used to implement e-bidding (including time-based or price-based bidding). In other embodiments, electronic objects may be exchanged that represent financial or other value metrics (such as electronic coupons and vouchers). As discussed above, since trusted contacts within the mobile community have been pre-identified (since at least one user has attributed to a trusted state), such electronic value objects may not require continuous identification and authentication. Exchange with contacts.

In one embodiment, the mobile communication device may provide additional options and settings to allow the user to configure specific transactions and activities that may be permitted with the level of trust. The general settings can be configured for the enabling transaction depending on the trust level of the contact. Specific settings may also be provided to allow a particular transaction to occur, for example, only for a particular tagged contact. For example, a user can configure a mobile device to allow all transactions associated with any contact that is marked as "trusted." Alternatively, in embodiments where three trust levels have been defined as "highly trusted," "trusted," and "untrusted," the user can configure the mobile device to only allow and be marked as "highly trusted. The financial transactions associated with the contact. The user may additionally configure the mobile device to allow contacts marked as "trusted" to receive information about financial activities but not to receive quotes for financial transactions. Those skilled in the art should recognize that the infrastructure disclosed herein can be used in a given action group context. Multiple trust levels and actions associated with those trust levels.

Referring now to Figure 18, an illustrative process for rendering a user interface on a mobile communication device in accordance with some of the methods disclosed herein is illustrated. The device can be a mobile communication device belonging to a user of the social network through which the user can connect to other members of the social network via the wireless communication system. In 1800, the device can receive and store input from a user, the input including contact information of a plurality of contacts and associated trust levels of each of the contacts. The inputs may be provided by another system for receiving input, wherein the system is associated with an account of the mobile user (e.g., such as exchange server 172, social network connection server 174, etc.). These inputs can also be provided directly by the user to the mobile device. Alternatively, if previously received, the inputs can be retrieved from the memory of the device.

In 1810, the device can transmit contact information to at least one member of its social networking group. For example, when a contact and associated trust level are entered into the mobile device, the device can automatically transmit the contact information to other members of the communication group. Alternatively, the device may prompt the user as to whether the contact information is transmitted to other users. The trust level can typically be a trusted level or an untrusted level. In some embodiments, an additional level of trust can be used.

For example, a user may want to transmit a financially sensitive data item, such as an item representing a quote to be sold. The user can navigate to the community proximity screen on the mobile device and navigate to the display content of one or more trusted contacts on the device, whereby the community proximity picture corresponds to the data object The visual representation indicates that, in this case, the data objects are the contacts of the user's social network connection. In 1820, when the display content is displayed, the device can determine that the trust level associated with each contact is a trusted level. In other words, assuming that the community parameter of the user's query about the visual representation permits a trusted contact to be displayed thereon, an artifact associated with each trusted contact can be displayed (eg, as long as the trusted contact is present) It also satisfies the space and/or time parameters of the inquiry). user An option to transfer the offer to be sold to each of the trusted contacts may be additionally selected. In process 1830, the device can transmit a message indicating the economic value of the product or service for sale to each of the trusted contacts.

After receiving the offer to be sold, the trusted contact can review the offer to be sold. The trusted contacts may recognize that the offer to be sold is received by a trusted contact and the contact information of the source sender has been stored on its respective device as a trusted contact. Finally, in process 1840, the source sender can receive a message indicating acceptance of the offer to be sold. Thus, Figure 8 illustrates a process by which a visual representation of a data item (e.g., a contact) can be utilized in conjunction with an e-commerce transaction.

In another embodiment, the location map view may present a location map representing the spatial map (the user is at the center), wherein the contacts and the group are located outward from the user. Contacts and groups can be represented by icons or artifacts on the location map, and can be located by their approximate space or geographic location. In other words, artifacts associated with each data item (eg, contact, activity, etc.) are displayed at a location on the location map corresponding to its associated location, where the artifacts are centered (eg, using The distance of the location corresponds to the degree of relationship from the location of the user. In this example, the location of the user is the spatial origin of the query. In an example, the viewable area of the geographic map may correspond to a boundary of the spatial parameter along the spatial dimension such that the data item outside the viewable range is not displayed on the location map.

In one embodiment, navigation across the contacts and groups can be accomplished by using soft keys on the mobile communication device to zoom in and out of the location map. For example, zooming in on the location map narrows the viewable range of the location, thereby limiting the number of displayed data objects, and zooming in and out on the location map to view the location range, thereby increasing the displayed data. The number of objects. In another example, the user can be displaced in either direction along the position axis, whereby the viewable range is unchanged but the displayed axis position is changed (eg, the position map is displayed without modifying the actual radius of the position map) Two mile radius from the origin of a different space). In other embodiments, it may be used to have left, right, and Up and down arrows and the five-button navigation button for the OK button. In some embodiments, the OK button can be used simultaneously as a push button.

A softkey can be assigned as a "zoom out" function, and a softkey can be assigned as a "zoom in" function. Zooming in updates the display content and represents a contact that is spatially closer to the user. Zooming out increases the spatial reference frame and displays the contact with the increased spatial area for display. In another example, the soft keys can be used to shift in either direction on the shaft without zooming in or out.

Referring to Figure 13, an illustrative user interface 1300 that can be implemented on a mobile communication device is provided that provides a location map with personal points of interest and contacts. The display content can include a title area 910 indicating that the current type of the currently presented user interface is "My Location." Various positional representations or artifacts 950 can be presented on the display in a substantially spatial or geographic manner. Other embodiments may use thumbnails or other geographic indicators as needed. Some points of contact 920 may be presented with artifacts marked with a user ID or other components that identify the data item within a limited display area. For example, the artifact 920 can be identified by a three-letter acronym or initials of the contact.

As explained above, the user can navigate through the display content by selecting the navigation button 940. For example, the selection of left and right navigation buttons may scroll through different location categories, such as those that are restricted to a particular geographic extent. Use the up and down buttons to navigate to move the active display area to the top and bottom of the hierarchy. For example, the current active area can be the active graphical area 917. By pressing the up arrow button, the active area can be shifted to the main subject area 910, which indicates "my location" in the figure. The user can then select the left or right navigation button to change the subject area (eg, to "My Items"). Additional active areas may be provided to indicate whether the current display content indicates a particular geographic extent, only contacts associated with the contact, entertainment location, or other category.

When the active area is a graphic or fake area, the user can press "+" or "-" The Zoom softkey is selected to zoom in or out, and a zoom layer that is closer or further distant from the geographic features on the map is provided on display area 915. When the user presses the "-" zoom out button, the field of view can be expanded to include a larger drawing area. Similarly, if you choose to zoom the "+" button, the field of view can be zoomed in to expand the cartographic view. The user's desired contact point can be represented on the display based on its relative position on the respective drawing views. As described above with respect to Figure 18, the boundaries of the location map may limit which of the data items are displayed thereon, for example, such that only material objects associated with locations that are displayable within the viewable range of the location map are displayed thereon. Thus, in the example of Figure 13, the displayable portion of the spatial dimension is constrained by the spatial origin surrounded by the location map along with the zoom level or range of positions being displayed.

In another embodiment, the location map can be generated and modified via a website and uploaded via the internet. For example, a web-based service can provide access to a user account associated with a mobile communication device. The service authenticates users and provides users with various account management functions. The user can additionally use the web service to generate and modify location information. Locations, points of interest, and other location information can be added to contacts and events and placed along the location map provided by the site. Once the user has generated or modified the location map information on the website, the airwave download can provide the information to the mobile phone, thus updating the new information on the mobile phone.

When the user navigates the location map on the mobile device by selecting the zoom level, the user can select the contact or group by highlighting the contact or group. In one embodiment, the person within the spatial reference system being viewed can be selected by subsequently clicking the OK button. The interface may additionally provide details of the selected data item. For example, the display content may indicate the name and contact information associated with the selected data item. The display content may also indicate an action that may be selected by the user for the selected data item. Such actions may include, for example, updating contact details, inviting contacts, or deleting events. In one embodiment, a location map wizard may be provided to facilitate the intuitive and efficient generation and initiation of actions of new data objects (eg, events, events, contacts, and groups). Start or schedule by further elf progress Various activities, such as making calls, sharing information, starting games, and the like.

In another embodiment, the location map view may also provide a "walked path" and a "planned path" along with the destination. This view can be provided from the user's point of view, and this view can provide a top-down diagram or a user-centric diagram. This is a representation of the location update history (past location or path) and the latest location of the planned future location or path. This route or planned route map can assist the user in the delivery situation (eg, truck, taxi, etc.) when rerouting is required.

In other embodiments, a filter may be provided to provide contextual context to assist the user in finding and managing information on the mobile communication device. For example, in one embodiment, a voice call filter for a voice call event can be provided. The voice call filter provides a time history of calls including incoming calls and outgoing calls (sorted in chronological order based on received time and date). Each telephone call may additionally include a representation of the community proximity of the users and/or groups participating in the call. Thus, the degree of relationship between the time in the origin of the inquiry (such as the current time) and the time from the data item (in this case, a telephone call) can be compared. Thereby, the user can view artifacts on the display that indicate a range of telephone calls received within a given range of time or time dimensions (eg, a picture of the callee, etc.). The displayed artifacts may be additionally limited such that only callers that satisfy the community parameters of the query are displayed (eg, only calls from friends and family are displayed, etc.), and may additionally be restricted such that only spatial parameters that satisfy the query are displayed Caller (eg, from a caller in a particular location area, etc.).

Similarly, filters for other types of data items can be provided, such as memo filters, picture and video filters, game filters, music filters, and the like. These filters may provide additional contextual filtering based on the particular type of activity. For example, a picture filter may provide a list of photo files that are categorized by categories such as location, contact, or associated activity. The photo filter may additionally include a representation of the community proximity of the contact associated with the photo.

In still other embodiments, a container may be provided for collecting and organizing information on the mobile communication device. In one embodiment, four primary containers can be provided for people, places, items, and settings. The human container may include contacts and groups arranged alphabetically and in a radial manner according to community proximity. This arrangement may therefore include "closer circles" and "distant circles". The user can use the navigation methods described above to control and navigate the interface. Various examples of how different "containers" may be used to exchange information between different social network connected contacts are described below with respect to Figures 22A-22J.

In one embodiment, when a user adds a new data item (eg, a new contact and/or group), the user interface can provide a mechanism for sorting the community based on proximity. This mechanism may include providing a sprite as described above. In addition, various categories of community proximity can be used. In one non-limiting example, the community proximity type may include the closest, more intimate, not so intimate and alienated. Expand the list of community proximity types to provide more options. For example, the list can be expanded to include friends of family, friends, friends, and the like. Alternatively, each category in the list can include subcategories. For example, the family category can be further divided into parents, siblings and in-laws. Any number of categories and combinations thereof can be used to represent community categories that are important to the user of the mobile communication device.

To facilitate more efficient selection, typing, and management of information, in one embodiment, soft keys or other indications may provide a simple means of viewing various community proximity options for a selected contact or group. For example, the selection of the "distance" indicator on the contact or group may cause the contact or group to move outward from the center, thereby indicating a closer proximity to the "distant" community.

In another embodiment, a space container for a location or location shared between the user and the group can be provided. A location may be represented as an artifact that may have the properties of latitude and longitude and/or the data of the point of interest. As described above, the location can be initiated or modified via a sprite. The location may also be initiated or modified via a corresponding website via a user account associated with the mobile communication device. Once the location has been added or updated, the artifact can be downloaded wirelessly to the mobile communication device. The website also provides the option to allow users to share items with other users. once The location is downloaded to the user's mobile communication device, and the mobile communication device can spatially plan the location in the context of the content, as described above. In this manner, a given data item (eg, event, contact, multimedia file, etc.) can become associated with a particular location that can then be used to determine the degree of relationship to the spatial parameter of the query, such that The user displays a data item that satisfies the spatial parameters of the query. In an embodiment, the locations may be arranged in a spiral on the display (which indicates the date/time of the added location) and may be controlled via the navigation described above.

The "items" container may include information items such as pictures, music, videos, and memos that may be shared between users and groups. The item container can also contain games played between the user and the group. As described above, items can be initiated or modified via a sprite. The item may also be initiated or modified via a corresponding website via a user account associated with the mobile communication device. Once the item has been added or updated, the artifact can be downloaded wirelessly to the mobile communication device. The website also provides the option to allow users to share items with other users. Once the project is downloaded to the user's mobile communication device, the mobile communication device can spatially plan the location in the context of the content, as described above. In an embodiment, the items may be arranged in a spiral on the display (which indicates the date/time of the added location) and may be controlled via the navigation described above.

Referring to Figure 14, an example photo container provided on display 915 is illustrated. A thumbnail or other representation of the photo object is indicated in the artifact 1410. In the example shown, the photo objects are arranged in a spiral on the display (which indicates the date/time when the photo was added).

The settings container can include settings for capacity, mode, preferences, and the like. The settings can be arranged in a spiral on the display of the device, which exhibits changes in amplitude, frequency and time. The navigation described above can be used to provide navigation and control.

15A-15C illustrate examples of visual representations of sets of specific data items in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Each of Figures 15A through 15C illustrates a visual representation of one of the different "dominant" dimensions of one of the spatial, community, and temporal dimensions. In detail, Figure 15A A visual representation of a set of data objects in which the community dimension dominates is illustrated, FIG. 15B illustrates a visual representation of a set of data objects in which the spatial dimension dominates, and FIG. 15C illustrates a visual representation of a set of data objects in which the temporal dimension dominates.

Referring to Figure 15A, zoom indicators 1500A, 1505A, and 1510A indicate the current "zoom" of display content 1545A for a set of data objects. In particular, the fill level of the vertices of the zoom indicators 1500A, 1505A, and 1510A indicates how a set of data objects are screened in time, space, and community dimensions, respectively. For example, a full-filled vertebra indicates full zooming such that a relatively narrow time, space, or community relationship will satisfy the requirements displayed in display content 1545A, while an empty vertex means that a particular dimension is "zoomed out" such that Any value of the dimension will meet the display requirements. Similarly, the intervening "fill" level indicates the intermediate zoom level. Therefore, although the display content 1545A primarily displays the community relationship of the displayed data objects, it should be understood that any of the data items displayed in the display content 1545A also meet the time and/or corresponding to the zoom level as indicated by the fill of the period. Or space requirements. Therefore, if the time scaling needs to display the time period corresponding to "last week" and the space zoom needs to display the current city of the user, the community contact who left the town last week will not be displayed regardless of the contact and the user. How is the relationship?

Still referring to FIG. 15A, the degree indicators 1515A, 1520A, and 1525A indicate how to display different degrees of relationship in the display content 1545A for the community dimension such that the community-intimate information items are displayed in the circle within the display content 1545A. The data items in which the group relationship is close are displayed in the middle circle of the display content 1545A, and the material objects whose community relationship is alienated are displayed in a circle other than the display content 1545A. The data-object type indicators 1530A, 1535A, and 1540A indicate which types of data items the user can select to display, with Figure 15A showing the person, location, and/or item as available data items that can be displayed on display content 1545A. In FIG. 15A, it can be assumed that the user has selected the person (ie, the contact of the user via the social network connection) as a group of data objects to be displayed; the user has selected the community dimension as the dominant Dimensions; and the user only via the degree indicator 1515A Choose to show intimacy.

Thus, in this example, display content 1545A displays four quadrants corresponding to contacts for "work," "friends," "family," and "others." Since the user has indicated that only the intimate relationship is displayed and the intimate data item is displayed in the inner circle, only the contacts in the circle within the user are displayed in the display content 1545A. Specifically, an intimate work contact and a close family contact are displayed in display content 1545A, each of which displays a different picture or artifact (eg, has an effect on the display content 1545A) The different visual attributes (such as size, etc.) of the saliency in the representation. From the display content 1545A shown in Figure 15A, it should be understood that the user can navigate to different display criteria within the dominant community dimension (or "community map"), or can switch the dominant dimension to the spatial or temporal dimension. .

Referring to Figure 15B, zoom indicators 1500B, 1505B, and 1510B indicate the current "zoom" of display content 1545B for a set of data objects, with the spatial dimension being set to dominate. In particular, as in Figure 15A, the fill level of the vertices of the zoom indicators 1500B, 1505B, and 1510B indicates how a set of data objects are screened in time, space, and community dimensions, respectively.

Still referring to FIG. 15B, degree indicators 1515B, 1520B, and 1525B indicate how to display different degrees of relationship in display content 1545B for spatial dimensions such that spatially close items are displayed within the circle within display content 1545B, in space The upper nearby data item is displayed in the middle circle of the display content 1545B, and the spatially distant material item is displayed in a circle outside the display content 1545B. The data-object type indicators 1530B, 1535B, and 1540B indicate which types of data items the user can select to display, with Figure 15B showing the person, location, and/or item as available data items that can be displayed on the display content 1545B. In FIG. 15B, it can be assumed that the user has selected each of the person, the location, and the item as a group of data items to be displayed; the user has selected the spatial dimension as the dominant dimension; and the user is targeting the "item" Data object and via level indicator Select only to show intimate relationships, only for displaying "personal" data objects and only for displaying close relationships and for displaying "location" data objects, only to select remote relationships.

Thus, in this example, display content 1545B exhibits locations corresponding to northeast (NE), northwest (NW), southeast (SE), and southwest (SW) (relative to locations corresponding to user input along with queries (eg, such as Four quadrants of the origin of the user, the origin of the user, etc.). The street map overlays the display content 1545B so that the user can better interpret the location of the data items displayed therein. Since the user has instructed to display only the proximity relationship of the "item" data object and the close data item is displayed in the inner circle, any spatially close "item" data is displayed in the circle inside the user displaying the content 1545B. object. In addition, since the user has instructed to display only the close relationship of the "person" data object, and the close data object is displayed in the middle circle, any spatial proximity is displayed in the middle circle of the user displaying the content 1545B. Person" data object. In addition, since the user has instructed to display only the distant relationship of the "location" data object, and the distant data object is displayed in the outer circle, any space outside the user who displays the content 1545B is displayed in the space. Location" data item.

Specifically, in FIG. 15B, an "item" data item is displayed in a circle inside the display content 1545B, and a close "person" data item is displayed in the display content 1545B, and one of the display contents 1545B is displayed. Distant "location" data items. Additionally, each of the items of content displayed in display content 1545B is represented by a different picture or artifact (eg, having different visual attributes (such as size, etc.) that affect its saliency in display content 1545B). From the display content 1545B shown in Figure 15B, it will be appreciated that the user can navigate to different display criteria within the dominant spatial dimension (or "location map"), or can switch the dominant dimension to the community or time dimension.

Referring to Figure 15C, zoom indicators 1500C, 1505C, and 1510C indicate the current "zoom" of display content 1545C for a set of data objects, with the time dimension being set to dominate. In detail, as in Figures 15A and 15B, the zoom indicators 1500C, 1505C, and 1510C The fill level of the vertebra indicates how a set of data objects are screened in time, space, and community dimensions, respectively.

Still referring to FIG. 15C, degree indicators 1515C, 1520C, and 1525C indicate how to display different degrees of relationship in display content 1545C for a time dimension such that data items that are temporally close (eg, approached, current, or in the near future in the past) Is displayed in the circle inside the display content 1545C, and the data object in the vicinity in time (for example, in the vicinity of the past, in the vicinity of the future, etc.) is displayed in the middle circle of the display content 1545C, and is distant in time. The data item (eg, distant in the past, distant in the future, etc.) is displayed in a circle outside the display content 1545C. The data-object type indicators 1530C, 1535C, and 1540C indicate which types of data items the user can select to display, with Figure 15C showing the person, location, and/or item as available data items that can be displayed on the display content 1545C. In FIG. 15C, it can be assumed that the user has selected the person as a group of data items to be displayed; the user has selected the time dimension as the dominant dimension; and the user only selects to display the distant relationship for the "person" data object.

Thus, in this example, display content 1545C displays four quadrants relative to the time corresponding to the user input and the time of the origin of the query (eg, such as the current time). In an example, the four quadrants may represent different time portions for a given radial distance from the origin. For example, the quadrants may represent the season (eg, spring, summer, autumn, winter), and the distance from the origin or center of the display content 1545C may correspond to the year. Alternatively, the quadrants may represent days of the week (eg, Monday/Tuesday, Wednesday/Thursday, etc.), and the distance from the origin may correspond to the number of weeks (eg, 1, 2, 3, etc.). Since the user has instructed to display only the distant relationship of the "person" data object, and the distant data object is displayed in the outer circle, any "person" far away in time is displayed in the circle outside the user who displays the content 1545C. Data object. In one example, a "person" data item or a user's social network connection contact may have a distant relationship with the user (if the contact does not communicate with the user for a long time (eg, contact person) Passed away many years ago, etc.), or expected to grow Time cannot communicate (for example, the contact is performing a five-year Mars space operation, etc.)).

Specifically, in Fig. 15B, a distant "person" data item is displayed in a circle outside the display content 1545C. It should be understood from the display content 1545C shown in FIG. 15C that the user can navigate to different display standards in the dominant time dimension (or "time map" or "timetable"), or can switch the dominant dimension to the social Group or spatial dimension.

Referring now to Figure 16, an illustrative process for displaying a visual representation of a data item on a mobile communication device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. In 1600, the device can receive input from the user (eg, with an inquiry of community, time, and spatial parameters to control the manner in which the user is presented with a given set of data items (eg, which can also be indicated in the query) ). As discussed above, the inputs may be provided by another system for receiving input, wherein the system is associated with an account of the mobile user. These inputs can also be provided directly by the user to the mobile device. Alternatively, if previously received, the inputs can be retrieved from the memory of the device. In an example, the input from the user may correspond to a query related to a visual representation of one or more data objects, wherein the query includes a space, community that affects which of the data objects are displayed in the visual representation And time parameters. The query may additionally include an attribute of the data item being compared to determine whether the origin of the data item will be displayed, and may additionally include an indication of which dimension will be the dominant dimension (eg, to produce as shown in FIG. 15A, FIG. 15B or The visual representation shown in Figure 15C). In 1610, a first dimension that provides a representation of the time of the received input can be displayed (eg, as in Figure 15C, where the time dimension dominates). For example, in 1610, the device can determine which data objects satisfy the time parameter of the query (eg, if the time parameter indicates that the user is interested in a data item within one week from the current time, then outside the time frame) The data items are excluded from consideration, etc.).

In 1620, a second dimension that provides a spatial representation of the received input can be displayed (eg, as in Figure 15B, where the spatial dimension dominates). For example, in 1620, the device can determine which data objects satisfy the spatial parameters of the query (eg, if the spatial parameter indicates If the user is interested in a data item within 2 miles of its current location, the data item outside the location is excluded from display, etc.). In another example, the device only needs to consider the location of the data item during the time range associated with the time parameter (eg, if the spatial parameter corresponds to San Francisco and the time parameter corresponds to the current time, then the next year will not be displayed in San Francisco) The data item of the incident occurred).

In 1630, a third dimension that provides a community proximity representation of the received input can be displayed (eg, as in Figure 15A, where the community dimension dominates). For example, in 1630, the device can determine which data objects satisfy the community parameters of the query (eg, if the community parameter indicates that the user is based on the user profile and/or in the user's contact list) If the data items of the event of interest to the contact person connected via the social network are interested, the data items that do not satisfy these conditions are excluded from display, etc.). As should be appreciated, once each dimension is displayed in 1610 through 1630, a visual representation of one or more of the displayed data objects can be displayed to the user (eg, displayed as a location map, an activity map, etc., where the content is displayed The artifacts shown are used to indicate such data items). While 1610, 1620, and 1630 show that each type of dominant dimension is selected in a sequential manner, it should be appreciated that the user may alternatively be satisfied with the first dimension that is set to dominate so that the user does not need to navigate to Other dominant dimensions in 1620 and/or 1630.

In process 1640, the mobile communication device can receive an indication that the user wishes to modify the selected dimension of the visual representation. For example, if the user wishes to modify the extent or extent of the displayable dimension from the initial query, the user selects the dimension to modify it in 1640.

For example, assume that the first softkey is assigned to the "zoom in" function for navigating the selected or active axis, and the second softkey is assigned the "zoom out" function. By configuring these soft keys, the user can zoom in and out, which can result in updating the corresponding number of people in the displayed reference frame. In this case, the indication received in 1640 may correspond to a selection of one of zooming in or out of space, time, or community dimensions made by the user. For example, If the visual representation is in the form of a location map, when the user presses the zoom out soft key, the field of view can be expanded to include a wider field of view such that more locations are displayed and thereby potentially more data items are displayed. Similarly, if you choose to zoom the "+" softkey, the field of view can be zoomed in to expand the current view, which excludes data objects that are no longer within the position of the visual representation. After receiving an indication of one of the dimensions of modifying the visual representation, the visual representation is modified (e.g., to transition to another dominant dimension to modify the parameters to satisfy the parameters of the query, etc.) in 1650.

Referring now to Figure 17, an illustrative process for displaying a user interface on a mobile communication device in accordance with some of the methods disclosed herein is illustrated. In 1700, the device can receive input from the user regarding the data item, in this embodiment, the data item corresponds to a scheduled event. As discussed above, the inputs may be provided by another system for receiving input, wherein the system is associated with an account of the mobile user. These inputs can also be provided directly by the user to the mobile device. Alternatively, if previously received, the inputs can be retrieved from the memory of the device. In 1710, the scheduled event is displayed with the location of the event. As discussed above, other data items and representations may be indicated by location. Alternatively, the data item may be indicated in accordance with other traits disclosed, such as community proximity and time distance. For example, the location representation can include an indication on the location map. In various embodiments disclosed above, the location representation may include events located on a two-dimensional map.

In the 1720, you can configure navigation buttons for 2D navigation. As disclosed above, up, down, left, and right keys can be used for this tour on a mobile communication device. In 1730, a first button can be configured for zooming in within the display (eg, where the visual representation corresponds to a location map, which corresponds to a narrowed spatial dimension, where the visual representation corresponds to a social map) Next, it corresponds to narrowing the community dimension, etc.). In 1740, a second button is configured for zooming out within the display. By configuring the buttons for zooming, the user can zoom in and out, which can result in updating the corresponding number of data objects (eg, events) in the displayed reference frame. When the user presses the zoom out button, Extending the field of view to include a broader field of view (eg, where the visual representation corresponds to a location map, which corresponds to an extended spatial dimension, where the visual representation corresponds to a community map, which corresponds to an extended community dimension, etc.) . Similarly, if the zoom in button is selected, the field of view can be zoomed in to expand the current view. In 1750, new events can be generated by displaying new event sprites to facilitate the visualization of new activities and events. This wizard provides a mechanism for selecting people/contacts, locations/locations, profiles or media entities/items and time values. In 1760, the sprite can prompt the user for input. Through various menus and prompts, the user can, for example, select an individual in the contact list, select a location, and select a time value that can be selected to indicate "now" and "late".

Referring to Figure 19, an illustrative display depicting an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. In particular, Figure 19 illustrates a variation of the user interface and display content illustrated and described above with respect to Figure 15A, wherein the visual representation corresponds to a community map. Display content 1900 depicts a setting function in which the user can select various filters for viewing items and/or editing. In this example, the user has selected "Family" 1910 as depicted by the highlighted area. After pressing the "enter" or "OK" button, the display content 1920 can be instantiated to further depict the various contacts included in the "Family" category. In addition, option button 1925 may indicate the current community proximity setting of the contacts listed in the "Family" filter. The user can highlight a particular contact (eg, "al" 1930 depicted by the highlighted area). The user can modify the community proximity settings. In this example, the community proximity settings are shown as "intimate," "close," and "remote."

In other words, in the embodiment of FIG. 19, the display content 1900 displays community parameters for the user's inquiry, whereby the data item with the family relationship with the user satisfies the community parameters of the inquiry. The data items (in this example, the contacts corresponding to the user's social network connection) are illustrated at display content 1920. In particular, the display content 1920 displays data items that satisfy the community parameters of the user's family members, and further demonstrates the degree of community relationship within the user's family (eg, in this example, intimacy, proximity, and remoteness) far).

When the editing is complete, the user can select "Done" and the display content 1940 can be instantiated, depicting the contacts in the "Family" filter. Display content 1940 depicts contacts in the "Family" filter, which are set to follow a concentric circle 1950 indicating the proximity of their respective community proximity settings. The smallest circle includes the contact "greg" associated with the "distant" community proximity setting. The middle size circle includes the contacts "carl" and "heather" associated with the "closeness" community proximity setting. The big circle includes the contacts "al" and "evan" associated with the "closeness" community proximity setting. As can be seen, the gradually larger circle indicates a more intimate community proximity setting, while the gradually smaller circle indicates a more distant community proximity setting. In one embodiment, the user can configure the integrated zoomed display to depict progressively larger circles to indicate a more distant community proximity setting, and configure a progressively smaller circle to indicate that the more distant community is approaching Sexual settings.

In other words, the display content 1940 corresponds to a community map by which the community proximity of each of the user's family members is displayed based on the distance to the center of the display content (at 1950), wherein the center of the display content corresponds to The community origin of the inquiry (for example, in this case, the community origin corresponds to the user itself or a specific user group).

Turning now to Figure 20, an illustrative display depicting another embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. In particular, Figure 20 illustrates a variation of the user interface and display content illustrated and described above with respect to Figure 15A, wherein the visual representation corresponds to a community map based on the level of trust of the user in their community contacts. Display content 2000 depicts a setting function in which the user can select various filters for viewing entries and/or editing. In this example, the user has selected "Trusted" 2010, as depicted by the highlighted area. After pressing the "enter" or "OK" button, the display content 2020 can be instantiated to further depict the various contacts included in the "trusted" category. Additionally, option button 2025 can indicate the current community proximity setting of the contacts listed in the "Trusted" filter. The user can highlight a particular contact (for example, "al" as depicted by the highlighted area. 2030). The user can modify the community proximity settings. In this example, the community proximity settings are shown as "intimate," "close," and "remote."

In other words, in the embodiment of FIG. 20, the display content 2000 displays community parameters for the user's query, whereby the data item (eg, contact) with which the user has a trusted relationship satisfies the community parameters of the query. The data items (in this example, the contacts corresponding to the user's social network connection) are illustrated at display content 2020. In particular, the display content 2020 displays data items that satisfy the community parameters of the user's trusted contacts, and further demonstrates the level of trust within the user's trusted contacts (eg, in this example, intimate, Close and distant).

When the editing is complete, the user can select "Done" and the display content 2040 can be instantiated, depicting the contacts in the "Trusted" filter. Display content 2040 depicts contacts in the "Trusted" filter, which are arranged along a concentric circle 2050 indicating their respective community proximity settings. The smallest circle includes the contact "evan" associated with the "distant" community proximity setting. The middle size circle includes the contacts "al" and "greg" associated with the "closeness" community proximity setting. The big circle includes the contact "carl" associated with the "intimate" community proximity setting. Since the contact "heather" is not assigned a trust setting, the associated icon is not depicted in the display content 2040, as visible, the gradually larger circle indicates the closer community proximity setting, and the gradually smaller circle Indicates a remote community proximity setting. In one embodiment, the user can configure the integrated zoomed display to depict progressively larger circles to indicate a more distant community proximity setting, and configure a progressively smaller circle to indicate that the more distant community is approaching Sexual settings.

In other words, the display content 2040 corresponds to a community map by which the community proximity of each of the trusted members of the user is displayed based on the distance to the center of the displayed content (at 2050), wherein the center of the displayed content corresponds to The community origin of the inquiry (for example, in this case, the community origin corresponds to the user itself or a specific user group).

It can also be seen that information objects such as contacts can have various "filters" or classes. Don't associate multiple community proximity settings. For example, in Figures 19 and 20, the contact "al" is associated with the "closeness" setting for the "trust" filter and is associated with the "intimacy" setting for the "family" filter. The ability to distinguish community proximity settings for different contexts (such as "family" and "trust") allows users to more closely estimate actual relationships and associated activities in the real world. For example, a user may not trust a family member with respect to financial transactions, but may prefer to be closely related to family members with respect to community activities. The method of the present invention may enable a user to portray such nuances in terms of relationships and activities on a mobile device to provide a richer user experience that is more closely similar to relationships and activities in the real world.

Figure 21 illustrates a processing program by which one or more data items belonging to a group of data objects can be displayed to a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 21, an inquiry is received that includes community parameters, time parameters, and spatial parameters for the user, the parameters indicating the desired visual representation of a set of data objects (2100). In an example, the query can be received at a mobile communication device belonging to the user who initiated the inquiry. In an example, as discussed in relation to the above embodiments, the data item may correspond to an event, an activity, a contact via a social network connection, a multimedia file, and/or any other type that may be classified by space, community, and time. Information.

For example, a query can specify the origin in space, time, and community dimensions. In a particular example, the community origin can be a user's identity or user profile, the spatial origin can be the user's location, and the time origin can be a time or time range specified by the user. Alternatively, one or more of the origin, time, and community dimensions may be group-specific rather than user-specific, such that the data object is compared to the group nature rather than the individual user nature. The spatial and temporal origins will generally be considered together such that the user's spatial origin will be considered to be at the time of the time origin or within the time horizon of the time origin. For example, suppose the user is curious about his colleague who will be working on Tuesday. The community parameter asked can be "My Colleague". The time parameter for the inquiry can be "Tuesday" and the spatial parameters of the inquiry. Can be "My Work Address".

Next, determine the extent to which the community, time, and spatial parameters of the query are related to each of a set of data objects in the community, time, and spatial dimensions (2105). For example, since the community parameter of the inquiry is related to "My Colleague" (which indicates the contact person connected via the social network), the user's communication device can contact the social network connection server 174 and obtain A list of users' colleagues, and can request a colleague's calendar on Tuesday. In this case, it is assumed that the inquiry is binary so that only the contact who exactly matches the inquiry is displayed to the user. Therefore, if a colleague has no appointment on Tuesday, the device can assume that, for example, a colleague will be in the office and that such colleagues can be displayed to the user, while colleagues who are scheduled to be away from the office are not displayed.

Next, the communication device displays a visual representation of at least a portion of the set of data objects to the user based on whether the determined degree of relationship in the community dimension, the time dimension, and the spatial dimension satisfies the respective parameters of the query (2110). In the above example, this means displaying to the user a colleague who is determined to be in the office on Tuesday. The visual representation can be in the form of a community map, an activity map, and/or a location map (eg, around the office), in each case, only the colleagues who are expected to be in the office on Tuesday.

Although not shown in FIG. 21, the user can shift the visual representation from 2110 to another day of the week (eg, along the time axis or dimension), the user can narrow the visual representation from 2110 to show only certain colleagues (eg, zoomed in on the community axis or dimension), the user can extend the visual representation from 2110 to show any colleagues who will be in the office each week (eg, zoom out along the timeline or dimension), and the user can extend the vision from 2110 Represents any colleague who will be at any of a number of office locations on Tuesday (eg, zoomed out along a spatial axis or dimension), and so on.

Although FIG. 21 is described in the case where the community parameter of the query specifies the colleague of the user and the spatial parameter specifies the office, in another example, the community parameter may specify the friend of the user, and the spatial parameter may specify a specific city. In addition, although there is already a pair of data objects Figure 21 should be described in the context of a social network connected contact, but it should be readily appreciated that other embodiments may enable the general teaching of Figure 21 to be directed to any type of data item (such as events, events, multimedia files, etc.). .

Although the attributes of the data object (eg, location, time, and/or community relationship) have been described as "static" above, a given data object maintains the same community relationship with other data objects and a given data object. The locations at a particular time are the same, but it should be appreciated that other embodiments may be directed to dynamically updating one or more of these data item attributes. For example, if the user and the acquaintance become close friends, the user can switch the community relationship with the data object representing the acquaintance to a more intimate community setting (eg, by using FIG. 15A). On the community map, the fake person's fake will be dragged from the "close" or "distant" position to the "intimate" position. Similarly, the user may have been personally informed that his or her contact person did not attend the event replied by the contact, and may remove the contact from the time or space map instructing the contact to attend the event. When the property of the data item changes, the data object may use special permissions and/or permissions of its new attribute (eg, a notification of the data item may achieve a higher or less significant degree to the user, etc.).

While the above-described embodiments of the present invention have been generally directed to visually representing a set of data objects at a device operated by a particular operator, other embodiments are directed to the exchange of data items between users. Thus, from the perspective of the sender of the data item, Figures 22A through 22J are for this exchange, and Figure 23 is for data item exchange from the point of view of the recipient or target of the data item.

Referring to Figure 22A, assume that a given user decides to send one or more data items to at least one other user (2200A). Therefore, the given user indicates that at least one target data item to which the data object is to be sent is indicated as an attachment to the message (2205A). In one example, each target data item will typically correspond to a user's social network connected contact.

Next, start a potentially repetitive process whereby a given user navigates through it. A data item is available and a data item is selected for transmission to at least one target data item (2210A). After selecting the data item, the given user requests to add the selected data item to a rating area corresponding to the message for the at least one target data item. In 2220A, the given user decides whether to add another data item to the rating area. If the given user decides to add another data item to the rating area in 2220A, the process returns to 2210A and the given user browses another data item. Otherwise, if the given user decides in 2220A not to add another data item to the rating area, each data item added to the rating area is attached to the message (2225A), and the given user is The operating device then sends a message with any additional data items to the at least one target data item (2230A).

22B to 22J illustrate an example of the processing procedure of Fig. 22A in a visual manner. Referring to Figure 22B, assume that a given user has determined that one or more of the data items are sent to one of their social network connected contacts (2200A), and thereby browses the list of their "person" data objects. To indicate at least one target contact (2205A) to receive the message. Figure 22B illustrates a description of a "person" profile object (with a community map visual representation) for a given user (similar to Figure 15A). In Figure 22C, assume that a given user selects a profile object corresponding to the friend "Rick" of the given user, wherein the selection of Rick by Rick in the community map is indicated in Figure 22C. The display is shown in reverse. After selection, via some other user input (eg, such as double tapping, pressing another button, etc.), the given user indicates that Rick should be added to the rating area as a target of a message that will include at least A data item attachment. It should be understood that in this case, the "person" data object corresponding to "Rick" is the target of the message, but does not need to be attached to the message itself except for the specified target. The staging area illustrated in Figure 23C generally describes all of the information sent to the target in the message, except that the sender's identification is added to each message except for this reason and is not described in the staging area. Therefore, after FIG. 22D, a blank message from a given user to Rick is generated (ie, no data object has been attached), and the blank message is now Fillable data item attachments. Thus, in this example, Figures 22B-22D correspond to 2205A of Figure 22A.

Referring to FIG. 22E, the given user then browses the "picture" data item, and in FIG. 22F, the given user indicates the selection of the "picture" data item corresponding to the artwork.jpg image file, which is then in FIG. 22G. Added to the rating area. The selection of the data object in FIG. 22F and the addition of the selected data object to the hierarchical region in FIG. 22G may be performed in a manner similar to that described above with respect to FIGS. 22C and 22D, respectively, but FIG. 22F is not And the data items attached to the hierarchical area in Fig. 22G are added as the target of the message but as an attachment to the message. Therefore, in this example, FIGS. 22E to 22G correspond to 2210A to 2220A of FIG. 22A.

Next, referring to FIG. 22H, given that the user next browses the "location" data item, and in FIG. 22I, the given user indicates the selection of the "location" data item corresponding to the forest location, which is next in FIG. 22J. It was added to the rating area. The selection of the data item in FIG. 22I and the addition of the selected data item to the hierarchical area in FIG. 22I may be performed in a manner similar to that described above with respect to FIGS. 22F and 22G, respectively. Thus, in this example, Figures 22H-22J correspond to another iteration of 2210A through 2220A of Figure 22A.

At this time, in FIG. 22G, the classification area includes the target material object "Rick" and the data object attachment "artwork.jpg" and the forest. A given user can then attach the data item attachment to the message and send the message to the data item "Rick" (2225A and 2230A) by indicating the selection of the send button described in the rating area. Alternatively, a given user may first add a textual description of the attached data objects to facilitate understanding of why the data objects are sent to Rick (eg, "This "Illustration" image is about "Forest" And shooting", etc.).

Next, Figure 23 illustrates an example of how to receive a message including one or more data object attachments and to view the message at the target data object. Referring to Figure 23, given by the operator The operating device receives a message (2300) including a data item attachment at a device operated by a given operator (e.g., social network connection server 174, mobile device, etc.).

Upon receipt of the message (in 2305), the device operated by the user displays a notification of the received message based at least in part on the attributes of the transmitted data object. For example, if the user receiving the message is Rick and the sender of the message is Jane, and Rick and Jane are married, even if Rick is not interested in the actual data object contained in it, the message 2300 can still be displayed as Important message. Therefore, even if the message itself is not very important to the recipient after further review, the sender's attributes can still affect the significance of displaying the message notification.

Based on the message notification, the target user of the message determines whether the message will be viewed (2310). If the target user decides not to view the message, the processing of FIG. 23 is terminated. Otherwise, if the target user determines the viewing message, the data item attachment (2315) of the message is extracted, and each extracted data item is displayed to the target user based at least in part on the attributes of the extracted data item.

For example, if the sender of the message is not important, the message notification of 2305 may initially be not significantly indicated to the target user in 2305. However, if the message itself is very important (for example, an alienated friend sends a party invitation that the target user is extremely eager to attend, etc.), the message is displayed more prominently in 2320 after the extraction.

In another example, the important message can also affect how the message notification is displayed in 2305 so that even if the sender of the important message is not important to the target user, the message can still generate a significant notification. Similarly, the extracted data items that appear to be unimportant may be due to a very important contact person sent from the user (eg, the CEO of the target user's company, the target user's love interest, etc.). Displayed as a prominent object. Thus, in at least one instance, the saliency of the sender's importance level can be indicated at least to display the message notification, potentially revealing the message notification more prominently if the message is particularly important. Similarly, at least indicating the importance level of the extracted data object in 2315 The saliency is used to display the extracted data objects, potentially revealing the data objects more prominently if the sender of the message is particularly important.

Figure 24 is a flowchart of a process for exchanging presence information between client devices via presence server 2400 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In an example, presence server 2400 can be coupled to Internet 175 (similar to switching server 172 or social network connection server 174) in FIG. Typically, presence server 2400 is responsible for collecting online or offline status information about the user's participation in the availability of interactive, instant messaging services supported by the user devices of their users, and disseminating the online or offline status information to User-side devices operated by other users.

Referring to FIG. 24, at 2405, it is assumed that the presence server 2400 determines that the user 1 at the client device 1 is offline, which means that the user 1 is not expected to be served via a group communication service supported by the client device 1 ( Such as text messaging, voice calls (eg, circuit-switched voice calls, Skype or VoIP calls), video calls, etc. to get in touch. For example, the client device 1 can be turned off or in airplane mode, resulting in the presence of the server 2400 at 2405 to associate the client device 1 with an offline state. The presence server 2400 notifies the target client device that the client device 1 is offline (and possibly other target client devices) (2410), and the target client device is paired with the client device 1 based on the offline presence state of the client device 1. The at least one data item associated with the user 1 performs a processing function (2415). As will be described in more detail below, a processing function that can be performed at 2415 excludes (or simply emphasizes) the user 1 from the contact page such that the user of the target client device is discouraged from starting with the user 1 Interactive, instant messaging conversations. Of course, if user 1 is operating one or more other client devices registered as online by presence server 2400, then other user devices of user 1 may still be presented on the contact page.

Referring to FIG. 24, at a later time point, the client device 1 determines, as appropriate, the first group of communication services through which the user 1 of the client device 1 is currently expected to be available for interaction. (2420), and the client device 2 determines, as appropriate, the second set of communication services via which the user 1 of the client device 1 is currently not expected to be available for interaction (2425). This second set of communication services is not guaranteed to be available (although this is possible). In contrast, in at least one embodiment, the second set of communication services can simply be less preferred or lower for contacting the user 1 on the client device 1 than the first set of communication services. Priority contact mechanism. An example of the case of generating an alternative decision of 2420 and/or 2425 is described below with respect to Figures 25A-25E.

At 2430, assume that the client device 1 determines that its user is expected to be available for interaction in an instant messaging session via at least one communication service and thereby the client device 1 notifies the presence server 2400 of its availability. In an example, the notification of 2430 can include a first set of communication services and/or a second set of communication services (for the first set of communication services and/or the second set of communication services, user 1 of client device 1 is An indication of availability (first group) or unavailable (second group) is contemplated, or may simply correspond to the client device 1 login presence server 2400 to implicitly indicate its availability (without reference to a particular communication service).

The presence server 2400 receives the notification and determines that the user 1 can be contacted at the client device 1 via at least one communication service, and the presence server 2400 thereby sets the presence status of the user 1 at the user device 1 from Go offline to online (2435). The presence server 2400 notifies the target client device that the client device 1 is online (and possibly other target client devices) (2440). In an example, the notification of 2440 can additionally include a first set of communication services for which the user 1 can be contacted (or preferably contacted) on the client device 1 and/or second Group communication service (for the second group of communication services, the user 1 cannot be contacted (or preferably not contacted) on the client device 1). The target client device can then be associated with user 1 of client device 1 based on the presence state of the client device 1 (and potentially, more specifically, based on the expected communication service specific availability on the client device 1). At least one of the linked data objects performs another processing function (2445). As will be described in more detail below, a processing function that can be performed at 2445 will be used for the user. The second set of communication services of 1 is excluded from the contact page (or simply no longer emphasized), such that the user of the target client device is discouraged from initiating an interactive, instant communication session with the user 1 via the second set of communication services. And also includes (or even emphasizes) the first set of communication services for the user 1 from the contact page, such that the user of the target client device is encouraged to initiate interaction with the user 1 via the first set of communication services. , instant messaging conversations.

25A-25E provide examples of usage conditions that may prompt the client device 1 to determine voice call communication services (eg, circuit switched voice calls, VoIP voice calls, video conferencing calls including voice, etc.) and word processing communications Expected availability of services (eg, SMS (SMS), Facebook chat, twitter, etc.). It should be understood that other types of communication services other than text and voice are also available (for example, multimedia messaging services for video or video exchange, etc.), and Figures 25A through 25E are not intended to be described below. The communication service options at either of the end devices are limited to voice and text services.

Referring to Fig. 25A, the user 1 of the client device 1 watches a movie (2500A) at the theater. Thus, although User 1 will most likely not want to be bothered during the movie at all, User 1 is more likely to interact with other users via text messaging than any type of voice communication. For this reason, the presence status of the user 1 at the client device 1 is online, where the user 1 is expected to be available to communicate via text messaging to some extent and is not expected to be available for interaction via voice communication. Therefore, once the client device 1 determines that its user 1 is watching a movie at the theater 2500A (eg, via input, via location tracking independent of user input, purchase of a movie ticket based on user 1 and a combined indication that the user 1 is actually in the movie theater) 2500A location tracking, etc., the client device 1 can assign text message delivery to the first group of communication services (2420 of Figure 24), and the client device 1 can assign voice message delivery to the second group of communication services (Figure 24 of 2425).

Referring to Figure 25B, the user 2 of the client device 2 is driving the car 2500B. Therefore, communicate with any type of text (when operating a motor vehicle, it can actually be in some areas User 1 is more likely to interact with other users via voice messaging than it is illegal. For this reason, the presence status of the user 2 at the client device 2 is online, where the user 2 is expected to be available to communicate via voice messaging to some extent and is not expected to be available for interaction via text communication. Therefore, once the client device 2 determines that its user 2 is driving the car 2500B (eg, via input, via location tracking independent of user input, etc.), the client device 2 can assign voice message delivery to the first group of communications. The service (2420 of Figure 24) and the client device 2 can assign text messaging to the second set of communication services (2425 of Figure 24).

Referring to Figure 25C, the user 3 of the client device 3 is flying on the aircraft, with the client device 3 being set to airplane mode (all wireless communication services are disabled). For this reason, the presence status of the user 3 at the client device 3 is offline (as in 2405 of Figure 24), where the user 3 is not expected to be available for interaction via any type of wireless communication.

Referring to Figure 25D, the user 4 of the client device 4 sleeps at home (or at least is expected to sleep). Therefore, in addition to emergency communication, the user 4 will most likely not want to be bothered while sleeping. For this reason, the presence status of the user 4 at the client device 4 is online, where the user 4 is not available for interaction via any type of non-emergency communication. Therefore, once the client device 4 determines that the user 4 is sleeping (eg, via user input, indicating location information of the user device 4 positioned in the bedroom of the user 4 during normal sleep time, etc.), the client device 4 can Both text and voice messaging are assigned to the second set of communication services (2425 of Figure 24).

Referring to Figure 25E, the user 5 of the client device 5 is operating during normal business hours. Thus, the presence status of the user 5 at the client device 5 is online, where the user 2 is expected to be available to communicate to some extent via text or voice messaging. Thus, the client device 5 can assign both text and voice message delivery to the first set of communication services (2420 of Figure 24).

Figure 26 illustrates a process by which one or more data objects belonging to a group of data objects can be processed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 26 is similar in some respects to Figure 21, except that Figure 26 additionally relates to how to handle the presence of such contacts in relation to a data item associated with a given user's contacts (e.g., whereby the process may include Displaying a contact or one or more communication services associated with the one or more contacts in different ways or with different degrees of significance, associating one or more contacts or one or more contacts Or multiple communication services are excluded from display, etc.).

Referring to Figure 26, an inquiry is received that includes community parameters, time parameters, and spatial parameters for the user, the parameters indicating that a group of target users are to be represented (e.g., such as target users 1 described with respect to Figures 25A-25E) To 5) a group of data objects to perform the required processing functions (2600). In an example, the query can be received at a client device (e.g., a mobile communication device) belonging to the user who initiated the query. In the embodiment of FIG. 26, as discussed in relation to the above embodiments, the data item may correspond to an event, an event, a social network connection contact, a multimedia file, and/or may be classified by space, community, and time. Any other type of information and is additionally related to a group of target users. As an example (which will be described in more detail below with respect to FIG. 27), the relationship between the data objects and the group of target users may be for each data item representation for starting and coming from the group of target users. Triggering of a communication session for a given target user. In a more specific example, one or more of the data objects may be indicative of initiating and using a given target from a target user of the group via a particular communication service (eg, text message, voice call, etc.) The trigger of the communication dialogue. The manner in which the query can specify the origin (2600) in space, time, and community dimensions can be implemented as described above with respect to 2100 of Figure 21, and thus will not be described separately for the sake of brevity.

Next, determining that the community, time, and spatial parameters of the query in the community, time, and spatial dimensions are related to each of a group of target users (or a group of data objects representing the group of target users) Degree (2605). The way in which 2605 can be implemented is similar to the figure 2100 of 21, and thus will not be described separately for the sake of brevity.

Referring to Figure 26, the expected availability of the one or more target users of the group of target users for interaction in an instant messaging session is determined (2610). For example, if the process of FIG. 26 is performed by the target client device from FIG. 24, the decision at 2610 may be based on presence information received for one or more target users (eg, at 2410) At 2440, etc.). The expected availability determination at 2610 for each of the one or more target users may be device specific, user specific, and/or service specific. In an example, if a given user is only associated with a single client device, then the client device has an online presence state and the given user is expected to be available with respect to its available communication services (eg, For example, target user 5) in Figure 25E, the expected availability is user-specific (because the user is only available on the device) and device-specific but not service-specific, because the availability is extended to Each communication service supported by the client device. In another example, if a given user is only associated with a single client device, the client device has an online presence state and the given user is expected to be available for text communication but not for voice communication (eg, For example, target user 1) in Figure 25A, the expected availability is user-specific (because the user is only available on the device) and service-specific but not device-specific, because of the difference in the same device. Services have different expected availability.

Next, the communication device executing the processing procedure of FIG. 26 performs processing functions on at least a portion of a set of data objects (which represent a group of target users) based on: (i) in a community dimension, a time dimension, and a spatial dimension Whether the degree of relationship determined in the middle satisfies the individual parameters of the inquiry (from 2605); and (ii) the expected availability of one or more target users of the group of target users (from 2610). As an example, the processing functions performed at 2615 may include display function 2110 of Figure 21, but this need not be the case. The processing functions performed at 2615 may also include functions related to displaying content, such as shifting data items representing contact mechanisms that are expected to be available for communication with certain contacts to more prominent bits in the display content. The data objects representing the contact mechanism that are not expected to be available for communication with certain contacts are similarly shifted to a less prominent location in the display content or simply removed completely. Thus, the group user's expectations can be used in conjunction with (eg, as an addition or enhancement) a set of data objects associated with a group of target users and the spatial, temporal, and/or community proximity of the specified origin of the query. Availability. For example, the target user 3 from Figure 25C can closely match the query from 2600, but the client device 3 is on the aircraft and is therefore unavailable (offline presence), thus the display function (or other processing function) The saliency of any data item representing the target user 3 and/or the client device 3 may no longer be emphasized.

Although the attributes of the data object (eg, location, time, and/or community relationship) have been described as "static" above, a given data object maintains the same community relationship as other data objects and a given data object is The locations at a particular time are the same, but it should be appreciated that other embodiments may be directed to dynamically updating one or more of these data item attributes. In particular, the presence status of a group of target users and the expected availability of the group of target users participating in a particular communication service can change frequently. When a material object attribute (such as a presence status) changes, the data item can assume special permissions and/or permissions for its new attribute (eg, a notification of the data item can achieve a higher or lesser degree of saliency to the user, etc.). In the presence (for example, when the client device 3 reconnects to the presence server 2400 after the end of the aircraft flight of the target user 3), the contact mechanism for the target user 3 at the client device 3 is indicated. One or more of the data items can be restored to a more typical level of significance in the display content (or in other processing functions located within the communication device).

FIG. 27 illustrates an exemplary user interface 2700 that can be implemented on a client device (eg, a mobile communication device such as a cellular telephone). In general, Figure 27 is similar to Figure 9, except that the data items displayed by display 915 are based on the processing functions performed at 2615 of Figure 26 (based on target users 1 through 5 between Figures 25A through 25E). Except for the existence of the establishment and the expected availability assumptions). In Figure 27, a comparison of the larger circle objects is assumed. Within a small circle, the data item is more significant (eg, more important or more relevant), but this assumption is to implement a particular type (other implementations may allow a larger circle of data objects to represent meaning or importance, or may not mean at all The size of the size is changed to the available screen position, color, brightness or any other output option).

Referring to Figure 27, certain data items (but not necessarily all of the data items) in the data item 950 are associated with the target users 1 through 5. Since the target user 1 operating the client device 1 is expected to be available for text communication but not for voice communication (eg, due to the target user 1 watching a movie, as shown in FIG. 25A), the user device is 1 indicates that the text function data item 2705 is positioned in the significant outer circle of the display 915 in FIG. 27, and the data item 2710 indicating the voice function to the client device 1 is positioned less prominently in the display 915 in FIG. Inside the circle. Since the target user 2 operating the client device 2 is expected to be available for voice communication but not for text communication (eg, due to the target user 2 driving the car 2500B, as shown in FIG. 25B), to the client The device 2 representing the voice function is located in the significant outer circle of the display 915 in FIG. 27, while the data object 2720 representing the text function to the client device 2 is positioned in the display 915 of FIG. Significantly inside the circle. Since the target user 3 operating the client device 3 is offline (for example, because the target user 3 is on an airplane flight, as shown in FIG. 25C), the display exclusion processing function is based on the target user 3 at the client device 3. The offline presence status excludes the data item from display 915. Alternatively, although not shown in FIG. 27, the data item of the target user 3 at the user terminal device 3 may be added in a non-significant position of the display 915 so that the target user 3 at the user terminal device 3 can still be left. Make a voice or text message for later retrieval.

Referring to Figure 27, since the target user 4 operating the client device 4 is online but is not expected to be available for any communication (e.g., due to the target user 4 being asleep, as shown in Figure 25D), respectively to the user The data objects 2725 and 2730, which represent the voice and text functions of the end device 4, are positioned in the less significant inner circle of the display 915 in FIG. Therefore, that is Having the target user 4 asleep (or at least expected to sleep or attempting to sleep), the user may still attempt to initiate contact with the target user 4 at the client device 4 (eg, in the event of an emergency or emergency, or some A other message is considered to be sufficient to disturb the target device 4 regardless of the lower priority placement of its contact mechanism data objects 2725 and 2730). Since the target user 5 operating the client device 5 is expected to be available for both text and voice communication (e.g., due to the target user 5 being operational, as shown in Figure 25E), it is represented to the client device 5, respectively. Both textual and voice-enabled data items 2735 and 2740 are located in the prominent outer circle of display 915 in FIG.

Although FIG. 27 illustrates an embodiment of text and call functions that focus on data objects associated with a group of target users, other embodiments may use presence information (combined with the community, time, and/or from the specified origin of the query). Spatial proximity) to perform processing functions related to display content or not related to display content, and may involve functions other than text and call functions (eg, if the target user has an online presence status state, the user may wish The image of the target user is loaded to determine whether the user wants to contact the target user, etc. before starting the contact.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and codes referenced by the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or light particles, or any combination thereof. sheet.

In addition, those skilled in the art should appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or both. combination. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of functionality. Implementing this functionality as hardware or software depends on the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Those skilled in the art can implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but should not be construed as a guide It is a departure from the scope of the invention.

The various illustrative logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be programmed by a general purpose processor, digital signal processor (DSP), special application integrated circuit (ASIC), field. A gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein is implemented or executed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, such as a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.

The methods, sequences and/or algorithms described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in a hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. The software module can reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, scratchpad, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM or any known in the art. Other forms of storage media. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such that the processor can read information from the storage medium and write the information to the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be an integral part of the processor. The processor and storage media can reside in the ASIC. The ASIC can reside in a user terminal (eg, an access terminal). In the alternative, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components resident in the user terminal.

In one or more exemplary embodiments, the functions described can be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored as one or more instructions or code on a computer readable medium or transmitted via a computer readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transmission of the computer program from one location to another. The storage medium can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example and not limitation, such computers may The read media may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, disk storage or other magnetic storage device, or may be used to carry or store the desired code in the form of an instruction or data structure and may be accessed by a computer. Any other media. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if you use a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair cable, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technology (such as infrared, radio, and microwave) to transfer software from a website, server, or other remote source, then Coaxial cables, fiber optic cables, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of the media. As used herein, magnetic disks and optical disks include compact discs (CDs), laser compact discs, optical discs, digital audio and video discs (DVDs), flexible magnetic discs, and Blu-ray discs, where the magnetic discs are typically magnetically regenerated and the optical discs are borrowed. The material is optically reproduced by laser. Combinations of the above should also be included in the context of computer readable media.

While the foregoing disclosure shows an illustrative embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. The functions, steps, and/or actions of the method items according to the embodiments of the invention described herein are not required in any particular order. In addition, although the elements of the present invention may be described or claimed in the singular, the plural forms are also intended unless the

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Claims (28)

A method of operating a client device, the method comprising: receiving a query configured to specify a community parameter, a time parameter, and a spatial parameter, the parameters being related to a group of users and indicating that a group of targets are to be represented a function to be processed performed by one of the user data items; determining the community parameter of the query, the time parameter, and the spatial parameter in the community dimension, the time dimension, and the spatial dimension respectively The extent to which each is relevant; determining an expected availability of one or more target users of the group of users for interaction; and performing a first processing function on at least a portion of the set of data objects based on: (i) whether the degree of relationship determined in the community dimension, the time dimension and the spatial dimension satisfies the respective parameters of the query; and (ii) the one or more of the target users of the group The expected availability of the target user. The method of claim 1, wherein the expected availability of the one or more target users is based on presence information. The method of claim 1, wherein the expected availability of the one or more target users is related to a likelihood that the one or more target users participate in at least one of the plurality of communication services. The method of claim 3, wherein a given target user is expected to be available for interaction via the first plurality of communication services among the one or more target users, and the given target user is expected Not available for interaction by the second set of the plurality of communication services. The method of claim 4, wherein the first plurality of communication services are configured to exchange different media types compared to the second plurality of communication services. The method of claim 5, wherein the first set of the plurality of communication services comprises a voice call, and the second set of the plurality of communication services comprises word processing. The method of claim 4, wherein the first processing function corresponds to a display function that displays a visual representation of the portion of the set of data objects on a display of the one of the user devices. The method of claim 7, wherein the display function excludes or does not emphasize one or more data objects from the visual representation based on the expected availability, the one or more data objects being associated with the plurality of communication via the second group The service is initiated to associate with the communication of the given target user. The method of claim 7, wherein the display function includes or emphasizes one or more data items within the visual representation based on the expected availability, the one or more data items being associated with the plurality of communication services via the first group To initiate communication with the communication of the given target user. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one artifact is displayed in the visual representation, wherein the at least one artifact conveys visually identifiable information and is associated with the at least one data item or the group of users. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one artifact employs characteristics of other similar artifacts associated with one or more of the determined degrees. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one data object corresponds to a contact of the group of users via a social network connection, and the at least one artifact corresponds to a contact with the social network connection a picture. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one data item corresponds to an activity, and the at least one artifact corresponds to a picture associated with the activity. The method of claim 1, wherein the first processing function corresponds to a display function that displays a visual representation of the portion of the set of data objects on a display of the one of the user devices. The method of claim 14, wherein the display function excludes or does not emphasize at least one of the data objects representing a given target user that is not expected to be available for interaction based on the expected availability. The method of claim 14, wherein the display function includes or emphasizes within the visual representation, based on the expected availability, at least one data item representing a given target user that is expected to be available for interaction. The method of claim 1, wherein the group of users comprises a single user. The method of claim 17, wherein the single user corresponds to a user of the client device. The method of claim 1, wherein the group of users comprises a plurality of users belonging to a given social network connection group. The method of claim 19, wherein the community parameter, the time parameter, and the spatial parameter correspond to a group characteristic shared by each of the plurality of users belonging to the given social network connection group. The method of claim 1, wherein the query is configured to specify, within the query, the community parameter, the time parameter, and the spatial parameter having the community parameter, the time parameter, and an explicit indication of the spatial parameter. The method of claim 1, wherein the query omits an explicit indication of at least one of the community parameter, the time parameter, and the spatial parameter. The method of claim 22, wherein the query is configured to indicate that a predetermined parameter is used for each parameter that the explicit indication is omitted. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that at least one expected availability for interaction associated with the one or more target users of the group of target users has changed; and self-executing the first processing function Transition to a second processing function. The method of claim 24, wherein the second processing function modifies the display with the at least one The way in which the expected availability changes the at least one data item associated with it. A client device comprising: means for receiving a query configured to specify a community parameter, a time parameter, and a spatial parameter, the parameters being related to a group of users and indicating that a group of targets are to be represented a processing function performed by one of the user data objects; the community parameter for determining the query, the time parameter, and the spatial parameter are in the community dimension, the time dimension, and the spatial dimension respectively Each of the components of the degree; a means for determining one or more target users of the group of users for the expected availability of the interaction; and for the group of data objects based on the following two At least a portion of the means for performing a processing function: (i) whether the degree of relationship determined in the community dimension, the time dimension, and the spatial dimension satisfies a respective parameter of the query; and (ii) the group The expected availability of the one or more target users of the target users. A client device comprising: logic configured to receive a query configured to specify a community parameter, a time parameter, and a spatial parameter, the parameters being related to a group of users and indicating to be represented a processing function performed by one of a group of target users; the community parameter configured to determine the query, the time parameter, and the spatial parameter are respectively in a community dimension, a time dimension, and a spatial dimension Logic relating to the degree of each of the group of target users; logic configured to determine one or more target users of the group of target users for interaction with one of the expected availability; and configured to be based on The following two perform a processing function logic on at least a portion of the set of data objects: (i) in the community dimension, the time dimension, and the spatial dimension Whether the degree of relationship determined by the ones satisfies the individual parameters of the query; and (ii) the expected availability of the one or more target users of the group of target users. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions causing the client device to perform operations when executed by a client device, the instructions comprising: for causing the user device to receive Configuring at least one instruction to specify one of a community parameter, a time parameter, and a spatial parameter, the parameters being related to a group of users and indicating that one to be performed on a group of data objects representing a group of target users a function to be processed; the community parameter for determining the query, the time parameter, and the spatial parameter in the community dimension, the time dimension, and the spatial dimension, respectively, and each of the group of target users At least one instruction relating to the degree; at least one instruction for causing the client device to determine one or more target users of the group of target users for interacting with one of the expected availability; and for causing the client device At least one instruction that performs a processing function on at least a portion of the set of data items based on: (i) in the community dimension, the time dimension, and the space Determination of the degree of relationship of the respective parameters of such meets the challenge of; and (ii) the one or more target users in the user group of the target prospective availability.