Sharing user profiles between processor-based systems

• US 20020087625A1
• Filed: 01/04/2001
• Published: 07/04/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Toll, Kim, Sandage, David A.
• Application Number:
  US09/754,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20020087625A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A plurality of users may have their user profiles or environments stored on a first processor-based system. When they elect to use a second processor-based system coupled to the first processor-based system, their profiles may be automatically forwarded to the second processor-based system. At the second processor-based system, those profiles may be automatically updated. Prior to powering down the second processor-based system, the user profiles may be transmitted back to the first processor-based system and stored thereon.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

storing a user profile for each of a plurality of users on a first processor-based system; and

automatically creating a version of the profile for use on the second processor-based system.

2. The method of claim 1 including automatically creating a version of the profile in response to the user logging on to the first processor-based system.

3. The method of claim 2 including automatically creating a version of the profile for use on a portable processor-based system.

4. The method of claim 1 including automatically compiling a version of a user profile for a web browser session and storing said profile at the end of said web browser session.

5. The method of claim 1 including receiving an updated user profile from the second processor-based system.

7. The method of claim 1 including automatically forwarding the profile from the second processor-based system to the first processor-based system before powering down the second processor-based system.

6. A method comprising:

storing a profile for the current user of a second processor-based system;

updating said profile based on the current user'"'"'s activities on the second processor-based system; and

automatically forwarding the updated profile to a first processor-based system.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein storing a profile includes automatically compiling a web browser profile based on activities of the user on the second processor-based system.

9. The method of claim 6 including automatically receiving said user profile from a first processor-based system.

10. The method of claim 9 further including automatically receiving said profile from said first processor-based system in response to a log on to said first processor-based system.

11. The method of claim 6 including automatically transmitting said user profile to a first processor-based system in response to a command to power down said second processor-based system.

13. The article of claim 12 further storing instructions that enable the processor-based system to automatically create the version of the profile in response to the user logging on to the processor-based system.

14. The article of claim 13 further storing instructions that enable the processor-based system to automatically create a version of a web browser profile in response to the user logging on to the processor-based system through the second processor-based system.

15. The article of claim 12 further storing instructions that enable the processor-based system to automatically compile a version of the user profile for a web browser session and store said profile at the end of said web browser session.

16. The article of claim 12 further storing instructions that enable the processor-based system to receive an updated user profile from a second processor-based system.

18. The article of claim 17 further storing instructions that enable the second processor-based system to automatically forward the profile before powering down the portable processor-based system.

19. The article of claim 17 further storing instructions that enable the second processor-based system to automatically create a version of a web browser profile based on activities of the user on the second processor-based system.

20. The article of claim 17 further storing instructions that enable the second processor-based system to automatically receive said updated profile from a first processor-based system.

21. The article of claim 20 further storing instructions that enable the second processor-based system to automatically receive a web browser profile from the first processor-based system in response to a log on to the first processor-based system.

22. The article of claim 17 further storing instructions that enable the second processor-based system to automatically transmit the updated profile to a first processor-based system in response to a command to power down the second processor-based system.

24. The system of claim 23 including a wireless interface to communicate with the second processor-based system.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein said system is a battery powered system.

27. The system of claim 25 wherein said system communicates with said second processor-based system using a wireless interface.

28. The system of claim 25 wherein said storage stores instructions that enable the processor to automatically compile a web browser profile based on activities of the user on the system.

29. The system of claim 25 wherein said storage stores instructions that enable the processor to automatically transmit said web browser profile to the second processor-based system in response to a command to power down the processor-based system.

12. An article comprising a medium storing instructions that enable a processor-based system to:

store a user profile for each of a plurality of users on the processor-based system; and

automatically create a version of the user profile for use on a second processor-based system.

17. An article comprising a medium storing instructions that enable a second processor-based system to:

store a user profile for the current user of the second processor-based system;

update said profile based on the current user'"'"'s activities on the second processor-based system; and

automatically forward the updated profile to a first processor-based system.

23. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a storage coupled to the processor, the storage storing instructions that enable the processor to store a web browser profile for each of the plurality of users of the system and automatically provide the web browser profile for a user to a second processor-based system.

25. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a storage coupled to the processor, the storage storing instructions that enable the processor to store a web browser profile for the current user of the system, update the profile based on the current user'"'"'s activities on the system, and automatically forward the updated profile to a second processor-based system.