IP Library Granted Patent US 9,307,577
Granted Patent B2
US 9,307,577 · App. 11/041,861 · Granted Apr 5, 2016

User assistance

Inventors: Edward K. Y. Jung (Bellevue, WA); Royce A. Levien (Lexington, MA); Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, WA); John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, WA)
Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
H04W99/00H04W24/00H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 9,307,577
App. No.
11/041,861
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus, device, method, computer program product, and system that detects an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the first and second electronic devices having a presence in a geographic locale, and obtains a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling.

Claims (33)

1. A method comprising;

detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device;

detecting a location of the first electronic device and a location of the second electronic device; and

obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling when the location of the first electronic device and the location of the second electronic device are detected as being within a common geographic locale,

wherein the obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling includes obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling from a remote file.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting a location of the first electronic device and a location of the second electronic device includes receiving a signal transmitted between a first electronic device and a second electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting a location of the first electronic device and a location of the second electronic device includes detecting a wireless signal transmitted between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting a location of the first electronic device and a location of the second electronic device includes receiving a signal indicative of the first electronic device and receiving a signal indicative of the second electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting a location of the first electronic device and a location of the second electronic device includes detecting an interaction between a first electronic device and a second electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device includes detecting an interactable coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device includes detecting a wired interactable coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device includes detecting a wireless interactable coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device includes identifying the operative coupling between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device includes detecting a direct operative coupling between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device includes detecting a direct peer-to-peer operative coupling between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device includes detecting an operative coupling between a first computing device and a second electronic device.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device includes detecting an operative coupling between a first computing device and a second computing device.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling includes obtaining an operational information corresponding to the operative coupling.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling includes obtaining a user instruction corresponding to the operative coupling.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling includes obtaining a user education corresponding to the operative coupling.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling includes obtaining an operational information corresponding to the operative coupling.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling includes obtaining a previously locally saved user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling.

19. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the operative coupling.

20. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

requesting the user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling.

21. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

saving the user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling.

22. A system comprising:

circuitry for detecting an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device;

circuitry for detecting a location of the first electronic device and a location of the second electronic device; and

circuitry for obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling when the location of the first electronic device and the location of the second electronic device are detected as being within a common geographic locale,

wherein the obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling includes obtaining a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling from a remote file.

Assignments (4)
PATENT ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 23, 2019
From: MODERN GEOGRAPHIA, LLC
To: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 049841/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2018
From: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, L.L.C.
To: MODERN GEOGRAPHIA, LLC
Reel/Frame 044603/0987 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2015
From: SEARETE LLC
To: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC
Reel/Frame 036307/0841 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2005
From: JUNG, EDWARD K.Y.; LEVIEN, ROYCE A.; MALAMUD, MARK A.; RINALDO JR., JOHN D.
To: SEARETE LLC
Reel/Frame 016352/0903 →
Continuity (1)
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