Guiding sensing and preferences for context-sensitive services
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates management of a user context, comprising:
- a sensing component that senses a user context of a user; and
a management component that determines a device for user interaction in the user context.
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Abstract
A sensing and context management architecture that can detect that a user is interacting with a given device and in an associated context, and in response thereto, manages device processes as the user moves from device to device, location to location, and/or context to context. The invention comprises a system that facilitates management of a user situation or context. A sensing component is provided that senses a context of a user by way of one or more sensors and/or a particular device with which the user is interacting in the context, for example, and a management component that manages the device and/or one or more services in the context according to rules or inferences user preferences, sensed observations, and user input data.
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20 Claims
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1. A system that facilitates management of a user context, comprising:
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a sensing component that senses a user context of a user; and
a management component that determines a device for user interaction in the user context. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method of managing devices in a user context, comprising:
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sensing user interaction data between a user and a first device;
establishing the user context as associated with the first device and other devices of the user context;
applying user preferences based on at least one of the user, the first device, and the user context; and
managing operation of the first device and the other devices in the user context. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system that manages devices in a user context, comprising:
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means for establishing the user context as associated with a first computing device and a second computing device;
means for sensing user interaction data between a user and the first computing device and the user and the second computing device;
means for designating one of the first computing device and the second computing device as a master device;
means for applying rules to the master device based on the user; and
means for managing operation of the master device based on the rules.
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