Method and system for communicating user specific infromation
First Claim
1. A method of providing user specific digital content from at least one first machine over a network to a user on a second machine, comprising verifying the identity of the user, and presenting user specific digital content to the user based on previously received user information.
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Abstract
In digital content delivery devices, the user experience is enhanced by tailoring the content and the way the content is delivered to the user'"'"'s information which includes demographic information, user preferences, and user interests. This is achieved by providing a protocol that enables devices to communicate their content and delivery preferences, and defines the content provider'"'"'s rules. The delivery of additional content to the user can be invoked by the rules in response to the user information. By licensing content to a specific user, the unauthorized distribution of content can be controlled. The user specific information can also be transferred to other intelligent devices by providing the information on a portable device for interfacing with the other intelligent devices. In this way, a user'"'"'s preference settings, for example, regarding his or her motor vehicle seats and mirrors, can be transferred to any such device by downloading the user information and rules from the portable device. Similarly, a use could take computer setting preferences, in conjunction with a user identity, from computer to computer.
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94 Claims
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1. A method of providing user specific digital content from at least one first machine over a network to a user on a second machine, comprising
verifying the identity of the user, and presenting user specific digital content to the user based on previously received user information.
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25. A method of providing user specific digital content, comprising
gathering, at a first machine, user information provided by a user using a second machine connected to the first machine, and based on the user information and verification of the identity of the user, providing user specific digital content to the user.
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29. A method of presenting digital content to a user on a first machine, comprising
providing remote digital content from at least one second machine to the first machine, over a network; -
providing local digital content on a portable storage medium, and providing means for integrating the remote digital content and the local digital content.
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30. A method of restricting access to digital content on a portable storage medium, comprising providing digital content on a portable storage medium, and
providing enabling code on the storage medium, wherein the enabling code includes a first set of code for enabling an intelligent device, a second set of code for enabling the digital content, and identifying means for identifying an enabled device, wherein the enabling of the intelligent device and of the digital content includes the implementation of a protocol for communicating between the intelligent device and the portable storage medium.
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35. A method of making digital content available to a user, comprising
providing digital content on a portable storage medium, and -p1 providing enabling code on the storage medium which defines rules for playing the content, wherein the enabling code includes a first set of code for enabling an intelligent device, a second set of code for enabling the digital content, and identifying means for identifying an enabled device, wherein the enabling of the intelligent device and of the digital content includes the implementation of a protocol for communicating between the intelligent device and the portable storage medium.
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46. A method of securing digital content, comprising
associating enabling code with the digital content, wherein the enabling code defines rules for playing the content on an enabled machine, and enabling a machine to play the content according to the rules, wherein the enabling code defines a communication protocol for communicating the rules and the digital content.
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63. A method of controlling the rendering of digital content communicated to an intelligent device, comprising
providing digital content and enabling code to an enabled intelligent device, wherein the enabling code includes a protocol for communicating with the enabled device, and code for verifying the identity of a user of the enabled device.
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69. A method of communicating digital content from a first device to a second device, comprising
gathering user demographics information about the user of the second device, verifying the identity of the user, and transmitting digital content from the first device to the second device, wherein the digital content is tailored according to the gathered information.
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82. A method of conforming an electronically controlled environment to a user'"'"'s specifications, comprising
downloading user information to a controller of the electronically controlled environment from a portable device, wherein the user information includes user preferences.
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87. A file format comprising
content or pointers to content, and rules for consuming the content by a user, wherein the rules are stored in conjunction with the content or pointers, and wherein the rules include software code for verifying the identity of the user.
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89. A file format system comprising
content or pointers to content, wherein the content is stored according to at least one file format, and a protocol, wherein the protocol includes rules for accessing the content.
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90. A method of obtaining digital content at a first device from at least one second device, comprising
providing a facility for exchanging data between the first device and the at least one second device, wherein data from the first device includes user identifying information about the user of the first device, and presenting digital content to the first device based on data received from the first device, wherein the user determines what data to provide to a particular at least one second device.
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93. A method of claim 93, wherein, in the absence of the user supplying demographic information, the second device presents the content according to predetermined default parameters.
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