Method of maintaining a user profile

• US 20030014274A1
• Filed: 06/07/2002
• Published: 01/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Chalon, Denis
• Application Number:
  US10/165,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20030014274A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method of maintaining a user profile in accordance with requested information comprising the steps of;

a) searching the requested information for a profile tag,

b) reading the user profile in accordance with the profile tag to locate user preference information,

c) generating a profile enquiry,

d) receiving a user response to the profile enquiry, and

e) maintaining the user profile in accordance with the user response.

Claims

1. A method of maintaining a user profile in accordance with requested information comprising the steps of;

a) searching the requested information for a profile tag,

b) reading the user profile in accordance with the profile tag to locate user preference information,

c) generating a profile enquiry in accordance with the profile tag,

d) receiving a user response to the profile enquiry, and

e) maintaining the user profile in accordance with the user response.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein no profile enquiry is generated if the user preference information is present in the user profile.

3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the step of searching the requested information comprises the step of searching for an identifier part of the profile tag.

4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the profile tag comprises a location indicator and the step of reading the user profile comprises the step of reading the user profile at a location specified by the location indicator

5. A method according to claim 4 wherein the step of maintaining the user profile comprises storing user preference information in the user profile in accordance with the location indicator.

6. A method according to claim 1 wherein the profile tag comprises profile enquiry information and the step of generating the profile enquiry comprises generating a profile enquiry in accordance with the profile request information.

7. A method according to claim 1 wherein the requested information comprises a hypertext document and where the profile tag comprises a meta tag.

8. A module for maintaining a user profile in accordance with requested information, the module being operable to;

a) search the requested information for a profile tag,

b) read the user profile in accordance with the profile tag to locate user preference information;

c) generate a profile enquiry in accordance with the profile tag,

d) receive a user response to the profile enquiry, and

e) maintain the user profile in accordance with the user response.

9. An Internet browser comprising a module for maintaining a user profile in accordance with requested information, the module being operable to;

a) search the requested information for a profile tag,

b) read the user profile in accordance with the profile tag to locate user preference information;

c) generate a profile enquiry in accordance with the profile tag,

d) receive a user response to the profile enquiry, and

e) maintain the user profile in accordance with the user response.

10. A document comprising a profile tag, the profile tag comprising user profile location information.

11. A document according to claim 10 wherein the user profile location information comprises a location indicator specifying a location in a user profile.

12. A document according to claim 11 wherein the profile tag comprises enquiry information.

13. A document according to claim 11 wherein the profile tag comprises a identifier part.

14. A document according to claim 11 wherein the document comprises a hypertext document and the profile tag comprises a meta tag.