Creating and managing portable user preferences for personalizion of media consumption from device to device
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying a user, wherein the user inserting a smart card into a device selected from a plurality of devices;
identifying the device;
identifying user preferences associated with the device;
tracking user pattern and gathering usage data;
analyzing the usage data;
configuring the analyzed data; and
updating the user preferences.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for creating and managing portable user preferences for personalized media consumption. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a set of user information is captured and stored on a portable medium, such as a smart card, compatible with various media devices. Such use of a portable medium makes the information accessible to multiple devices. Finally, the portable medium may used to tailor user preferences according to the device chosen by the user, and may be dynamically updated as user preferences change.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying a user, wherein the user inserting a smart card into a device selected from a plurality of devices;
identifying the device;
identifying user preferences associated with the device;
tracking user pattern and gathering usage data;
analyzing the usage data;
configuring the analyzed data; and
updating the user preferences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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12. A method comprising:
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identifying a user, wherein the user inserting a smart card into a plurality of devices;
identifying the plurality of devices;
identifying user preferences associated with the plurality of devices;
tracking user pattern and gathering usage data;
analyzing the usage data;
configuring the analyzed data;
integrating the configured data; and
updating the user preferences.
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17. A system for updating user preferences for personalization media consumption from device to devices comprising:
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an identification template retrieved from a template database for identifying a user, wherein the user inserting a smart card issued by an issuer into at least one of a plurality of devices;
the identification template for identifying the at least one of the plurality of devices;
a user preference template corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of devices from a plurality of user preference templates corresponding to the plurality of devices retrieved from the template database for identifying user preferences associated with the device;
a user history template corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of devices from a plurality of user history templates corresponding to the plurality of devices from the template database for tracking user pattern and gathering usage data;
an analyzer for analyzing the usage data, wherein the analyzer comprising a text analyzer for analyzing text associated with a media program, an audio analyzer for analyzing audio associated with the media program, and a video analyzer for analyzing sequence of motion associated with the media program;
a management and configuration module for configuring the analyzed data;
updating the user preferences; and
storing the configured data.
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21. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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identify a user, wherein the user inserts a smart card into a device selected from a plurality of devices;
identify the device;
identify user preferences associated with the device;
track user pattern and gather usage data;
analyze the usage data;
configure the analyzed data; and
update the user preferences. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30)
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28. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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identify a user, wherein the user inserting a smart card into a plurality of devices;
identify the plurality of devices;
identify user preferences associated with the plurality of devices;
track user pattern and gathering usage data;
analyze the usage data;
configure the analyzed data;
integrate the configured data; and
update the user preferences.
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