Differential dynamic content delivery with a participant alterable session copy of a user profile

• US 20050165900A1
• Filed: 01/13/2004
• Published: 07/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Watson, Thomas J., Schumacher, Daniel Mark, Burkhart, Michael John, Bodin, William Kress, Eisenhauer, Daniel G.
• Granted Patent: US 8,499,232 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

Differential dynamic content delivery with a participant alterable session copy of a user profile. Typical embodiments include providing a session document for a presentation, where the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; providing a session copy of a participant'"'"'s user profile including a user classification; receiving, from the participant, a user classification instruction to change a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile; changing the user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile in dependence upon the participant'"'"'s user classification instruction; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile in the presentation; and presenting the selected structural element to the participant.

Claims

1. A method for differential dynamic content delivery, the method comprising:

providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document;

providing a session copy of a participant'"'"'s user profile including a user classification;

receiving, from the participant, a user classification instruction to change a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile;

changing the user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile in dependence upon the participant'"'"'s user classification instruction;

selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile in the presentation; and

presenting the selected structural element to the participant.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein only the participant is authorized to change a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a session copy of a participant'"'"'s user profile including a user classification further comprises copying at least a portion of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating a user classification instruction in dependence upon rules governing changes in a user classification in a session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a presentation control instruction, wherein:

the presentation control instruction includes a presentation action identifier and optional parameters; and

selecting a classified structural element includes selecting a classified structural element in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising creating the presentation control instruction, including:

receiving from a user participating in the presentation a key phrase and optional parameters for invoking a presentation action; and

parsing the key phrase and parameters against a voice response grammar into a presentation control instruction.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a classified structural element further comprises selecting a classified structural element having an associated classification identifier that corresponds to the user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising updating a session document, including:

identifying a presentation document for the presentation, the presentation document including a presentation grammar and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers;

identifying users for the presentation, wherein the users for the presentation include the participant, and the participant has a session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile comprising user classifications; and

filtering the structured document in dependence upon the user classifications of the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile and the classification identifiers.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein filtering the structured document comprises:

extracting, from the structured document, structural elements having classification identifiers corresponding to the user classifications of the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile; and

writing the extracted structural elements into the session structured document in the session document.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising filtering the presentation grammar, in dependence upon the extracted structural elements, into a session grammar in the session document.

11. A system for differential dynamic content delivery, the system comprising:

means for providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document;

means for providing a session copy of a participant'"'"'s user profile including a user classification;

means for receiving, from the participant, a user classification instruction to change a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile;

means for changing the user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile in dependence upon the participant'"'"'s user classification instruction;

means for selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile in the presentation; and

means for presenting the selected structural element to the participant.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein only the participant is authorized to change a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein means for providing a session copy of a participant'"'"'s user profile including a user classification further comprises means for copying at least a portion of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

14. The system of claim 11 further comprising means for creating a user classification instruction in dependence upon rules governing changes in a user classification in a session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

15. The system of claim 11 further comprising means for receiving a presentation control instruction, wherein:

the presentation control instruction includes a presentation action identifier and optional parameters; and

means for selecting a classified structural element includes means for selecting a classified structural element in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.

16. The system of claim 15 further comprising means for creating the presentation control instruction, including:

means for receiving from a user participating in the presentation a key phrase and optional parameters for invoking a presentation action; and

means for parsing the key phrase and parameters against a voice response grammar into a presentation control instruction.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein means for selecting a classified structural element further comprises means for selecting a classified structural element having an associated classification identifier that corresponds to the user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

18. The system of claim 11 further comprising means for updating a session document, including:

means for identifying a presentation document for the presentation, the presentation document including a presentation grammar and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers;

means for identifying users for the presentation, wherein the users for the presentation include the participant, and the participant has a session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile comprising user classifications; and

means for filtering the structured document in dependence upon the user classifications of the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile and the classification identifiers.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein means for filtering the structured document comprises:

means for extracting, from the structured document, structural elements having classification identifiers corresponding to the user classifications of the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile; and

means for writing the extracted structural elements into the session structured document in the session document.

20. The system of claim 19 further comprising means for filtering the presentation grammar, in dependence upon the extracted structural elements, into a session grammar in the session document.

21. A computer program product for differential dynamic content delivery, the computer program product comprising:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for providing a session copy of a participant'"'"'s user profile including a user classification;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, from the participant, a user classification instruction to change a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for changing the user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile in dependence upon the participant'"'"'s user classification instruction;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile in the presentation; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for presenting the selected structural element to the participant.

22. The computer program product of claim 21 wherein only the participant is authorized to change a user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

23. The computer program product of claim 21 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for providing a session copy of a participant'"'"'s user profile including a user classification further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for copying at least a portion of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

24. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a user classification instruction in dependence upon rules governing changes in a user classification in a session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

25. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a presentation control instruction, wherein:

the presentation control instruction includes a presentation action identifier and optional parameters; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a classified structural element includes means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a classified structural element in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.

26. The computer program product of claim 25 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating the presentation control instruction, including:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from a user participating in the presentation a key phrase and optional parameters for invoking a presentation action; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for parsing the key phrase and parameters against a voice response grammar into a presentation control instruction.

27. The computer program product of claim 21 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a classified structural element further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a classified structural element having an associated classification identifier that corresponds to the user classification in the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile.

28. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for updating a session document, including:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a presentation document for the presentation, the presentation document including a presentation grammar and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying users for the presentation, wherein the users for the presentation include the participant, and the participant has a session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile comprising user classifications; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for filtering the structured document in dependence upon the user classifications of the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile and the classification identifiers.

29. The computer program product of claim 28 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for filtering the structured document comprises:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for extracting, from the structured document, structural elements having classification identifiers corresponding to the user classifications of the session copy of the participant'"'"'s user profile; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for writing the extracted structural elements into the session structured document in the session document.

30. The computer program product of claim 29 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for filtering the presentation grammar, in dependence upon the extracted structural elements, into a session grammar in the session document.