Patent ID: 7949616
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: B25J,G05B,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A telepresence system for providing telepresence service, said system comprising: a) a telepresence workstation located at a proximal site, allowing an end-user of said telepresence service, located at said proximal site, to define or specify a telepresence venue located at a remote site, said telepresence workstation comprising an interface for accepting control information from said user and also for conveying sensory information to said user; b) one or more remotely controlled mobile communication systems capable of video streaming located at one or more remote locations different from said proximal site, each said remotely controlled mobile communication system comprising at least one sensor for collecting sensory information from its environment, said sensory information including said video streaming, and furthermore each said remotely controlled mobile communication system requiring assistance from a human assistant located at said remote location to operate, said remotely controlled mobile communication systems comprising an interface for conveying a part or the whole of said control information to said human assistant, and furthermore said remotely controlled mobile communication system being carried openly by said human assistant; c) a marketplace conducted over a communication network for allocating from said multiplicity of remotely controlled mobile communication systems, to said specified telepresence venue, a particular remotely controlled mobile communication system henceforth dubbed allocated remote system; d) said marketplace also used for allocating from a pool comprising at least one person, at least one human assistant located at said remote site whose task is to assist said allocated remote system in its operation; e) a bi-directional communication channel linking said workstation to said allocated remote system, said communication channel transmitting said control information from said workstation to said allocated remote system, and also transmitting said sensory information back from said allocated remote system to said workstation for conveyance to said user. f) wherein said user and said human assistant are defined as parties in a business relationship in which said user pays said human assistant for providing telepresence service to said user.