Community management/communication interface
First Claim
1. A computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor based device useable by a community of users, said computer readable medium comprising:
- code for registering a plurality of members of said community with said device, wherein registering a member includes storing identifying information relating to the member;
code for querying a user for stored identifying information;
code for receiving information relating to at least one member of said community of users; and
code for providing information on a display panel of said processor based device, wherein at least a portion of said information provided is a subset of an array of information comprised of a plurality of subsets, wherein each subset is associated with a particular member of said community, and wherein said subset provided depends upon identifying information provided by said user.
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Abstract
A community interface is provided that is invocable by instructions executable by a processor based device useable by a community of users. In one embodiment, the executable instructions include code for registering the community members with the device (wherein registering a member includes storing identifying information relating to the member), code for querying a user for stored identifying information, code for receiving information relating to at least one community member, and code for providing information on a display panel of the processor based device, wherein at least a portion of the information provided is a subset of an array of information comprised of a plurality of subsets, wherein each subset is associated with a particular member of the community, and wherein the subset provided depends upon the identifying information provided by the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor based device useable by a community of users, said computer readable medium comprising:
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code for registering a plurality of members of said community with said device, wherein registering a member includes storing identifying information relating to the member;
code for querying a user for stored identifying information;
code for receiving information relating to at least one member of said community of users; and
code for providing information on a display panel of said processor based device, wherein at least a portion of said information provided is a subset of an array of information comprised of a plurality of subsets, wherein each subset is associated with a particular member of said community, and wherein said subset provided depends upon identifying information provided by said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A community interface system comprising:
portable processor based device including display panel, means for registering with said device a plurality of members of a community of users of said device, wherein registering a member includes storing identifying information relating to the member, means for querying a user for stored identifying information, means for receiving information relating to at least one member of said community of users, and means for providing information on said display panel of said portable processor based device, wherein at least a portion of said information provided is a subset of an array of information comprised of a plurality of subsets, wherein each subset is associated with a particular member of said community, and wherein said subset provided depends upon identifying information provided by said user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20)
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16. The system of 10 wherein said device includes means for coupling to an appliance.
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18. A method for providing a community interface comprising:
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registering with a processor based device a plurality of members of a community of users of said device, wherein registering a member includes storing identifying information relating to the member;
querying a user for stored identifying information;
receiving information relating to at least one member of said community of users of said processor based device; and
providing information on a display panel of said processor based device, wherein at least a portion of said information provided is a subset of an array of information comprised of a plurality of subsets, wherein each subset is associated with a particular member of said community, and wherein said subset provided depends upon identifying information provided by said user.
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