Smart wearable devices and system therefor
View Patent ↗A description is therefore provided of technologies enhancing interoperability of devices located in a proximity from each other, with the goal of improving service performance, convenience and security. Interoperability between a wearable device on a user's hand and a door or a mobile phone results in improved security as well as convenience of use. Interoperability between mobile devices and a computer device embedded in a car, results in a convenient and secure lock. Interoperability between mobile devices and nearby devices belonging to different users, able to provide local computational power, results in lowering of bandwidth requirements for data transfer, by means of performing computations on the data being collected locally, as opposed to it being done on a remote server.
1 . A first electronic device operative to be in first and second operating states, the first electronic device comprising:
one or more processors;
a network interface;
a memory or a non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium for storing computer executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to be executed by the one or more processors for executing the steps of:
communicating with a second electronic device over a wireless network, wherein the second electronic device is housed in a mobile or a wearable enclosure and comprises a sensor that outputs a sensor data in response to a physical phenomenon;
adding the second electronic device to a whitelist of devices in response to communicating between the first and the second electronic devices;
receiving an activation input in the first operating state;
responsive to receiving the activation input broadcasting an advertisement message;
receiving a connection request message that comprises at least a connection request from the second electronic device in response to the advertisement message;
determining that the second electronic device is an authorized device;
and transitioning the first electronic device to the second operating state, based at least in part on the determination that the second electronic device is an authorized device, wherein the determination by the first electronic device that the second electronic device is an authorized device is responsive to the second electronic device being included in the whitelist of devices,
wherein receiving the connection request message comprises receiving at least a second data from the second electronic device in response to a determination by the second electronic device that it is allowed to send the connection request message to the first electronic device in response to receiving of the advertisement message from the first electronic device,
wherein the determination by the first electronic device that the second electronic device is an authorized device is based on the second data,
wherein in the second operating state of the first electronic device allows performing of a first task by the first electronic device, and wherein in the first operating state of the first electronic device prevents from the performing of the first task by the first electronic device.
2 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the connection request message is received by the first electronic device from the second electronic device in response to a determination by the second electronic device that the second electronic device is allowed to send the connection request message to the first electronic device, wherein the determination that the second electronic device is allowed to send the connection request message to the first electronic device is based at least on the sensor data.
3 . The first electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the second data is calculated as a function of the sensor data.
4 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first operating state is a locked state and the second operating state is an unlocked state.
5 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first operating state is a logged out state and the second operating state is a logged in into an account state.
6 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is a smartphone and the second electronic device is housed in a wearable enclosure.
7 . The first electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the wearable enclosure is a smart watch or a smart ring.
8 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless network is a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) network.
9 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is configured to be transitioned from the first operating state to the second operating state based on an information received from the second electronic device.
10 . The first electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the information received from the second electronic device proves that the second electronic device is associated with a same account as the first electronic device.
11 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device stays in the second operating state in response to continuously receiving messages from the second electronic device.
12 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is an electronic control system integrated within a vehicle, operative to control at least door unlocking in response to authentication of a second electronic device over a wireless connection and confirmation that the second electronic device is associated with the same user account as the vehicle.
13 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is an electronic door lock system operative to control access to a secured area, wherein the transition of the electronic door lock system from a locked to an unlocked state is performed in response to authentication of a second electronic device over a wireless connection.
14 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is a pair of smart glasses comprising an integrated image capture component, and wherein the transition of the smart glasses from the first operating state to the second operating state enables activation of the image capture component, wherein the first operating state prevents capturing of video or image data, and wherein the second operating state allows capturing of video or image data in response to the determination that the second electronic device is an authorized device, the determination being based at least in part on inclusion of the second electronic device in a whitelist of devices.
15 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is a pair of smart glasses comprising an integrated image capture component, wherein activation of the image capture component causes a visual indication to be presented.
16 . The first electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the visual indication comprises activation of an integrated light-emitting diode (LED) positioned on an exterior surface of the smart glasses, the LED being configured to emit light during image or video recording, wherein the emitted light is visible to individuals located within the vicinity of the smart glasses.
17 . The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is a laptop computer, operative to transition from a locked state to an unlocked state in response to: authentication of a second electronic device over a wireless connection, and confirmation that the second electronic device is associated with the same user account as the laptop computer.