User terminal with improved feedback possibilities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9554251-B2
Application number	US-201214376457-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2012
Priority date	Feb 6, 2012
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

A user terminal ( 100 ) for a cellular communications system, equipped with means ( 115, 130, 105 ) for making and receiving transmissions in the cellular communications system. The user terminal ( 100 ) is equipped with a motion sensor ( 135 ) for sensing movements of the user terminal ( 100 ), and the user terminal ( 100 ) is also equipped with a reporting function ( 140 ) for reporting movements sensed by the motion sensor ( 135 ) to another party in the cellular communications system if said movements exceed a predefined threshold in duration and/or in magnitude. In embodiments, the reporting function ( 140 ) is arranged to include one or more of the direction, duration or magnitude of said movements in its reporting.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A user terminal for a cellular communications system, the user terminal comprising: a communication unit for making and receiving transmissions in the cellular communications system; a motion sensor for sensing movements of the user terminal; and a reporting function for reporting sensed movements as a user response for a service to at least one of a network node and a network operator of the cellular communications system, if said movements exceed a predefined threshold in duration and/or in magnitude, wherein said reporting function reports ones of the sensed movements which match a movement pattern stored in the reporting function of the user terminal, said movement pattern corresponding to a pattern of a user who uses the user terminal, which is a mobile device of the user, wherein the pattern of the user is indicative a defined sentiment of the user.

2. The user terminal of claim 1 , in which said reporting function includes one or more of the direction, duration or magnitude of said movements in its reporting.

3. The user terminal of claim 1 , wherein the defined sentiment of the user is frustration.

4. The user terminal of claim 1 , in which said defined sentiment is dissatisfaction.

5. The user terminal of claim 1 , in which the reporting function includes in its reporting information on an application which was being executed and displayed on a display of the user terminal when said movements were sensed by the motion sensor.

6. The user terminal of claim 1 , in which the reporting function includes in its reporting system data for the cellular communications system.

7. The user terminal of claim 1 , installs the reporting function from or via the cellular communications system.

8. The user terminal of claim 1 , in which the reporting function has a “training function”, by which movements of the user terminal performed during a “training session” will be recognized by the reporting function as movements, which are compared to said thresholds in order to be included in said reporting if the thresholds are exceeded.

9. The user terminal of claim 1 , transmits reports from the reporting function to at least one of a network node and a network operator of the cellular communications system via a user plane in the cellular communications system.

10. The user terminal of claim 1 , transmits reports from the reporting function to at least one of a network node and a network operator of the cellular communications system via a control channel in the cellular communications system.

11. The user terminal of claim 1 , in which the reporting function displays the magnitude and/or duration of said movements on a display of the user terminal.

12. The user terminal of claim 1 , receives an acknowledgement of said reporting from at least one of a network node and a network operator of the cellular communications system.

13. The user terminal of claim 1 , receives an instruction or information from at least one of a network node and a network operator of the cellular communications system as a result of the reporting of the reporting function.

14. A method for operating a user terminal in a cellular communications system, the method comprising: sensing movements of the user terminal; comparing those movements to one or more thresholds in duration and/or in magnitude; and reporting sensed movements as a user response for a service to at least one of a network node and a network operator of the cellular communications system, if said movements exceed said one or more thresholds, wherein ones of the sensed movements that are reported match a movement pattern stored in a reporting function of the user terminal, said movement pattern corresponding to a pattern of a user who uses the user terminal, which is a mobile device of the user, wherein the pattern of the user is indicative a defined sentiment of the user.

15. The method of claim 14 , according to which said reporting includes one or more of the direction, duration or magnitude of said movements.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the defined sentiment is frustration.

17. The method of claim 14 , according to which said defined sentiment is dissatisfaction.

18. The method of claim 14 , according to which the reporting also includes information on an application which was being executed and displayed on a display of the user terminal when said movements were sensed.

19. The method of claim 14 , according to which the reporting also includes system data for the cellular communications system.

20. The method of claim 14 , according to which a reporting function is installed in the user terminal from or via the cellular communications system.

21. The method of claim 14 , according to which the reporting is carried out via a user plane in the cellular communications system.

22. The method of claim 14 , according to which the reporting is carried out via a control channel in the cellular communications system.

23. The method of claim 14 , comprising receiving an acknowledgement of said reporting from at least one of a network node and a network operator of the cellular communications system.

24. The method of claim 14 , comprising receiving an instruction or information from at least one of a network node and a network operator of the cellular communications system as a result of said reporting.

Assignees

• Heikkilä Gunnar
• Ericsson Telefon Ab L M

Inventors

• Heikkilä Gunnar

Classifications

• H04M3/51

  Centralised call answering arrangements requiring operator intervention {, e.g. call or contact centers for telemarketing} · CPC title

• H04M2250/12

  including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion · CPC title

• G06F3/0346

  with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors · CPC title

• H04W4/027 Primary

  using movement velocity, acceleration information · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title