Automatic configuration of self-configurable environments
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1. A system comprising:
- a configurable component of a configurable environment;
a configuration module of the configurable environment, the configuration module of the configurable environment being configured to receive a configuration variable, and instruct the configurable component of the configurable environment to configure itself according to the configuration variable; and
a configuration application and an environment-translation module of a portable consumer electronic device, the configuration application being configured to send a configuration variable to the configuration module of the configurable environment to initiate configuration of the configurable environment and the environment-translation module configured to translate a configuration variable specific to the configurable environment into a standard configuration variable.
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Abstract
A user'"'"'s portable electronic device can learn configuration preferences from a first environment, such as the user'"'"'s car, and when the user visits another similar environment, such as a rented automobile, those configuration preferences can be imported into the visited environment and used to automatically configure the environment according to the imported preferences.
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1. A system comprising:
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a configurable component of a configurable environment; a configuration module of the configurable environment, the configuration module of the configurable environment being configured to receive a configuration variable, and instruct the configurable component of the configurable environment to configure itself according to the configuration variable; and a configuration application and an environment-translation module of a portable consumer electronic device, the configuration application being configured to send a configuration variable to the configuration module of the configurable environment to initiate configuration of the configurable environment and the environment-translation module configured to translate a configuration variable specific to the configurable environment into a standard configuration variable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method executed on a portable electronic device comprising:
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storing a configuration variable on the portable electronic device; translating the configuration variable on the portable electronic device into a device specific configuration variable associated with an identified configurable environment; sending the configuration variable to a configurable environment; and instructing the configurable environment to configure itself according to the configuration variable. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-readable instructions thereon, effective for causing a computer to execute the computer-readable instructions comprising:
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receiving a configuration variable from a first configurable environment; storing the configuration variable in a portable electronic device; translating the configuration variable on the portable electronic device into an environment specific configuration variable associated with a second configurable environment; sending the configuration variable to the second configurable environment; and instructing the second configurable environment to configure itself according to the configuration variable. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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