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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
  • G06Q10/10—Office automation; Time management
  • G06Q10/107—Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

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• the present invention is in the field of telecommunications and more specifically in the sphere of communicating objects connected to the network.
• the communicating objects concerned by the invention are in particular those of the home environment and may, inter alia, be an accessory, a computer, a personal assistant and more generally any object connectable to a terminal having access to a communication network. More specifically, the invention relates to the sensory reproduction, for a user sender and / or recipient of the message, the elapsed time from the sending and / or receipt of a message.
• the sensory restitution may in particular be visual and for example result from the movement control of a mechanism, or even sound, olfactory, tactile and / or taste.
• This invention can be included in a context of diversification of service offerings to individuals using the Internet.
• the inventors' work has shown that, for at least some of the information exchanges between a plurality of individuals, the messages or the data communicated are already obsolete when they reach their point (s). recipient (s).
• the recipient of the message When receiving or consulting a message, the recipient of the message is generally concerned with whether the subject and / or the content of the message is still relevant. In addition, the sender and the receiver generally want have a quick idea of a degree of obsolescence of the message or information exchanged since it was sent.
• a disadvantage of the prior art is therefore to provide a raw value of the elapsed time, which the recipient or sender must then interpret according to the data or the type of data contained in the message.
• this method comprises:
• the invention makes it possible to have an intuitive perception of the time elapsed since the sending of a message by means of a sensory solicitation. More specifically, on the one hand, a user or a group of users can (-vent) determine easily and at any time whether the message they receive or have received is still relevant and the sender the message can have a user-friendly reminder tool to warn that it is time to renew the sending of correspondence and / or documents (digital photographs, soundtracks, ...) •
• This technique aims to allow to improve the quality of exchanges between users of a communication network by participating in the reduction of the number of obsolete messages. In addition, this technique presents a fun aspect for its users.
• the invention proposes an approach that is distinct from the conventional approach of the prior art, of simplified usage, by making available to the sender or the recipient of a message novel means ( non-quantitative) of the time elapsed since the sending of an electronic message via a telecommunication network making it possible to interpret this measurement intuitively and / or sensitively. More precisely, the invention is based on the solicitation of the cognitive faculties of sensory perception and association with sensory stimulation of temporal mental images in the sender or recipient of the message.
• said association step comprises:
• said determining step comprises:
• the invention aims to allow automatic identification of the type of message received, for example by a message management device such as a server, from information stored in a database.
• a message management device such as a server
• This allows the setting of message types according to the users using the system.
• a great flexibility is allowed in the use of the system since for the same type of message, a first user may be assigned a first expiry information while a second user will be assigned a second expiry information.
• said step of progressive sensory restitution comprises:
• a step of transmitting said expiry information a step of transmitting said expiry information; a step of transforming said measurement of the elapsed time, taking into account said expiry information, delivering a restitution control signal.
• such a sensory rendering method comprises a step of actuating at least one actuating means as a function of said control signal.
• actuating at least one actuating means as a function of said control signal.
• the user of the technique according to the invention can simultaneously access the message sent (which can be accessed for example on a computer, a mobile phone, ...) and its degree of obsolescence.
• this method further comprises:
• an emotional state or mood communicated via the communication network can be interpreted through the invention. For example, if the recipient of a message indicating that the sender is angry reads this message six hours after it is sent, it is likely that the anger has subsided, and that the recipient of the message can then recall his sender .
• the invention also relates to a message management method.
• this message management method comprises: a step of associating with said message at least one expiry information representative of a predetermined duration;
• the technique according to the invention offers the novel possibility of indicating whether the messages delivered by a management device are, a priori, still worthy of interest.
• such a message management method comprises:
• a message can be transferred automatically to a terminal and / or an object for which it is intended.
• a message transmission method comprises:
• the invention also relates to a method for performing a sensory restitution of a measurement of the elapsed time from the receipt of an expiry information.
• a sensory execution method of a measurement of the elapsed time from the receipt of an expiry information comprises: a step of measuring the time elapsed since the receipt of said expiry information;
• such a method of sensory execution of a measurement of the elapsed time from the receipt of expiry information further comprises a step of actuating at least one means. actuation according to said control signal.
• the invention also relates to a device for transmitting a message.
• a message transmission device comprises:
• Such a device for transmitting a message may comprise, more generally, means for implementing all or part of the steps of the message transmission methods detailed above.
• the invention also relates to a message management device comprising:
• Such a device may be embodied by a server and may comprise, more generally, means for implementing all or part of the steps of the message management method detailed above.
• the invention also relates to a message management device of the type described above comprising:
• the invention also relates to a device for sensory reproduction of a measurement of the elapsed time from the receipt of an expiry information, comprising:
• a sensory restitution device as described above comprises actuating means.
• the restitution of the elapsed time takes the form of a real animation.
• Such means for actuating a sensory restitution device may further comprise a motor or a fan.
• said means for actuating a sensory restitution device as described above modify the shape of at least one object representing a petal or the stem of a flower.
• the invention aims to transcribe the loss of progressive acuity of the message by imitation of a natural phenomenon specific to the life cycle of a flower, well known to any individual.
• the invention also relates to a device for transmitting a message as described above comprising:
• the message sender has a user-friendly tool, for example an animated image that is displayed on a screen or an accessory connected to the transmission device, allowing it to intuitively measure the time elapsed since the sending of the message. message.
• message transmission devices comprise actuating means.
• Such means for actuating a device for transmitting a message may comprise a motor or a fan for example.
• said means for actuating emission devices as described above modify the shape of at least one object representing a petal or the stem of a flower.
• the invention also relates to a computer program product downloadable from a communication network and / or stored on a computer readable medium and / or executable by a microprocessor, comprising program code instructions for the execution of all or part of steps of the message issuing method as described above, when executed on a computer.
• the invention also relates to a computer program product downloadable from a communication network and / or stored on a computer readable medium and / or executable by a microprocessor, comprising program code instructions for the execution of all or part of steps of the methods of performing a sensory rendering as described above, when executed on a computer. 3. List of figures
• FIG. 1 presents an embodiment of the invention wherein the rendering device is a communicating object representing a flower intended to be used as a reminder;
• FIG. 2 illustrates the straightening of the petals of the flower implemented in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1 during its gradual closing, after sending a message;
• 3 illustrates a mechanism for actuating the petals of a flower according to the invention restoring the measurement of the time elapsed since the sending of a message.
• FIGS. 4A and 4B show variants of the mechanism actuating the petals of the flower illustrated in Figure 3;
• FIG. 5 is a detailed representation of the embodiment of the invention presented in FIG. 1, in particular to specify a preferential mode of operation of a message management device according to the invention.
• the invention therefore proposes to restore, by means of a communicating object, the elapsed time and / or the degree of expiry since the sending of a message, possibly containing data, in a form that can be intuitively grasped by its addressee. or by its issuer.
• the message may for example be an e-mail, a short service message (in English SMS for "Short Message Service") or an MMS (in English "Multimedia Message Service”) and contain a data or a data file that can inter alia correspond to a text file translating a subject or a mood, to a photograph, ...
• an embodiment of the invention consists in implementing a method that returns the time elapsed since the sending of a message between at least a first communication means and at least a second means of communication through a sensory solicitation of the user.
• sensory solicitation is meant for example a visual stimulus referring to a time elapsed by association with a mental image, or the modification of a light code, the attenuation / enhancement of the degree of intensity of a color or of a perfume.
• the invention proposes to present to the user an object whose appearance varies over time.
• an embodiment of the method for using the decorative object representing a flower is presented as a memory aid making it possible not to forget to send regularly recent digital photographs to a close 11.
• This flower 10 is connected by a wireless communication network Wi-Fi 12 (in English "Wireless Fidelity") to a gateway home communication service (in English "home gateway”) 13 transmitting digital photographs from a cellular telephone 16 or his personal computer 17 and via an Internet network 14 to a central server 18, also called a message management server, and then to a terminal 15 to which the close access 11.
• the terminal 15 is in this embodiment a photo frame connected to a communication service gateway 19 by means of a switched telephone network connection or by a digital line to asymmetrical pair in English "Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line").
• Figure 2 illustrates on a time scale 21 the perception of the user of the flower time spent since the initial date 22 when he last sent a photograph to his close.
• the flower 10 is fresh and its petals 23 are open.
• the simultaneous mechanical actuation of the petals is implemented in this embodiment by exerting traction on the wires 31 connected to the movable end of the petals 23.
• the second end of each petal is mounted on an axis 32 allowing the pivoting of the petal to straighten it.
• Each wire 31 is connected to a common central ring 33 to allow straightening of all the petals in a homogeneous overall movement.
• the ring 33 is secured to a first end of a second wire 34 arranged vertically. This wire 34 winds around its second end around the axis of a unipolar permanent magnet stepper motor 35. By actuating the stepper motor 35, the ring 33 can thus be moved downwards.
• stepper motor by shortening the unrolled length of the second wire 34 or reciprocally upwards by increasing this unrolled length, by reversing the direction of rotation of the motor 35.
• stepper motor with a unipolar permanent magnet 35 by a variable reluctance stepper motor or by a hybrid motor.
• the son 31 and 34 and the tensioning structure 36 are preferably designed translucent material and have a minimum diameter.
• the operation of the motor 35 is controlled by an electronic control card 37 to define: the direction of rotation of the motor to control the closing but also the rapid opening of the flower to make him resume (automatically or at the initiative of the the user) the initial state of complete opening, following the emission of a new message); the rotational speed of the motor via a clock implemented by an integrated circuit (for example of the NE555 type); the engine start-up time and the latency period between each engine start-up sequence so as to set the progressive closing of the flower.
• the operating algorithm of the control card 37 implements two logic gates “AND” and an "OR” logic gate causing the coding of the three-bit control signal.
• the petal drive mechanism illustrated in FIG. 4A, it may also be envisaged to move the petals by means of a jack 41 raising a petal 42 and actuated by a servomotor 43, the petal 42 being connected to the other petals (not shown) to allow to drive in turn all the other petals.
• the aging sequence of the flower is managed by an information flow between the flower 10 and the central server 18 as a function of the messages transmitted by the telephone-type digital sending terminal.
• FIG. 5 details the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 by illustrating the flow of information flows comprising a message from the transmitting digital terminal 50 and a preferred message management mode within the server 18.
• the flower 10 includes a connection key, for example an IPv6 protocol stack (or IPv4 within a home network behind a home gateway connection), for connecting the flower 10 to the Internet or to a network.
• a connection key for example an IPv6 protocol stack (or IPv4 within a home network behind a home gateway connection)
• IPv6 protocol stack or IPv4 within a home network behind a home gateway connection
• the network card 51 comprises a virtual processor, for example of java type, making it possible to manage the interface between the wireless network and the flower and to interpret the control signal coming from the server containing information representative of the predetermined duration of time. obsolescence so as to transmit to the control card a complete opening instruction of the flower, to update the "aging" parameters and to start a timer program measuring the time elapsed since the sending of the message to order the progressive closing of the flower.
• an IP address in English "Internet
• the flower is assigned an IP address within a home communication network.
• a translation bridge is then responsible for transmitting to the flower the messages that are intended for it.
• the operation of the flower is predetermined in this embodiment.
• the flower is designed to receive control instructions, also called control signals, preconditioned by the server, the configuration of the flower being known to the central server and saved in a database 57.
• control instructions also called control signals
• the flower is designed to be able to interpret messages retransmitted without processing by the server and to adapt its operation depending on the nature of the data contained in these messages.
• a message containing data by the transmitting digital terminal 50 is transmitted to the gateway 13 which, via the Internet network 14, transmits in a first step a request for data transfer request to the server 18. After notification to the gateway of the authorization of transfer by the server, the message is transferred from the gateway to receiving means 52 included in the server.
• Such receiving means 52 are provided with means for identifying the sender of the message, based on the information contained in the header field of the request for transfer request, providing the identity of the sender.
• the message is then directed to a parsing tool 53.
• the parsing tool 53 recognizes the data type identifier, also called "Type Mime” (in English “Mime Type” for "Multipurpose Internet mail Extension” or literally in French “Extension Multi- use of the Internet Mail ").
• the data is transmitted within the message management server to a first application 54 which, from the recognized "Type Mime", transforms the data into logical information that can be interpreted by second applications 55 or 510.
• Applications 55 and 510 convert the logical information into an interpretable format respectively by a destination terminal of the body of the message (for example a mobile phone or a computer) and by the destination frame of the photographs contained in the message.
• the server also contains a database 57 containing a table by sending digital terminal 50.
• the fields of this table entry specify the serial number of the transmitting terminal, the identity of the sender of the message, the configuration of the transmitting terminal 50, as well as (as part of the service subscribed by the user) the Internet address and the configuration of the flower to which a preconditioned control signal must be transmitted according to the data type identifier issued from the terminal 50.
• the table also includes a field indicating a predetermined duration for which the data are considered by the recipient or the sender of the message as obsolete. This predetermined duration can be set by the user. By default, the message management server operator assigns a value based on the data type. This duration can thus vary according to the type of data and, for example, be fixed at four weeks for digital photos and one day for the content of an SMS message.
• search means 58 in the database 57 provide a routing application 59 (in English). "Dispatcher”) a list of flowers 10 to which a control signal must be notified and the values of the corresponding determined durations.
• the application 59 queries the database 57 to determine the configuration parameters and the address of the flower 10 and transmit the value of the predetermined duration to a specific application 513 able to transform this duration into a pre-conditioned control signal interpretable by the flower
• the database is set up so that a first control signal is sent by the server to a first flower 10 belonging to the recipient of the message and to a second flower belonging to the sender of the message.
• the first and second control signals are set based on two distinct predetermined dates so that the sender of the message can react before the second predetermined delay has elapsed since the last sending of pictures.
• the aging of the flower may also be represented by the bending of its stem.
• the deflection of the rod can be implemented by the control of cylinders or by the management of a wind tunnel.
• the rod may for example be a sheath of reinforced fabric whose section is reinforced locally by metal hoops. Depending on the air flow blown into the sheath, the stem then inflates more or less which allows to keep it straight or to give it a curved shape.
• the rod can be kept straight by adjusting the air flow to its maximum value and take a variable inclined position by gradually reducing the amount of air sent by the blower.
• the database may be duplicated and stored on a plurality of message management servers such as the server described in Figure 5 and synchronized with each other. This embodiment of the invention therefore reduces the risk of server clogging due to access to the database.
• the transmitting terminal sends the messages directly to the flower without the intermediary of a central server.
• the flower and the terminal are provided with storage capacities of the predetermined duration and the sender or the receiver corresponding thereto.
• Such an embodiment however, inevitably produces polling requests that contribute to the intensification of information flows on the Internet.
• the communicating object may consist of an odor diffuser whose fragrance gradually fades after sending the message or in a taste medium, for example a lollipop, whose flavor fading with time, ...

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