System for reporting user context information
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A system for reporting user context information, comprising:
- a plurality of context monitors for monitoring user data;
a context change broker communicatively coupled to said plurality of context monitors and for receiving said user data and mapping said user data to user context information; and
said context change broker further for delivering changes in said user context information to requesting applications.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system for reporting user context information. The system has context monitors for monitoring user data. The system also has a context change broker communicatively coupled to the context monitors and for receiving the user data. The context change broker also maps the user data to user context information and delivers changes in the user context information to requesting applications.
30 Citations
19 Claims
-
1. A system for reporting user context information, comprising:
-
a plurality of context monitors for monitoring user data;
a context change broker communicatively coupled to said plurality of context monitors and for receiving said user data and mapping said user data to user context information; and
said context change broker further for delivering changes in said user context information to requesting applications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A method of providing user information, comprising:
-
a) receiving a request for user context information at a specified level of generality;
b) monitoring for low level user data related to said user context information;
c) mapping said low level user data to said user context information at said specified level of generality; and
d) delivering said user context information at said specified level of generality to a requestor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed on a processor, implement a method of mapping user data, said method comprising:
-
a) monitoring for user data;
b) converting said user data to a semantic form having a plurality of context attributes at one or more levels by applying said user data to a context schema comprising said context attributes linked by mapping functions; and
c) delivering a context attribute of said plurality. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
Specification