Systems and methods for providing one or more functionalities to a wearable computing device with directional antenna
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04B-007/00
H04W-004/00
H04B-001/3827
H04W-004/02
출원번호
US-0014882
(2013-08-30)
등록번호
US-9237411
(2016-01-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Holman, Pablos
Hyde, Roderick A.
Levien, Royce A.
Lord, Richard T.
Lord, Robert W.
Malamud, Mark A.
Tegreene, Clarence T.
출원인 / 주소
Elwha LLC
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
2인용 특허 :
13
초록▼
Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices; determining that the one or more electronic devices are within a spat
Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices; determining that the one or more electronic devices are within a spatial pod surrounding the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device; and obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
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1. A computationally-implemented method, comprising: receiving one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices, the wearable computing device being a computing device designed to be wo
1. A computationally-implemented method, comprising: receiving one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices, the wearable computing device being a computing device designed to be worn by a user;determining that the one or more electronic devices are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary; andobtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna. 2. A computationally-implemented system, comprising: means for receiving one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices, the wearable computing device being a computing device designed to be worn by a user;means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary; andmeans for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna. 3. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for receiving one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices, the wearable computing device being a computing device designed to be worn by a user comprises: means for receiving the one or more signals through the directional antenna of the wearable computing device including means for receiving through the directional antenna one or more signals having one or more frequencies from the 60 GHz frequency band. 4. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for receiving one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices, the wearable computing device being a computing device designed to be worn by a user comprises: means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, one or more low-power prompting signals that are designed to prompt the one or more electronic devices to, upon the one or more electronic devices receiving the one or more low-power prompting signals, transmit the one or more signals, the one or more low-power prompting signals transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary; andmeans for receiving the one or more signals via the directional antenna following transmission of the one or more low-power prompting signals. 5. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein said means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, one or more low-power prompting signals that are designed to prompt the one or more electronic devices to, upon the one or more electronic devices receiving the one or more low-power prompting signals, transmit the one or more signals, the one or more low-power prompting signals transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, one or more low-power prompting signals that are transmitted with less than 0.6 milliwatt of transmit power. 6. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein said means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, one or more low-power prompting signals that are designed to prompt the one or more electronic devices to, upon the one or more electronic devices receiving the one or more low-power prompting signals, transmit the one or more signals, the one or more low-power prompting signals transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at different levels of transmit powers. 7. The computationally-implemented system of claim 6, wherein said means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at different levels of transmit powers comprises: means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at different levels of transmit powers including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at different levels of transmit powers less than 0.8 milliwatt. 8. The computationally-implemented system of claim 6, wherein said means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at different levels of transmit powers comprises: means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at different levels of transmit powers including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at three or more different levels of transmit powers. 9. The computationally-implemented system of claim 6, wherein said means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at different levels of transmit powers comprises: means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at different levels of transmit powers including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at incrementally higher levels of transmit powers from a predefined lowest level of transmit power to a predefined highest level of transmit power. 10. The computationally-implemented system of claim 6, wherein said means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at different levels of transmit powers comprises: means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals at the different levels of transmit powers and pausing after each transmission of the one or more low-power prompting signals at each of the different levels of transmit powers to monitor reception through the directional antenna of the one or more signals transmitted by the one or more electronic devices. 11. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein said means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, one or more low-power prompting signals that are designed to prompt the one or more electronic devices to, upon the one or more electronic devices receiving the one or more low-power prompting signals, transmit the one or more signals, the one or more low-power prompting signals transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals away from an arm of a user wearing the wearable computing device in order to minimize exposing the arm of the user to the low-power prompting signals. 12. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein said means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, one or more low-power prompting signals that are designed to prompt the one or more electronic devices to, upon the one or more electronic devices receiving the one or more low-power prompting signals, transmit the one or more signals, the one or more low-power prompting signals transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for transmitting, via the directional antenna, the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for transmitting the one or more low-power prompting signals away from head of a user wearing the wearable computing device in order to minimize exposing the head of the user to the low-power prompting signals. 13. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein said means for receiving the one or more signals via the directional antenna following transmission of the one or more low-power prompting signals comprises: means for receiving the one or more signals via the directional antenna following the transmission of the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for receiving via the directional antenna one or more responsive signals that were transmitted by the one or more electronic devices in response to the one or more electronic devices receiving the one or more low-power prompting signals. 14. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein said means for receiving the one or more signals via the directional antenna following transmission of the one or more low-power prompting signals comprises: means for receiving the one or more signals via the directional antenna following the transmission of the one or more low-power prompting signals including means for monitoring for signal strengths of the one or more signals when received by the directional antenna. 15. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for receiving one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices, the wearable computing device being a computing device designed to be worn by a user comprises: means for receiving the one or more signals through the directional antenna including means for receiving the one or more signals through a metamaterial antenna. 16. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on a determination that the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device are one or more responsive signals that were transmitted by the one or more electronic devices in response to the one or more electronic devices receiving one or more low-power prompting signals transmitted from the wearable computing device, the one or more low-power prompting signals that were transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary. 17. The computationally-implemented system of claim 16, wherein said means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on a determination that the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device are one or more responsive signals that were transmitted by the one or more electronic devices in response to the one or more electronic devices receiving one or more low-power prompting signals transmitted from the wearable computing device, the one or more low-power prompting signals that were transmitted by the wearable computing device being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on a determination that the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device are one or more responsive signals that were transmitted by the one or more electronic devices in response to the one or more electronic devices receiving one or more low-power prompting signals from the wearable computing device that were transmitted by the wearable computing device with 0.5 milliwatt or less of transmit power via the directional antenna. 18. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on a determination that the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device are one or more received beacon signals that were received at the directional antenna having one or more signal strengths greater than a predefined amount of signal strength, the one or more received beacon signals having been transmitted by the one or more electronic devices with one or more predefined amounts of transmit powers. 19. The computationally-implemented system of claim 18, wherein said means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on a determination that the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device are one or more received beacon signals that were received at the directional antenna having one or more signal strengths greater than a predefined amount of signal strength, the one or more received beacon signals having been transmitted by the one or more electronic devices with one or more predefined amounts of transmit powers comprises: means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device including means for determining that a plurality of electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on a determination that a plurality of signals that were received through the directional antenna are a plurality of received beacon signals that have one or more signal strengths greater than the predefined amount of signal strength, the plurality of received beacon signals having been transmitted by the plurality of electronic devices with one or more predefined amounts of transmit powers. 20. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein said means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device including means for determining that a plurality of electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on a determination that a plurality of signals that were received through the directional antenna are a plurality of received beacon signals that have one or more signal strengths greater than the predefined amount of signal strength, the plurality of received beacon signals having been transmitted by the plurality of electronic devices with one or more predefined amounts of transmit powers comprises: means for determining that the plurality of electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on a determination that the plurality of signals that were received through the directional antenna are a plurality of received beacon signals that have varying signal strengths greater than the predefined amount of signal strength, the plurality of received beacon signals having been transmitted by the plurality of electronic devices with one or more predefined amounts of transmit powers. 21. The computationally-implemented system of claim 20, wherein said means for determining that the plurality of electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on a determination that the plurality of signals that were received through the directional antenna are a plurality of received beacon signals that have varying signal strengths greater than the predefined amount of signal strength, the plurality of received beacon signals having been transmitted by the plurality of electronic devices with one or more predefined amounts of transmit powers comprises: means for determining which of the plurality of electronic devices are nearest to the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on signal strengths of the plurality of received beacon signals that were received through the directional antenna and that were transmitted by the plurality of electronic devices. 22. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals that are transmitted via the directional antenna with 0.5 milliwatt or less of transmit power being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary. 23. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device including means for determining that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities. 24. The computationally-implemented system of claim 23, wherein said means for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device including means for determining that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities comprises: means for determining that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities including means for querying each of the one or more electronic devices to determine whether the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities. 25. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein said means for determining that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities including means for querying each of the one or more electronic devices to determine whether the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities comprises: means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities, the one or more queries being transmitted via one or more low-power query signals, the one or more low-power query signals that are transmitted through the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary of the spatial pod and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary; andmeans for receiving, through the directional antenna, one or more confirmations via one or more confirmation signals that are received from the one or more electronic devices that confirms that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities. 26. The computationally-implemented system of claim 25, wherein said means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities, the one or more queries being transmitted via one or more low-power query signals, the one or more low-power query signals that are transmitted through the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary of the spatial pod and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices the one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities including means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide one or more communication links to beyond the spatial pod. 27. The computationally-implemented system of claim 25, wherein said means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities, the one or more queries being transmitted via one or more low-power query signals, the one or more low-power query signals that are transmitted through the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary of the spatial pod and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices the one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities including means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide one or more sensor functionalities. 28. The computationally-implemented system of claim 25, wherein said means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities, the one or more queries being transmitted via one or more low-power query signals, the one or more low-power query signals that are transmitted through the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary of the spatial pod and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices the one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities including means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide one or more supporting applications that support one or more applications being executed by the wearable computing device. 29. The computationally-implemented system of claim 25, wherein said means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities, the one or more queries being transmitted via one or more low-power query signals, the one or more low-power query signals that are transmitted through the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary of the spatial pod and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary comprises: means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices the one or more queries to obtain one or more confirmations that the one or more electronic devices provide the one or more functionalities including means for transmitting through the directional antenna and to the one or more electronic devices one or more queries to obtain one or more indications as to when will the one or more functionalities be available for use by the wearable computing device. 30. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna comprises: means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining, via the directional antenna, one or more channels to control the one or more functionalities. 31. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna comprises: means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining, from the one or more electronic devices, at least access to one or more external communication links to beyond the spatial pod. 32. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna comprises: means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining at least access to one or more sensor functionalities from the one or more electronic devices. 33. The computationally-implemented system of claim 32, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining at least access to one or more sensor functionalities from the one or more electronic devices comprises: means for obtaining at least access to one or more sensor functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining at least access to one or more visual and/or audio sensor functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including obtaining visual and/or audio data from the one or more visual and/or audio sensor functionalities. 34. The computationally-implemented system of claim 32, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining at least access to one or more sensor functionalities from the one or more electronic devices comprises: means for obtaining at least access to one or more sensor functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining at least access to one or more movement sensor functionalities from the one or more electronic devices for obtaining movement data from the one or more movement sensor functionalities. 35. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna comprises: means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining at least access to one or more applications provided by the one or more electronic devices. 36. The computationally-implemented system of claim 35, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining at least access to one or more applications provided by the one or more electronic devices comprises: means for obtaining at least access to the one or more applications provided by the one or more electronic devices including means for obtaining at least access to one or more communication applications provided by the one or more electronic devices. 37. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna comprises: means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device including means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from an electronic device that was determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device and that was determined to require least amount of power to communicate with by the wearable computing device compared to the amount of power or powers needed by the wearable computing device to communicate with one or more other electronic devices located within the spatial pod. 38. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna comprises: means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device including means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from an electronic device that was determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device and that was determined to be coming nearer to the wearable computing device. 39. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna comprises: means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device including means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from an electronic device that was determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device and that was determined to provide one or more signals with the strongest strengths compared to the one or more signal strengths of one or more signals transmitted by one or more other electronic devices located with the spatial pod. 40. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna comprises: means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device including means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from an electronic device that was determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device and that was determined to provide earliest access to the one or more functionalities compared to the access to the one or more functionalities that are provided by one or more other electronic devices located within the spatial pod. 41. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said means for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna comprises: means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device means for obtaining at least the access to the one or more functionalities from an electronic device that was determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device and that was determined to be associated with a user associated with the wearable computing device. 42. A system, comprising: circuitry for receiving one or more signals through a directional antenna of a wearable computing device, the one or more signals having been transmitted by one or more electronic devices, the wearable computing device being a computing device designed to be worn by a user;circuitry for determining that the one or more electronic devices are within a spatial pod of the wearable computing device based, at least in part, on the one or more signals received by the wearable computing device, the spatial pod of the wearable computing device being a spatial volume that includes the wearable computing device and being defined by an enveloping boundary, where low-power signals transmitted via the directional antenna being discernible over background noise within the enveloping boundary and not discernible over background noise outside the enveloping boundary; andcircuitry for obtaining at least access to one or more functionalities from the one or more electronic devices that were determined to be within the spatial pod of the wearable computing device, the obtaining of the at least access to the one or more functionalities via the directional antenna.
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