Valerie Goulart

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a charging station for mobile devices that acts as an intermediary device to facilitate communication between mobile devices and other proximate devices, where the charging station may receive data with a mobile device via a first communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth) or in a first data format and may transmit the received data to a proximate device via either a second communication protocol or a second data format.

TL;DR: A user can initiate the transmission of data on a mobile device by making physical contact with another device, referred to as a "tap" or "tapping", when a tap is detected by a device, the device may initiate near field communication (NFC) with the other tapping device as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, a system and method for providing information during an activity is described, which includes a capture device that captures information during a first activity and a presentation device that presents the information during another activity.

TL;DR: In this article, a messaging device facilitates delivery of messages to recipients based on availability and preferences associated with recipients, and the facility uses availability information - which reflects recipients' availability and willingness to communicate - and system-and recipient-defined preferences to determine the best method(s) of delivery for a message and other features of message delivery.