WO2019049095A1

WO2019049095A1 - Electronic device for receiving data in real time from another electronic device

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Publication number: WO2019049095A1
Application number: PCT/IB2018/056883
Authority: WO
Inventors: Andrea BONASI CATELLANI
Original assignee: Bonasi Catellani Andrea
Priority date: 2017-09-11
Filing date: 2018-09-10
Publication date: 2019-03-14
Also published as: IT201700101255A1

Abstract

It is disclosed an electronic device for carrying out a virtual teleportation by means of the reception of data in real time. The electronic device comprises a graphical user interface (2-1) and a transceiver of signals (S1_r). The graphical user interface is configured to display an image representative of a geographical map of the Earth comprising a textual and/or graphic representation of a plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5) positioned on the Earth. The electronic device is configured to receive data representative of the geographical location of the plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5) on the Earth, and is configured to associate with the electronic device, as a function of the geographical location of the plurality of further electronic devices on the Earth, an electronic device (4) selected from the plurality of further electronic devices. The transceiver is configured to activate, as a function of said association, a data connection between the electronic device (2) and the associated electronic device (4), and is configured to receive, from the associated electronic device (4), a signal (S1_r) carrying at least one image representative of the environment of the place in which the associated electronic device (4) is positioned. The graphical user interface is further configured to display the at least one received image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned.

Description

ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR RECEIVING DATA IN REAL TIME FROM ANOTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE

DESCRIPTION

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an electronic device for receiving data in real time from at least one further electronic device.

PRIOR ART

There are known applications run on smartphones equipped with cameras for making video calls between two smartphones of a network of users who have installed the application, e.g. WhatsApp, on their respective smartphones: in this manner, the user of a local smartphone can see an image of the user of a remote smartphone (and vice versa) and, moreover, he or she can also see images of the environment surrounding the remote user.

The Applicant has observed that one disadvantage of this prior art technique is that of enabling the local user to have a limited perception of the environment in which the remote user is located, since the local user can only view the part of the environment surrounding the remote user.

It is further known that it is possible to connect to a webcam by means of a browser of a personal computer in order to view the scene captured by the webcam, such as, for example, a landscape to check the current weather conditions or a stretch of motorway to monitor traffic.

The Applicant has observed that a disadvantage of a webcam is that it is always on and thus continuously transmits images via a telecommunications network, thus wasting resources in terms of occupied bandwidth and electricity consumption.

US 2015/0101064 discloses a system 10 (see Figure 1 ) comprising a content provision terminal 100, a server 200 and a content reference terminal 300.

The content provision terminal 100 is for example (par. 46) a digital camera, a smartphone or a head mounted display (HMD).

The content reference terminal 300 is for example (par. 48) a television, a digital camera, a portable media player or a head mounted display.

The content provision terminal 100 comprises a unit 125 for acquisition of the position information of the same terminal 100 (see Figure 3) and a condition information generation unit 126 (see Figure 4).

US 2015/0101064 discloses that the content provision terminal 100 (see Figure 13) acquires and displays an image of a scene and shares this image with the content reference terminal 300, which displays an image of the same scene on its own display screen (see Figure 14).

The content reference terminal 300 sharing the scene can be selected according to the following three possible criteria (see Figure 12 and par. 120): friends in a social network, users of the terminal 300 who are placed around the present location of the content provision terminal 100, a photographic advisor with the terminal 300.

US 2015/0101064 further discloses (see Figure 16 and par. 126-128) that the content reference terminal 300 displays a map on the screen 3200, the map comprising a plurality of content provision terminals 100 which have set the second criterion of being in a position around the location of the content reference terminal 300: in thisway the user of the content reference terminal 300 displays and selects from the map (for example, by clicking on the icon 3201 a) one of the content provision terminals 100 and then the user of the content reference terminal 300 displays on the display screen 3200 of the terminal 300 the image acquired from the corresponding selected terminal 100, which is in the proximity of the terminal 300 at the time when the content provision terminal 100 was selected.

The content provision terminals 100 displayed on the display screen of the content reference terminal 300 can be those placed inside or outside a defined area (see par. 72-73) at a determined time instant or can be those placed within a determined distance at a determined time instant.

EP 2094001 discloses a system (see Figs. 3-5) comprising at least one image pickup apparatus 1 or 30 and at least another display apparatus 1 or 40, so that a user of the other display apparatus 1 or 40 can see the scene acquired by the image pickup apparatus 1 or 30.

EP 2094001 further discloses (see par. 220-226) that a map of a region or a certain district (see Figs. 17(a) and 17(b)) including a plurality of image pickup apparatus (indicated by CA in Fig.17(b)) is displayed on the display apparatus, wherein said plurality of image pickup apparatus are displayed on the map according to a positional criterion at a determined time instant (see par. 223, 315 and 317), such as, for example, a position in which the image pickup apparatus is near the image display apparatus at a determined time instant (see par. 226).

EP 3169063 discloses (see Fig.1 ) an information processing system comprising a plurality of cameras 2 (indicated as 2A-1 , 2A-2, 2A-3, 2B-1 , 2B-2, 2B-3) connected via a network 3.

The plurality of cameras 2 are, for example, fixed cameras installed on a road (see Fig.13) and acquire images of vehicles M2, M3 and of persons M1 , M4 moving in the considered road area.

The acquired images are then processed with the aim of detecting a situation posing a hazard to the persons M1 , M4, who are warned of the hazardous situation (for example, the possibility of a collision with a vehicle M2, M3) by means of an alert signal (see par. 98-102).

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an electronic device for receiving data in real time from at least one further electronic device as defined in the enclosed claims 1 and 5 and by preferred embodiments thereof described in the dependent claims 2-4 and 6-7.

The Applicant has perceived that the electronic device in accordance with the present invention has the following advantages: it improves the electronic device user's perception of the environment of the place where the electronic device is located;

it establishes a data connection between the electronic device and the further electronic device only when it is necessary, thus reducing the occupation of bandwidth in the telecommunications network and reducing electricity consumption;

it allows for a more accurate and effective selection of a further, remote electronic device from a plurality of further remote electronic devices;

if is independent of associations with the population shared with a social network, associations based on phone numbers or contact information of the electronic device, or associations based on friendship in a social network.

It is also an object of the present invention an electronic system to receive data in real time, wherein the electronic system is defined in the enclosed claim 8 and in the preferred embodiments described in the dependent claims 9 to 12.

It is also an object of the present invention a method for receiving data in real time between a local electronic device and a plurality of remote electronic devices, wherein the data transceiving method is defined in the enclosed claim 13 and in the preferred embodiment described in the dependent claim 14.

It is also an object of the present invention a computer program as defined in the enclosed claim 15.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Additional features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment and the variants thereof, provided by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of an electronic system for receiving data in real time according to the invention;

Figure 2 shows a possible screenshot displayed on a graphical user interface of a local electronic device, wherein said screenshot is an image representative of a plurality of geolocalized remote electronic devices positioned on a flat geographical map of the Earth (planisphere);

Figures 3A-3B show two other possible screenshots displayed on the graphical user interface of the local electronic device, wherein said screenshots are respective images representative of the plurality of geolocalized remote electronic devices positioned on a spherical geographical map of the Earth Globe.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

It should be observed that, in the following description, identical or analogous blocks, components or modules are indicated in the figures with the same numerical references, even if they are shown in different embodiments of the invention. With reference to Figure 1 , it shows an electronic system 1 for receiving data in real time according to the invention.

The electronic system 1 comprises:

a local electronic device 2 belonging to a user 10;

a first remote electronic device 4;

a second remote electronic device 5;

a network element 3-1 of a telecommunications network 3.

The electronic system 1 has the function of "virtually teleporting" the user 10 into the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 or the second remote electronic device 5 is positioned.

The term "virtual teleportation" means the possibility for the local electronic device 2 (and thus for the user 10) to receive, alternatively or in combination:

sounds picked up from the environment of the place in which the remote electronic device 4 or the second remote electronic device 5 is positioned;

one or more images representative of the environment of the place in which the remote electronic device 4 or the second remote electronic device 5 is positioned;

a video stream representative of the environment of the place in which the remote electronic device 4 or the second remote electronic device 5 is positioned;

data acquired in the place in which the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) is positioned, such as, for example, geographical location of the remote electronic device, temperature values, humidity levels, wind speeds, elevation above sea level, water temperature.

For the purpose of explaining the invention, the term "local" has been used in reference to the electronic device 2 of the user 10 who receives images and/or video and/or audio streams and/or data of a different type acquired by means of the electronic devices 4, 5, whereas the term "remote" has been used in reference to the electronic devices 4, 5 which acquire and transmit said images and/or video and/or audio streams and/or data of a different type: therefore, in this case the virtual teleportation is carried out in the direction from the electronic devices 4, 5 to the electronic device 2.

It should be observed that it is possible to carry out the virtual teleportation in the opposite direction as well, i.e. from the electronic device 2 to the electronic device 4 and/or 5: in this case the electronic device 2 is of a "remote" type, as it is such as to acquire and transmit images and/or video and/or audio streams and/or data of a different type acquired by means of the electronic device 2, whereas the electronic devices 4, 5 are "local" electronic devices, as they are such as to receive said images and/or video and/or audio streams and/or data of a different type acquired by the electronic device 2.

The local electronic device 2 comprises:

a transceiver of medium-long range signals S1_r, configured to exchange data with the first remote electronic device 4 and with the second remote electronic device 5;

a graphical user interface 2-1 ; a processing unit.

Advantageously, the local electronic device 2 further comprises at least one camera and a geographic position receiver (for example of the GPS satellite type), as will be explained in greater detail below.

Preferably, the local electronic device 2 further comprises a microphone and a speaker. The local electronic device 2 can be of a fixed type, such as, for example, a personal computer.

Alternatively, the local electronic device 2 is of a mobile type, such as, for example, a smartphone or a tablet: in this case the medium-long range signal S1_r of the transceiver is of the wireless type, for example mobile radio of the 2G (GSM/GPRS), 3G (UMTS/EDGE), 4G (LTE). 5G type or higher.

Alternatively, the local electronic device 2 can be selected from the following list:

augmented reality glasses;

a smart TV provided with a network interface for accessing the Internet;

a projector for a private home or cinema]

a headset with a transceiver interface of the wireless type (for example, short-range WiFi or Bluetooth).

The processing unit (for example, a microprocessor) of the mobile electronic device 2 is configured to run a software application (indicated below as "client application") having the function of establishing, for a defined interval of time, an association between the local electronic device 2 and one of the remote electronic devices 4, 5 according to suitable criteria, having the function of establishing a data connection between the local electronic device 2 and the associated remote electronic device via the telecommunications network 3 and having the function of receiving data acquired by means of the associated remote electronic device, as will be explained in greater detail below.

Advantageously, the client application of the local electronic device 2 has the further function of enabling the user 10 to configure at least one topic he or she is interested in receiving related content about when it is available and/or at least one event he or she is interested in receiving related content about when it takes place, as will be explained in greater detail below in relation to the description of the first variant of the invention; in this case the local electronic device 2 further comprises a memory for storing the at least one topic and/or event configured by the user 10.

The graphical user interface 2-1 has the function of displaying text and/or graphic messages to the user 10 and has the function of receiving appropriate commands from the user 10, so as to enable interaction of the user 10 with the mobile electronic device 2.

Furthermore, the graphical user interface 2-1 has the function of displaying an image representative of a geographical map of the planet Earth (planisphere or spherical Earth Globe), overlaid on which there is a graphic and/or textual representation of a plurality of remote electronic devices selected according to a position search criteria and/or event and/or topic search criteria, as will be explained in greater detail below.

Said graphic representation of the plurality of remote electronic devices can be for example a respective icon or else it can be a respective image of a preview of images of the environment of the place in which the corresponding remote electronic device is positioned.

For example, the graphical user interface 2-1 is a display screen and hence the mobile electronic device 2 comprises a display screen 2-1 for displaying said text and/or graphic messages to the user 10.

Advantageously, the display screen is of the touchscreen type and is such as to receive commands given by the user 10 by touching a portion of the touchscreen with his or her finger.

The first remote electronic device 4 has the function of providing a point of access to the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned.

In particular, the first remote electronic device 4 comprises a camera 4-1 configured to acquire a sequence of a plurality of real-time images representative of the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned and comprises a transceiver 4-3 configured to transmit to the electronic device 2 a signal S2 carrying the sequence of the plurality of real-time images acquired by the camera 4-1 .

The first remote electronic device 4 can be selected from the following list:

a mobile electronic device, such as, for example, a smartphone, a tablet or a portable computer;

a camera equipped with a wireless transceiver;

a remote controlled aircraft (commonly referred to as "drone"), also with autonomous and automatic flight, optionally endowed with artificial intelligence and also with control by means of remote controls;

a remote controlled land vehicle (or a self-propelling robot), also with autonomous and automatic driving, optionally endowed with artificial intelligence and also with control by means of remote controls;

a remote controlled underwater vehicle (or an underwater drone), also with autonomous and automatic navigation, optionally endowed with artificial intelligence and also with control by means of remote controls;

a fixed electronic device, such as, for example, a 360 degree spherical camera;

a portable electronic device, such as, for example, a 360 degree spherical camera fixed to the helmet of a bicycle rider or motorcycle rider or parachutist, or fixed to a bicycle, a motorcycle or a motor vehicle, on a ship, plane, train or dirigible, or fixed to a small boat or dive boat;

a dedicated electronic device^

a smart display;

an electronic device with a smart display for an integrated display of virtual reality and augmented reality; a walking robot, also with autonomous and/or automatic operation, of the humanoid or animal type (for example, an insect), with autonomous and automatic propulsion, also endowed with artificial intelligence and also with control by means of remote controls;

an artificial satellite positioned inside or outside the Earth's atmosphere;

a wearable electronic device, such as for example a smartwatch;

smart glasses equipped with a wireless transceiver;

a visor equipped with a wireless transceiver;

a mask equipped with a wireless transceiver;

an IOT (Internet-of-Things) or M2M (Machine-to-Machine) device, also endowed with artificial intelligence;

an astronomical telescope equipped with a wireless transceiver;

an electric car with autonomous and/or automatic driving and also with control by means of remote controls.

Preferably, the first remote electronic device 4 further comprises a microphone 4-2 configured to pick up, in real time, sounds and noises generated in the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned; in this case the transceiver 4-3 is further configured to transmit to the electronic device 2 the signal S2 carrying audio data representative of the sounds and/or noises generated in the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned.

Advantageously, the transceiver 4-3 is configured to transmit to the electronic device 2 the signal S2 carrying a video stream containing the sequence of the plurality of real-time images of the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned and containing audio data of sounds and/or noises generated in the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned.

Advantageously, the first remote electronic device 4 has the further function of acquiring content related to a topic requested by the user 10 and/or content related to an event the user 10 is interested in and the further function of transmitting to the local electronic device 2 the acquired content related to the topic/event, as will be explained in greater detail below in relation to the description of the first variant of the invention.

The second remote electronic device 5 is constructed in a similar manner to the first remote electronic device 4 and thus the same considerations apply as before, the signal S2 being replaced with the signal S3.

It should be observed that, for the sake of simplicity, Figure 1 shows only two remote electronic devices 4, 5, but more in general the invention is applicable to two or more remote electronic devices.

The network element 3-1 is part of a telecommunications network 3 having the function of connecting to each other the local electronic device 2 and the first remote electronic device 4 and the second remote electronic device 5, so as to establish a data connection between the local electronic device 2 and a remote electronic device.

The network element 3-1 comprises a processing unit, a wireless signal transceiver and, optionally, a further medium/long-range signal transceiver.

The network element 3-1 is for example a computer server.

The telecommunications network 3 comprises for example an access network of a mobile radio type and a fixed network; the mobile radio network can be of the 2G (GSM/GPRS), 3G (UMTS/EDGE), 4G (LTE), 5G type or higher.

The processing unit (for example, a microprocessor) of the network element 3-1 is configured to run a software application (indicated below as "application server") having the function of processing image type data and/or audio and/or video streams transmitted by the first or second remote electronic device 4, 5 to the local electronic device 2.

Advantageously, the processing unit of the network element 3-1 is further configured to verify whether one or more conditions requested by the user 10 of the local electronic device 2 are met, so as to activate the data connection between the local electronic device 2 and one or more remote electronic devices in order to transfer images and/or audio and/or video streams and/or acquired data of a different type, as will be explained in greater detail below.

More in particular, the client application run on the local electronic device 2 establishes, for a defined time interval, an association between the local electronic device 2 and an electronic device selected between the first and second remote electronic devices 4, 5, according to the following possible search criterion.

Said association is performed as a function of the geographical location of the geolocalized remote electronic devices 4, 5 on the Earth, thus a criterion is used for a search by geographical location, which can be carried out by means of suitable commands on the touchscreen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2 and/or by means of suitable voice commands.

In this case the first remote electronic device 4 further comprises a geographic position receiver (for example of the GPS satellite type = Global Positioning System) for receiving the position of the first remote electronic device 4 (i.e. the first remote electronic device 4 is geolocalized); thus the graphical user interface 2-1 (for example, a display screen) of the electronic device 2 is configured to display an image representative of a geographical map of the planet Earth of a physical type (i.e. a map that shows the physical features of the Earth's surface, such as mountains, seas, rivers, lakes, or plains, without indicating the boundaries between countries) or political type (i.e. a map that shows the countries or states on the Earth with respective boundaries), wherein said geographical map of the Earth comprises a graphic and/or textual representation of the first remote electronic device 4.

Preferably, the image representative of a geographical map of the planet Earth is a planisphere of the planet Earth, that is a flat image of the Earth as shown in Figure 2, overlaid on which there is a graphic and/or textual representation of a plurality of remote electronic devices selected according to a position search criteria and/or event and/or topic search criteria; in this case the image representative of the planisphere of the Earth can be of a physical and/or political type.

Alternatively, the image representative of a geographical map of the Earth planet is a Earth Globe, that is a spherical image of the planet Earth as shown in Figures 3A-3B, overlaid on which there is a graphic and/or textual representation of a plurality of remote electronic devices selected according to a position search criteria and/or event and/or topic search criteria; in this case the image representative of the Earth Globe can be of a physical and/or political type.

The use of a geographical map of the Earth (in particular, an image of the planisphere or of the Earth Globe) displayed on the display screen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2 and the geolocalization of the plurality of remote electronic devices 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 displayed on the geographical map of the Earth allows the user 10 to make a more accurate and effective selection of one of the remote electronic devices 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

The first remote electronic device 4 is thus geolocalized, i.e. it is identified (or estimated) its geographical location in the real world on the planet Earth, for example by means of geographic coordinates such as the latitude and longitude on the Earth's surface and optionally the elevation relative to the Earth's surface, wherein said coordinates are calculated by means of geographic location systems such as for example of the satellite type (GPS).

The previous considerations relating to the first remote electronic device 4 are applicable in an analogous manner to the second remote electronic device 5, which likewise comprises a geographic location receiver (for example of the GPS type) for receiving the position of the second remote electronic device 5 (thus the second remote electronic device 5 is also geolocalized); therefore, the graphical user interface 2-1 of the electronic device 2 is such as to display a geographical map of the Earth (for example, a planisphere of the Earth as shown in Figure 2 or a spherical image of the Earth Globe as shown in Figure 3) which comprises a representation of the first and second geolocalized remote electronic devices 4, 5.

With reference to Figure 2, it shows a screenshot 50 displayed on the display screen 2-1 of a mobile local electronic device 2, in particular a smartphone or a tablet.

The screenshot 50 is an image representative of a flat geographical map or planisphere of the Earth, of a political type, on which a plurality of geolocalized remote electronic devices 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are positioned.

For example, the screenshot 50 shows an icon 4 positioned on the State Italy and thus representative of the position of the remote electronic device 4 in the State Italy; in other words, the remote electronic device 4 is geolocalized and its geographical location is inside the territory of State Italy.

The shape of the icon 4 can be a dot or any other shape that the user 10 can select and also personalise. Analogous considerations can be made for the remote electronic device 5, which is likewise geolocalized, i.e. the screenshot 50 shows that the geographical location of the remote electronic device 5 is inside China.

The remote electronic device 6 is positioned in Australia, 7 in the USA, 8 in Brazil and 9 in Argentina.

With reference to Figures 3A-3B, they show the screenshots 70, 71 displayed, respectively, on the display screen 2-1 of the mobile local electronic device 2, in particular a smartphone or a tablet.

The screenshots 70, 71 are two images representative of respective different portions of a geographical map of the Earth Globe, on which the remote electronic devices 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 are positioned.

The screenshots 70, 71 are generated by means of a command generated by the user 10 of the local electronic device 2, for example by means of a sideways sliding movement of the finger of the user 10 on the display screen 2-1 of a touchscreen type, so as to bring about a virtual rotation of the Earth Globe and display on the display screen 2-1 different portions of the territories on Earth with overlaid icons representative of the geolocalized remote electronic devices that are capable of providing remote audio and/or video information.

With reference, in greater detail, to Figure 3A, it shows the screenshot 70, which is an image representative of the Earth Globe, on which two geolocalized electronic devices 4, 5 are positioned.

It should be observed that the screenshot 70 displays only a portion of the territories on Earth, in particular the continents Europe, Africa and Asia (i.e. it does not include America and Australia).

The previous considerations relating to the electronic devices 4 and 5 of Figure 2 are applicable in an analogous manner to Figure 3A, the difference being that the display of an image representative of the Earth Globe on the display screen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2 allows the user 10 of the local electronic device 2 to make an even more accurate and even more effective selection of a remote electronic device from many remote electronic devices displayed on the map of the Earth Globe.

With reference, in greater detail, to Figure 3B, it shows the screenshot 71 , which is an image representative of the Earth Globe, on which three geolocalized electronic devices 7, 8 and 9 are positioned.

It should be observed that the screenshot 71 displays only a portion of the territories on Earth, in particular the continent America (i.e. it does not include Europe, Africa and Asia).

The previous considerations related to electronic devices 7, 8 and 9 of Figure 2 are applicable in an analogous manner to Figure 3B, with the difference that the display of an image representative of the Earth Globe on the display screen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2 allows the user 10 of the local electronic device 2 to make an even more accurate and even more effective selection of a remote electronic device from many remote electronic devices displayed on the map of the Earth Globe.

Preferably, the image 50 of the planisphere of the Earth and/or images 70, 71 of the Earth Globe further comprise a semi-transparent overlaid graphic representation of the current weather conditions, such as, for example, the presence of clouds, rain, snow, wind or sunshine.

The operation of the electronic system 1 will be described below, also making reference to Figures 1 , 2 and 3A.

The user 10 uses a position search criterion of the remote electronic devices, for example within a particular geographic area, within a nation (for example Italy), within one or more continents (for example in Europe) or within a hemisphere of the Earth Globe.

The user 10 starts the client application on the local electronic device 2 (for example, a smartphone or augmented reality glasses) and, similarly, the users of a plurality of remote electronic devices start a respective client application for the sharing of information associated with them.

After starting the client application on the local electronic device 2, the user 10 selects a particular position search criterion of the remote electronic devices and then the image of the geographical map of the Earth (for example, an image of the planisphere of the Earth as shown in Figure 2 or a spherical image of the Earth Globe as shown in Figure 3A) is displayed on the graphical user interface 2-1 (e.g. display screen) of the local electronic device 2; the image shows a textual and/or graphic representation of a plurality of remote electronic devices overlaid on the geographical map of the Earth and selected according to the position search criterion chosen by the user, included among which are the first and second remote electronic devices 4, 5 (see Figures 2 and 3A).

Subsequently the user 10 selects one of the remote electronic devices (for example, the user 10 selects the first remote electronic device 4 by touching, with a finger, the image of the geographical map of the Earth and an icon representing the remote electronic device 4 in the geographical location of interest); then a data connection is established, via the telecommunications network 3, between the local electronic device 2 and the first remote electronic device 4 which is in the selected geographical location: in this manner an association has been made between the local electronic device 2 and the first remote electronic device 4, according to the geographical location.

The first remote electronic device 4 second activates the acquisition (by means of the camera 4-1 and/or microphone 4-2) of image type data and/or audio and/or video streams of the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned; then the first remote electronic device 4 transmits to the local electronic device 2 the acquired data of the images and/or the audio and/or video streams of the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned. The activation of said data acquisition at the first remote electronic device 4 can take place manually or automatically.

The local electronic device 2 subsequently receives the acquired data of the images and/or audio and/or video streams of the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned and, finally, the display screen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2 displays to the user 10 images/video of the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned, while the speaker (if present) generates sounds of the environment of the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned: in this manner, the user 10 has been virtually teleported to the place in which the first remote electronic device 4 is positioned.

It should be observed that the data connection between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4 is activated only after the user 10 has selected the first remote electronic device 4 from the map of the Earth displayed on the display screen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2.

Preferably, the processing unit of the network element 3-1 is further configured to modify the image type data and/or video streams transmitted by the associated remote electronic devices so as to create an artificial virtual environment (virtual reality) of the place in which the associated remote electronic device is positioned.

Alternatively, the processing unit of the network element 3-1 is further configured to overlay virtual objects on the images and/or video transmitted by the associated remote electronic devices, so as to create an augmented reality of the place in which the associated remote electronic device is positioned.

Alternatively, the processing unit of the network element 3-1 is further configured to generate and combine the images and/or video transmitted by the associated remote electronic devices with virtual objects, so as to create a mixed reality of the place in which the associated remote electronic device is positioned.

It should further be observed that, for the purpose of explaining the invention, the case of virtual teleportation between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4, associated according to a position and/or topic/event search criterion, has been illustrated, but it is possible to have simultaneously activated the virtual teleportation between the same local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 5 associated according to a position and/or topic/event search criterion: in this case the local electronic device 2 receives both the acquired data of the images and/or audio and/or video streams of the environment of the place in which the remote electronic device 4 is positioned, and the acquired data of the images and/or audio and/or video streams of the environment of the place in which the associated remote electronic device 5 is positioned.

More in general, it is possible to activate (following the search by geographical location and/or topic/event) the virtual teleportation between the local electronic device 2 and a plurality of remote electronic devices: in this case the local electronic device 2 receives a plurality of acquired data of the images and/or audio and/or video streams of the environment of the places in which the plurality of associated remote electronic devices are positioned.

Furthermore, for the sake of simplicity the case of virtual teleportation between the remote electronic device 4 and the local electronic device 2 has been illustrated, but it is possible have a plurality of electronic devices 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, ....2n analogous to the local electronic device 2, which are all associated (according to the position and/or topic/event search criterion) with the same remote electronic device 4: in this case, each of the plurality of electronic devices 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, ....2n receives the acquired data of the images and/or audio and/or video streams of the environment of the place in which the remote electronic device 4 is positioned, i.e. there is a point- to-multipoint transmission from the remote electronic device 4 to the electronic devices 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, ....2n.

It should further be observed that the acquisition of the data of the remote device 4 and the subsequent transmission of the data to the local device 2 can be set automatically or manually.

Advantageously, according to a first variant of the invention the association between the local electronic device 2 and the selected remote electronic device 4 (or 5) is made taking further into account at least one topic and/or at least one event, in addition to the search by geographical location previously illustrated, wherein the content of said topic is provided by means of the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) and wherein said event is associated with the remote electronic device 4 (or 5).

The topic and/or event search criterion can be set by suitable commands on the touchscreen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2 and/or by means of appropriate voice commands.

For example, the search by geographical location provides a sub-set of the plurality of remote electronic devices and a further search is conducted among them according to the topic or event; then a remote electronic device capable of providing the topic searched for by the user 10 and/or the remote electronic device associated with the event searched for by the user 10 is selected (from the subset of the remote electronic devices).

In other words, according to the first variant, the display screen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2 displays an image representative of a geographical map of the Earth (of the planisphere or Earth Globe type), on which only the remote geolocalized electronic devices that satisfy both the geographical location search criterion, and the given topic or event search criterion requested by the user 10, such as, for example, all and solely the remote electronic devices that are on the crater of a volcano in a given geographical area (which can be the whole world or only a part of it) are displayed in overlay (for example by means of respective icons): in this manner the user 10 can filter, on the geographical map of the Earth, for only the remote electronic devices that satisfy a particular search criterion relating to geographical location and also to the availability of a particular event and/or topic, i.e. the remote electronic devices that satisfy the geographical location search criterion but do not satisfy the criterion relating to the availability of a particular event and/or topic are no longer displayed. According to the first variant of the invention, the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) comprises a memory configured to store a table indicated below as "Device name", which comprises two columns, wherein:

the first column identifies the possible type of topics and/or events;

the second column comprises a free text that describes one or more respective events associated with the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) and/or describes one or more respective topics made available by means of the remote electronic device 4 (or 5).

A possible "Device name" table is the following Table 1 :

Device name

Topic/ event Free text

Others

Environment & Energy

Animals

Art

Automotive & Motorcycles

Kids

Home & Garden

Cinema

News reports

Cooking

Economics

Events of world interest

Games

Gossip

Industry

Information technology

Entertainment

Medicine

Weather

Fashion

Politics

Religion

Health

Science

Performing arts

Sports Theatre

Technology

Land & Cuisine

Traffic

Travel

Table 1

It should be observed that the second column "Free text" is optional, that is, it is possible that only the first "Topic/event" column is present; conversely, it is possible that only the second "Free text" column is present and that the first column "Topic/event" is absent.

A particular example of the "Device name" Table is the following Table 2, in which the symbol # with the meaning of hashtag in front of the content of the "Free text" field has been used:

Device name

Topic/ event Free text

Others #others

Environment & Energy #photovoltaic installation on greenhouse

Animals #visit to Pistoia zoo

Art #commented tour of the Asinelli Tower

Automotive & Motorcycles #Ferrari gathering Maranello

Kids #games to play at home

Home & Garden #hanging garden

Cinema #shooting of new film in Rimini

News reports #immigrant landing on beach in Sicily

Cooking #souffle with porcini mushrooms

Economics #conclusion of work on 2018 budget

Events of world interest # North Korean missile launch

Games #games without borders

Gossip #Belen and lannone on the beach

Industry ^Inauguration of new XYZ company factory

Information technology #hacking attack

Entertainment #Eiffel tower jugglers

Medicine #new molecule Stanford University

Weather #storm in India

Fashion #Armani fashion show New York

Politics Berlusconi conference in Milan

Religion #Po Ling Monastery China

Health #preparing a purifying herbal tea Science #particle accelerator

#Benigni on tour around Italy;

Performing arts

#Vasco Rossi concert

Sports #Triathlon

Theatre #body language and nature

Technology #new virtual teleportation App

Land & Cuisine #flavours of Trentino Alto Adige

Traffic #Taranto-Reggio Calabria motorway

Travel #Beach in Cuba

Table 2

For example, Table 2 shows (see the row "Travel") that the remote electronic device 4 is acquiring real-time images of a beach in Cuba, by means of one or more cameras of the remote electronic device 4, which is on the beach in Cuba.

Another example in Table 2 is the one (see the row "Performing arts") in which the remote electronic device 4 is acquiring real-time images of a concert by the Italian singer Vasco Rossi.

With reference once again to Figure 2, it shows a plurality of text boxes, each associated with a respective remote electronic device represented on the political geographical map of the planisphere of the Earth, in which each text box is displayed after the icon of the corresponding remote electronic device has been touched with a finger.

Each text box includes a "Device name" table as illustrated above with regard to Tables 1 and 2, that is, a string identifying the device considered, a particular type of topic or event and optionally a corresponding free text description of the type of topic or event.

In particular, the screenshot 50 displayed on the display screen 2-1 of the local mobile electronic device 2 includes a text box 60 (shown small and also enlarged) associated with the remote electronic device 5, wherein said text box 60 is displayed after the user 10 of the local mobile electronic device 2 has touched, with a finger, the icon 5 on the display screen 2-1 , which is representative of the remote electronic device 5.

The text box 60 comprises a row in which the topic is "Industry" and the free text description is "Inauguration of new XYZ company factory".

Therefore, the user 10 of the local mobile electronic device 2 is notified of the fact that the remote mobile electronic device 5 is capable of providing images of the topic "Industry", in particular ones relating to the inauguration of a new factory of a company XYZ located in the state territory of China.

It should be observed that, for the sake of simplicity, the text box 60 comprises only one row for an event or topic, but more in general it is possible to have two or more rows of particular events/topics and optionally a corresponding free text description.

Advantageously, according to the first variant an association of an "on-demand" type is made between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5) according to one or more configured topics or events, so that when the event configured by the user 10 takes place and/or the topic configured by the user 10 is available, the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5) transmits to the local electronic device 2 a notification message indicating that the configured event has taken place and/or that the configured topic is available: in this manner the user 10 is aware of the fact that the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5) is capable of transmitting to the local electronic device 2 data related to the topic/event configured by the user 10.

In this case the local electronic device 2 comprises a memory for storing the configured values of at least one topic/event in the "Device name" Table and optionally the corresponding configured descriptions in the free text.

In fact, according to the first variant, the user 10 configures, by means of the client application run on the processing unit of the local electronic device 2, one or more events that can be associated with the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5) and/or selects one or more topics that can be made available by means of the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5).

The following three examples of topics/events can be configured by the user 10:

a particular geographical location wherein the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5) have to be present;

occurrence of a particular event associated with the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5); availability of a particular topic via the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5).

It should be observed that combinations of two or more of the above-specified conditions are possible, for example:

occurrence of a particular event and availability of a particular topic;

a particular geographical location in which a particular event takes place;

a particular geographical location in which a particular topic is available.

For example, said configuration is implemented by means of the graphical user interface 2-1 (e.g. display screen) of the local electronic device 2, which shows the list of topics/events indicated in the first column of the "Device name" Table; the user 10 of the local electronic device 2 then selects one of the topics/events and optionally the user 10 enters (by means of appropriate gesture or voice commands) one or more descriptions of the particular selected topic/event in the second column: the user 10 is thus waiting for the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) to transmit to the local electronic device 2 data related to the topic/event configured by the user 10, wherein said data can be images and/or audio and/or video streams and/or other data acquired by the remote electronic device 4 (or 5).

For example, the first column is implemented with a drop-down menu, so the user 10 touches, with a finger, an area of a touchscreen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2 and selects a topic/event from the drop-down menu; the display screen 2-1 subsequently displays an empty field in which the user 10 can enter one or more descriptions of the particular topic or event_desired.

When the event configured by the user 10 takes place and/or the topic configured by the user 10 is available, the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) transmits to the local electronic device 2 a notification message that indicates that the configured event has taken place and/or that the configured topic is available: in this manner the user 10 is aware of the fact that the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) is capable of transmitting to the local electronic device 2 data related to the topic/event configured by the user 10.

The local electronic device 2 receives said notification message and, in response to it and as a function of the previously configured topic/event, a data connection is activated between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4 (or 5): in this manner an association is made between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4 (or 5), according to the geographical location and also according to the configured topic/event.

Finally, the user 10 activates the reception of data at the local electronic device 2 and the associated remote electronic device 4 (or 5) thus transmits the data related to the particular event or topic configured by the user 10 to the local electronic device 2, wherein said data can be images and/or audio and/or video streams and/or other data acquired by the remote electronic device 4 (or 5).

It should be observed that the data connection between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4 is activated after the configured event has taken place and/or the configured topic is available and after the local electronic device 2 has received the notification message transmitted by the remote electronic device 4 (or 5); in other words, the association between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4 is of the "on-demand" type.

In the three examples indicated above the notification message is transmitted (and thus the data connection is activated) when:

a remote electronic device (for example, 4) is actually present in the geographical location previously requested by the user 10: the user 10 receives (by means of the local electronic device 2) images and/or audio acquired by the remote electronic device 4 in the requested geographical location;

a particular event previously configured on the local electronic device 2 actually takes place: the user 10 receives, by transmission of the data acquired by the remote electronic device 4 and transmitted to the local electronic device 2, information associated with the requested event;

the content of a particular topic previously configured on the local electronic device 2 is presently available: the user 10 receives, by transmission of the data acquired by the remote electronic device 4 and transmitted to the local electronic device 2, the content associated with the requested topic.

An example of the operation of the electronic system 1 according to the first variant of the invention is the following.

The user 10 configures "Travel" as the topic on the local electronic device 2 (in particular, a smartphone) and moreover enters the string "volcano" as the free text: this means that the user 10 is interested in receiving content associated with a volcano, such as, for example, images acquired in real time above a volcano.

The user 10 is thus waiting to receive data associated with the topic volcano.

A user 1 1 of the remote electronic device 4 (in particular, a smartphone) subsequently takes a walk along the crater of a volcano; in this case the user 1 1 enables the availability of content associated with a volcano on the remote smartphone 4 and then the remote smartphone 4 transmits to the local smartphone 2 the notification message indicating that the topic volcano previously configured by the user 10 is available.

The user 10 receives the notification message and starts the client application on the local smartphone 2; a map containing an icon which identifies the remote smartphone 4 is then displayed on the display screen 2-1 of the local smartphone 2; the user 10 selects the remote smartphone 4 (for example, by touching the icon that identifies the remote smartphone 4 on the display screen 2- 1 ) and the topic "Travel" and the corresponding description "volcano" is displayed on the display screen 2-1 , since the user 1 1 of the smartphone 4 is taking a walk along the crater of a volcano.

The user 10 activates (by means of the client application of the local smartphone 2) the reception of data from the remote smartphone 4; the remote smartphone 4 thus acquires (by means of its camera) images of the crater of the volcano during the walk taken by the user 1 1 along the crater of the volcano, the acquired images of the crater of the volcano are then transmitted from the remote smartphone 4 to the local smartphone 2, the local smartphone 2 then receives the images representative of the crater of the volcano and, finally, the acquired images of the crater of the volcano are displayed on the display screen 2-1 of the local smartphone 2; preferably, the speaker of the local smartphone 2 reproduces the sounds acquired by the microphone of the remote smartphone 4 during the walk taken by the user 1 1 along the crater of the volcano.

A further criterion for associating the local electronic device 2 with one or more remote electronic devices is that of a random cyclical connection, on the basis of places and/or topics and/or events.

In this case the connection between the local electronic device 2 and one or more remote electronic devices 4, 5 is automatically and randomly activated.

After the end or voluntary interruption of the display of one item, the cyclicity enables a subsequent item to be displayed immediately.

Preferably, according to a second variant of the invention, the association between the local electronic device 2 and the selected remote electronic device 4 (or 5) is made by taking further into account a defined point in time (for example, every day at a certain hour, for example 9:00 a.m.), in addition to the search by geographical location and the occurrence of a particular event at a defined point in time and/or the availability of a particular topic at a defined point in time.

In other words, the user 10 can configure (by means of the client application on the local electronic device 2) the following conditions:

occurrence of a particular event at a defined point in time; availability of a particular topic at a defined point in time;

occurrence of a particular event and availability of a particular topic at a defined point in time.

In the case of virtual teleportation in the direction from the electronic device 2 to the electronic device 4 (or 5), the electronic device 2 further comprises:

at least one camera configured to acquire one or more real-time images representative of the environment of the place in which the electronic device 2 is positioned;

preferably, a microphone configured to pick up, in real time, sounds and/or noises generated in the environment of the place in which the electronic device 2 is positioned;

a transceiver configured to transmit to the electronic device 4 (or 5) a signal carrying the sequence of the plurality of real-time images acquired by the at least one camera and/or, optionally, audio data representative of the sounds and/or noises generated in the environment of the place in which the electronic device 2 is positioned.

Furthermore, the electronic device 2 comprises a geographic position receiver (for example of the GPS satellite type) for receiving the position of the electronic device 2; the electronic device 4 (or 5) thus comprises a graphical user interface (for example, a display screen) configured to display an image representative of a geographical map of the planet Earth (for example, a spherical image of the Earth Globe as shown in Figure 3), of a physical or political type, wherein said geographical map of the Earth comprises a graphic (for example, an icon) and/or textual representation of the electronic device 2.

It is also an object of the present invention a method for receiving data in real time between an electronic device 2 and a plurality of further geolocalized remote electronic devices 4, 5.

The method for receiving data comprises the steps of:

a) acquiring, in the plurality of further electronic devices 4, 5, the geographical location on the Earth of the respective further electronic device;

b) transmitting, from the plurality of further electronic devices 4, 5 to a network element 3-1 , data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further electronic devices; c) receiving, at the network element 3-1 , said data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further electronic devices 4, 5 and forwarding said data to the electronic device 2;

d) receiving, at the electronic device 2, said data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices 4, 5;

e) displaying, on a graphical user interface 2-1 of the electronic device 2, an image representative of a geographical map Earth comprising a textual and/or graphic representation of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices 4, 5; f) associating, as a function of the geographical location of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices on the geographical map of the Earth, the electronic device 2 with a further electronic device 4 selected from the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices; g) activating, as a function of said association, a data connection between the electronic device 2 and the further associated electronic device 4, via the network element 3-1 ;

h) activating, at the further associated electronic device 4, the acquisition of at least one image representative of the environment of the place in which the further associated electronic device is positioned;

i) activating, at the electronic device 2, the reception of the at least one image representative of the environment of the place in which the further associated electronic device is positioned;

j) transmitting, from the further associated electronic device 4 to the electronic device 2, via the network element 3-1 , the at least one image representative of the environment of the place in which the further associated electronic device is positioned;

k) receiving the at least one image at the electronic device (2) and displaying, on a graphical user interface 2-1 of the electronic device 2, the at least one image representative of the environment of the place in which the further associated electronic device is positioned.

It is also an object of the present invention a computer program comprising software code portions executed on a processing unit (for example, a microprocessor) of the local electronic device 2.

The software program performs steps d), e), f), g), i), k) of the data receiving method.

It is also an object of the present invention a further computer program comprising software code portions executed in part on a processing unit (for example, a microprocessor) of the remote electronic device 4 (or 5), in part on a processing unit (for example, a microprocessor) of the network element 3-1 , and in part on a processing unit (for example, a microprocessor) of the local electronic device 2.

The further software program performs steps a), b) of the data receiving method on the processing unit of the local electronic device 2, and performs step c) on the processing unit of the of the network element 3-1 .

According to a second embodiment of the invention, an association is made between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) taking into account only one topic and/or event (preferably of the "on-demand" type), i.e. a search is made for the remote electronic devices that are capable of providing a particular topic and/or event, without previously making a search for the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) by geographical location (and thus without displaying a geographical map of the planet Earth with the remote geolocalized electronic devices).

In this case the user 10 carries out, by means of the client application run on the local electronic device 2, a search according to a particular topic/event; the display screen 2-1 of the local electronic device 2 then displays an image representative of a geographical map of the Earth (of the planisphere or Earth Globe type) on which only the remote electronic devices that satisfy the topic and/or event search criterion requested by the user 10 are displayed in overlay (for example by means of respective icons): in this manner the user 10 can filter for only the remote electronic devices that satisfy the particular search criterion related to the availability of a particular event and/or topic.

For example, the user 10 configures on the local electronic device 2 a criterion related to the availability of information associated with the crater of a volcano: in this case the display screen 2-1 displays an image representative of a geographical map of the Earth (of the planisphere or Earth Globe type) on which only the remote electronic devices that are present on the crater of a volcano and are thus capable of acquiring images representative of the crater and transmitting them to the local electronic device 2 are displayed in overlay (for example by means of respective icons).

Considering in this case the direction of transmission of the data acquired by the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) at the local electronic device 2, the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) comprises at least one camera and optionally a microphone, whereas it does not necessarily comprise the geographic position receiver for receiving the position of the remote electronic device 4 (or 5).

Advantageously, according to a variant of said second embodiment of the invention, an association of the "on-demand" type is made between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5) according to one or more configured topics or events, so that when the event configured by the user 10 takes place and/or the topic configured by the user 10 is available, the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5) transmits to the local electronic device 2 a notification message indicating that the configured event has taken place and/or that the configured topic is available: in this manner the user 10 is aware of the fact that the remote electronic device 4 (and/or 5) is capable of transmitting to the local electronic device 2 data related to the topic/event configured by the user 10.

According to said variant of the second embodiment, the local electronic device 2 receives the notification message when the topic is available and/or the event configured by the user 10 takes place, the data connection between the local electronic device 2 and the remote electronic device 4 (or 5) associated with the configured topic/event is then activated, the associated remote electronic device 4 (or 5) then transmits image type data and/or audio and/or video streams and/or other acquired data related to the configured topic/event to the local electronic device 2 and, finally, the local electronic device 2 receives said image type data and/or audio and/or video streams and/or other acquired data.

The electronic device 2 of the second embodiment comprises a graphical user interface 2-1 , a transceiver of signals S1_r, a graphical user interface 2-1 (for example, a touchscreen) and a memory configured to store at least one configured topic/event.

The electronic device of the second embodiment is configured to:

receive a notification message indicating the availability of the topic configured and/or the occurrence of the configured event and associate at least one further electronic device with the electronic device;

activate a data connection between the electronic device and the at least one further associated electronic device;

activate the reception, from the at least one further associated electronic device, of the data related to the configured topic/event;

receive, from the further associated electronic device (4), a respective signal carrying data related to the configured topic/event,

and wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display an image representative of a textual and/or graphic representation of the at least one further electronic device associated with the availability of the configured topic and/or occurrence of the configured event.

Claims

1 . Electronic device (2) to receive data in real time, the electronic device comprising a graphical user interface (2-1 ) and a signals (S1_r) transceiver,

wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display an image (50; 70, 71 ) representative of a geographical map of the Earth comprising a textual and/or graphic representation of a plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices (4, 5) positioned on the geographical map of the Earth, wherein said geographical map of the Earth is of the political type comprising at least a part of the countries on the Earth with their respective boundaries, or said geographical map of the Earth is of the physical type comprising physical features of the Earth's surface, in particular mountains, seas, rivers, lakes, plains,

and wherein the electronic device is configured to:

receive data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices (4, 5);

associate with the electronic device, as a function of the geographical location on the geographical map of the Earth of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices (4, 5), a further electronic device (4) selected from the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices, and wherein the transceiver is configured to:

activate, as a function of said association, a data connection between the electronic device (2) and the further associated electronic device (4);

receive, from said further associated electronic device (4), a signal (S1_r) carrying at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned (4);

and wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display the at least one received image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned.

2. Electronic device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the geographical map of the Earth is a geographical map of the Earth Globe of a spherical type,

and wherein:

the graphical user interface is configured to display at least one image (70) representative of a geographical map of the Earth Globe comprising a textual and/or graphic representation of a plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices (4, 5) positioned on the geographical map of the Earth Globe;

the electronic device is configured to associate with the electronic device, as a function of the geographical location of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices (4, 5) on the geographical map of the Earth Globe, said further electronic device (4) selected from the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices.

3. Electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to successively display a plurality of images (70, 71 ) representative of respective at least partly different portions of the geographical map of the Earth Globe, each portion comprising a textual and/or graphic representation of at least part of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices positioned on the geographical map of the Earth Globe,

and wherein the electronic device is configured to associate with the electronic device, as a function of the geographical location of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices (4, 5) on the plurality of portions of the geographical map of the Earth Globe, said further electronic device (4) selected from the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices.

4. Electronic device according to claims 1 -3, wherein the electronic device comprises a memory configured to store at least one configured topic/event,

and wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

receive a notification message indicating the availability of the configured topic and/or the occurrence of the configured event;

associate, as a function of the geographical location of the plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5) on the geographical map of the Earth or on the geographical map of the Earth Globe and as a function of the received notification message, at least one further electronic device (4) with the electronic device;

activate a data connection between the electronic device (2) and at least one further associated electronic device;

receive, from the at least one further associated electronic device (4), a respective signal (S1_r) carrying data related to the configured topic/event;

and wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display an image representative of a geographical map of the Earth comprising a textual and/or graphic representation of a sub-set of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices associated with the availability of the configured topic and/or with the occurrence of the configured event.

5. Electronic device (2) to receive data, the electronic device comprising a graphical user interface (2-1 ), a signals (S1_r) transceiver and a memory configured to store at least one configured topic/event,

wherein the electronic device is configured to:

receive a notification message indicating the availability of the configured topic and/or the occurrence of the configured event and associate at least one further electronic device (4) with the electronic device;

activate a data connection between the electronic device (2) and the at least one further associated electronic device;

and wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display an image representative of a textual and/or graphic representation of the at least one further electronic device associated with the availability of the configured topic and/or with the occurrence of the configured event.

6. Electronic device (2) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive from the further associated electronic device any combination of the following data:

a plurality of images representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

audio data representative of sounds generated in the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

a video stream representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned.

7. Electronic device according to any one of the previous claims, wherein the electronic device is of the mobile or fixed type and it is selected from: a smartphone, a tablet, augmented reality glasses, a personal computer, a smart television, a headeset equipped with a wireless transceiver.

8. Electronic system (1 ) to receive data in real time, the system comprising:

an electronic device (2; 4) according to any one of the previous claims;

said plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5; 2, 5), each one comprising:

• a signal transceiver;

• a geographic position receiver of the respective geographical location on the Earth;

• at least one camera for acquiring images representative of the environment of the place in which the respective further electronic device is positioned;

a network element (3-1 ) configured to connect the electronic device with the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices;

wherein the plurality of further electronic devices is configured to transmit towards the network element data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the respective further electronic device;

wherein the network element (3-1 ) is configured to receive said data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5) and to forward said data towards the electronic device (2),

wherein the electronic device (2) is configured to:

receive said data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5);

associate, as a function of the geographical location of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices (4, 5) on the geographical map of the Earth, a further electronic device (4), selected from the plurality of further electronic devices, with the electronic device;

wherein the transceiver of the electronic device and of the further associated electronic device are configured to:

activate, as a function of said association, a data connection between the electronic device (2) and the further associated electronic device (4), through the network element (3-1 );

wherein the further associated electronic device (4) is configured to:

activate the acquisition of at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

transmit towards the network element the at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

wherein the network element (3-1 ) is configured to:

activate the reception of the at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

receive and forward towards the electronic device (2) the at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

wherein the electronic device (2) is configured to:

activate the reception and receive the at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

display on the graphical user interface the at least one received image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned.

9. Electronic system according to claim 8,

wherein the electronic device comprises a memory configured to store at least one configured topic/event,

wherein at least one further electronic device (4), selected from the plurality of further electronic devices, is configured to:

transmit a respective notification message indicating the availability of the configured topic and/or the occurrence of the configured event;

transmit towards the electronic device data correlated to the configured topic/event;

wherein the graphical user interface of the electronic device is further configured to display an image representative of a geographical map of the Earth comprising a textual and/or graphic representation of a sub-set of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices associated with the availability of the configured topic and/or the occurrence of the configured event,

and wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

receive at least one notification message;

associate, as a function of the geographical location of the plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5) on the geographical map of the Earth or on the geographical map of the Earth_Globe and as a function of the received notification message, at least one further electronic device with the electronic device;

activate a data connection between the electronic device (2) and at least one further associated electronic device; activate the reception, from the at least onejurther associated electronic device, of the data correlated to the configured topic/event;

receive, from the at least onejurther associated electronic device (4), a signal (S1_r) carrying data correlated to the configured topic/event.

10. Electronic system according to claims 8 or 9, wherein the further associated electronic device (4) is a mobile electronic device, selected from:

- a smartphone,

- a tablet;

- a laptop computer;

- a camera equipped with a wireless transceiver;

- a remote controlled aircraft with autonomous and automatic flight, in particular a drone;

- a remote controlled land vehicle with autonomous and automatic driving;

- a remote controlled underwater vehicle with autonomous and automatic navigation;

- a robot with autonomous and/or automatic operation;

- an artificial satellite;

- a wearable electronic device, in particular a smartwatch;

- smart glasses equipped with a wireless transceiver;

- a visor equipped with a wireless transceiver;

- a mask equipped with a wireless transceiver;

- an Internet-of-Things or Machine-to-Machine device.

1 1 . Electronic system according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the plurality of further electronic devices is selected from the following list:

a mobile electronic device selected from a smartphone, a tablet or a laptop computer;

a remote controlled aircraft, in particular with autonomous and automatic flight;

a remote controlled land vehicle, in particular with autonomous and automatic driving;

a remote controlled underwater vehicle, in particular with autonomous and automatic navigation;

a fixed electronic device, in particular a 360 degree spherical camera;

a portable electronic device, in particular a 360 degree spherical camera fixed to the helmet of a bicycle rider or motorcycle rider, or fixed to a bicycle, a motorcycle or a motor vehicle;

a dedicated electronic device.

12. Electronic system according to any one of claims 8 to 1 1 , comprising a plurality of electronic devices according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein each of the plurality of electronic devices is configured to associate said further electronic device (4) according to its geographical location on the geographical map of the Earth and/or according to the availability of the event/topic,

and wherein each of the plurality of electronic devices is configured to receive, from said further associated electronic device (4), the signal carrying the at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned, and wherein the graphical user interface of each of the plurality of electronic devices is further configured to display the at least one received image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned.

13. Method for receiving data in real time between an electronic device (2) and a plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5), the method comprising the steps of:

a) acquiring, in the plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5), the geographical location on the Earth of the respective further electronic device;

b) transmitting, from the plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5) towards a network element (3-1 ), data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further electronic devices;

c) receiving, at the network element (3-1 ), said data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5) and forwarding said data to the electronic device (2);

d) receiving, at the electronic device (2), said data representative of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices (4, 5);

e) displaying, on a graphical user interface (2-1 ) of the electronic device (2), an image representative of a geographical map of the Earth comprising a textual and/or graphic representation of the geographical location on the Earth of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices (4, 5), wherein said geographical map of the Earth is of a political type comprising at least a part of the countries on the Earth with their respective boundaries, or said geographical map of the Earth is of the physical type comprising physical features of the Earth's surface, in particular mountains, seas, rivers, lakes, plains;

f) associating, as a function of the geographical location of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices on the geographical map of the Earth, the electronic device (2) to a further electronic device (4) selected from the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices;

g) activating, as a function of said association, a data connection between the electronic device (2) and the further associated electronic device (4), through the network element (3-1 );

h) activating, at the further associated electronic device (4), the acquisition of at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

i) activating, at the electronic device (2), the reception of the at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

j) transmitting, from the further associated electronic device (4) to the electronic device (2) crossing the network element, the at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned;

k) receiving the at least one image at the electronic device (2) and displaying, on a graphical user interface (2-1 ) of the electronic device (2), the at least one image representative of the environment of the place wherein the further associated electronic device is positioned.

14. Method according to claim 13, further comprising, before step a), the step of storing at least one configured topic/event into a memory of the electronic device (2),

the method further comprising the steps of:

transmitting, from at least one further electronic device (4) to the electronic device (2), a respective notification message indicating the availability of the configured topic and/or the occurrence of the configured event;

receiving at the electronic device (2) at least one notification message;

displaying, on the graphical user interface (2-1 ) of the electronic device (2), the image representative of the geographical map of the Earth comprising a textual and/or graphic representation of a sub-set of the plurality of further geolocalized electronic devices associated with the availability of the configured topic and/or with the occurrence of the configured event;

associating with the electronic device, as a function of the geographical location of the plurality of further electronic devices (4, 5) on the geographical map of the Earth or on the geographical map of the Earth Globe and as a function of the received notification message, at least one further electronic device with the electronic device;

activating a data connection between the electronic device (2) and at least one further associated electronic device;

activating the reception, from at least one further associated electronic device, of the data related to the configured topic/event;

receiving, from the at least one further associated electronic device (4), a respective signal (S1_r) carrying data related to the configured topic/event.

15. Computer program comprising software code portions adapted to perform the steps d), e), f), g), i), k) of the method according to claims 13 or 14, when said program is run on at least one computer.