System and method for managing mobile communications

Abstract

A device to automatically provide differing information levels according to a predetermined social hierarchy includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores social templates corresponding to unique social signatures and being selectable to provide, for each level of the predetermined social hierarchy, a corresponding differing amount of information to each member of the predetermined social hierarchy and/or a social networking service. The processor receives sensor data from a sensor set which detects sensor data related to an environment of a communication device, creates a detected social signature from the received sensor data, determines which of the social signatures of the social templates has the greatest correspondence with the created social signature, retrieves from the memory the determined one social template having the greatest correspondence, and provides only as much information as allowed in the retrieved social template.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for providing suggestions, comprising:
 receiving information associated with at least one communication device, wherein the received information comprises sensor data associated with an environment of a communication device, wherein the sensor data is collected using one or more sensors;   monitoring the activity associated with an individual;   creating one or more social statistics based upon the monitoring;   determining one or more suggestion opportunities based upon the received information and one or more social statistics; and   performing one or more operations based upon the one or more suggestion opportunities, wherein the one or more operations comprises one or more suggestions.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining one or more suggestion opportunities is a purchasing location; and   wherein the one or more suggestions is an available purchase based on the purchasing location.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining one or more suggestion opportunities is a purchase experience; and   wherein the one or more suggestions is an available purchase based on the purchase experience.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining one or more suggestion opportunities is a user interacting with a purchaser; and   wherein the one or more suggestions is an available purchase based on the interaction with a purchaser.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the received information comprises a map. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 creating a social signature from the received information;   determining which of a social template from one or more templates has the   greatest correspondence with the social signature; and   providing one or more suggestions to one or more recipients based on the determined social template.   
     
     
         7 . method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining which of a social template from one or more templates has the greatest correspondence with the monitored activity and the received information; and   providing one or more suggestions to one or more recipients based on the determined social template.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 using the determined social template as a filter to filter offer information.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining which of a social template from one or more templates has the greatest correspondence with the monitored activity;   providing one or more suggestions to one or more recipients based on the determined social template; and   wherein the monitored activity is at least one selected from the group consisting of: a retail transaction, a financial transaction, location, purchasing experience, purchases, purchasing data, and probabilistic movement of the communication device.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more social statistics further comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of: biometrics, purchasing data, user activity, application data, user locations, associated times, computer data, login records, local network signals, ranging data, wireless signals, user's pattern of inputting data, life patterns, habits, travel patterns, usage data, user name, passwords, light in the environment of the communication device, time, data, sound in the environment of the communication device, and active device applications. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the monitoring associated with the individual occurs periodically, with event triggers, continuously, according to determined thresholds, or any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the received information comprises information from sources other than, or in addition to, the communication device. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more operations further comprises supplying information, wherein the supplied information is one of a coupon, an offer, information, sales item, map, route, options, menu item, an available purchase based on a purchasing location, an available purchase based on a purchase experience, an available purchase based on a purchase interaction, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         14 . An apparatus to provide suggestions comprising:
 a transceiver that receives information associated with at least one communication device, wherein the received information comprises sensor data associated with an environment of a communication device, wherein the sensor data is collected using one or more sensors;   one or more processors which monitor the activity associated with an individual, create one or more social statistics based upon the monitoring, determine one or more suggestion opportunities based upon the received information and one or more social statistics, and perform one or more operations based upon the one or more suggestion opportunities, wherein the operations comprises one or more suggestions; and   a memory associated with the one or more processors.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the monitoring associated with the individual occurs periodically, with event triggers, continuously, according to determined thresholds, or any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more social statistics further comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of: biometrics, purchasing data, user activity, application data, user locations, associated times, computer data, login records, local network signals, ranging data, wireless signals, user's pattern of inputting data, life patterns, habits, travel patterns, usage data, user name, passwords, light in the environment of the communication device, time, data, sound in the environment of the communication device, and active device applications. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more sensors is at least one selected from the group consisting of: motion sensor, sound, camera, microphone, optical sensor, location, acceleration, angle, audio, biometrics, physiological, respiration, capacitance, density, displacement, distance, electric current, chemical, electric potential, energy, force, facial, finger print, gravity, gyroscopic, inertial, infrared, hand geometry, heart rate, humidity, imaging, level, linear acceleration, light, moisture, magnetic field, navigation, ranging, orientation, photon, position, presence, radiation, radio, retina, speed, thermal, pressure, vector rotation, proximity, voice, speech patterns, phoneme, subatomic particles, temperature, user input, ultrasound, ultraviolet, ultra wideband, usage, vibration, and video. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 determining one or more suggestion opportunities is a purchasing location, a purchase experience, a user interacting with a purchaser, or any combinations thereof; and   wherein the one or more suggestions is an available purchase based on the purchasing location, an available purchase based on the purchase experience, an available purchase based on the interaction with a purchaser, or any combinations thereof.   
     
     
         19 . A method for providing suggestions, comprising:
 collecting sensor data associated with an environment of a communication device;   transmitting information to a server based on the collected sensor data;   receiving one or more operations from the server based upon: one or more processors which monitor the activity associated with an individual, create one or more social statistics based upon the monitoring, determine one or more suggestion opportunities based upon the received information from the device and one or more social statistics; and   wherein the one or more operations comprises one or more suggestions.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 determining one or more suggestion opportunities is a purchasing location, a purchase experience, a user interacting with a purchaser, or any combinations thereof; and   wherein the one or more suggestions is an available purchase based on the purchasing location, an available purchase based on the purchase experience, an available purchase based on the interaction with a purchaser, or any combinations thereof.