# US11044221B2: Integration Of Devices Through A Social Networking Platform

- Kind: Granted patent
- Family: Integration Of Devices Through A Social Networking Platform (https://www.intellectualfrontiers.com/patents/integration-of-devices-through-a-social-networking-platform)
- USPTO status: Patented Case (as of 2021-06-02; record read 2026-09-27)
- Application: 16381772
- Filed: 2019-04-11
- Published: 2019-08-08
- Granted: 2021-06-22
- Estimated expiration: 2034-08-26 (An estimate from Google Patents, read 9 October 2026. Fees, terminal disclaimers and later events can change it, and it is not legal advice.)
- Inventor: Shahid N. Shah
- Rights holder: Intellectual Frontiers LLC
- Classifications (CPC): H04L 51/52, H04W 4/80, H04B 5/20, H04L 41/0663, H04L 63/102, H04L 67/303, H04L 67/306
- Divisional of US10320735B2
- Continued by US11777894B2

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## In plain language

[Intelligent Device Collaboration for Social Networking Benefits](https://www.intellectualfrontiers.com/patent-summaries/intelligent-device-collaboration-for-social-networking-benefits)

## Abstract

A system and method for providing a social networking service to a plurality of devices. A social networking server for facilitating social information exchange among the plurality of devices through a socially aware network. A social profiles manager is coupled to the social networking server that creates and manages individual centric profiles of the plurality of devices. The individual centric profiles of the plurality of devices are social representation of individual devices within the socially aware network. The plurality of devices are identifiable by other participants and the social networking server through their social profiles.

## Independent claims

1. A system for monitoring and conveying health related information from a first device to a second device interconnected through a socially aware network, said system comprising: a processing circuit coupled to said first device; a social event timeline recorder that stores information pertinent to when an event should occur at said first device, wherein said event should occur at a defined social time; a social event timeline monitoring unit that monitors an event occurrence time for said event; a fault detector that compares said social event timeline with said event occurrence time for said event, wherein a gap between said social event timeline and said event occurrence time beyond a threshold limit is indicative of a fault, and wherein said event at said first device and said event at said second device are interdependent; and a communication circuit that allows sharing of a social content comprising defined social profiles, indicative of said fault and a predicted modified event occurrence time at said first device, to a social networking server through a two-way communication channel including a near field communication channel and a socially aware network channel, wherein said social networking server sends said social content to said second device, and wherein said first device and said second device comprise connections and parts of a same chain of integrated tasks, wherein said social networking server is coupled to a search interface implementing a search algorithm that identifies and shortlists said defined social profiles, the shortlisted profiles being submitted to said first device so that said first device sends out connection requests to devices associated with said shortlisted profiles for extending a social space, and wherein said first device uses said second device from among said shortlisted social profiles as an intelligent health monitoring device based on proximity and similarity in operation of said second device with respect to said first device so that in case of a fault with or failure of said first device, said second device performs functions of said first device voluntarily or upon a social activity initiated by said first device and directed to said second device.

8. A method for monitoring and conveying health related information from a first device to a second device interconnected through a socially aware network, said method comprising: storing information related to defined social event timelines for tasks associated with said first device, wherein said defined social event timelines defining times when an event should occur at said first device; monitoring a social event occurrence time by a social event timeline monitoring unit; detecting a fault in functioning of said first device by comparing said social event timeline with an event occurrence time for said event, wherein a gap between said social event timeline and said event occurrence time beyond a threshold limit is indicative of the fault, wherein said event at said first device and said event at said second device are interdependent; and sharing a social content, indicative of said fault and a predicted modified event occurrence time at said first device, to a social networking platform through a two-way communication channel including a near field communication channel and a socially aware network channel, wherein said social networking platform sends said social content to said second device, and wherein said first device and said second device comprise connections and parts of a same chain of integrated tasks, wherein said social networking server is coupled to a search interface implementing a search algorithm that identifies and shortlists said defined social profiles, the shortlisted profiles being submitted to said first device so that said first device sends out connection requests to devices associated with said shortlisted profiles for extending a social space, and wherein said first device uses said second device from among said shortlisted social profiles as an intelligent health monitoring device based on proximity and similarity in operation of said second device with respect to said first device so that in case of a fault with or failure of said first device, said second device performs functions of said first device voluntarily or upon a social activity initiated by said first device and directed to said second device.

15. A non-transitory program storage device readable by a computer, and comprising a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a method for monitoring and conveying health related information from a first device to a second device interconnected through a socially aware network, said method comprising: storing information related to defined social event timelines for tasks associated with said first device, wherein said defined social event timelines defining times when an event should occur at said first device; monitoring a social event occurrence time by a social event timeline monitoring unit; detecting a fault in functioning of said first device by comparing said social event timeline with an event occurrence time for said event, wherein a gap between said social event timeline and said event occurrence time beyond a threshold limit is indicative of the fault, wherein said event at said first device and said event at said second device are interdependent; and sharing a social content, indicative of said fault and a predicted modified event occurrence time at said first device, to a social networking platform through a two-way communication channel including a near field communication channel and a socially aware network channel, wherein said social networking platform sends said social content to said second device, and wherein said first device and said second device comprise connections and parts of a same chain of integrated tasks, wherein said social networking server is coupled to a search interface implementing a search algorithm that identifies and shortlists said defined social profiles, the shortlisted profiles being submitted to said first device so that said first device sends out connection requests to devices associated with said shortlisted profiles for extending a social space, and wherein said first device uses said second device from among said shortlisted social profiles as an intelligent health monitoring device based on proximity and similarity in operation of said second device with respect to said first device so that in case of a fault with or failure of said first device, said second device performs functions of said first device voluntarily or upon a social activity initiated by said first device and directed to said second device.

Source: https://www.intellectualfrontiers.com/patents/integration-of-devices-through-a-social-networking-platform/us11044221b2