Setting user preferences via a mobile terminal
First Claim
1. User terminal comprising control means (12), a user interface (17,18) and means for interaction between the terminal and one or more servers (4,8,9) via a network (2,7), the terminal comprising means (12,13), cooperating with the user interface, for both setting local user preferences valid for the terminal itself and non-local user preferences, valid for said one of more servers (4,8,9).
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Abstract
Method, system and terminal for setting, in an information system comprising a network (2, 7) connecting user terminals (1) and one or more servers (4, 8, 9), local user preferences valid for the terminal and non-local user preferences valid for said one or more servers. A preferences setting file is downloaded from one of said servers to the relevant terminal, which is completed by the terminal user with the user'"'"'s local and/or non-local preferences. Subsequently, the completed preferences setting file is uploaded to the relevant server (9). One or more preference groups (“moods”) may be assigned to the completed local and/or nonlocal preferences. The user may select one occurrence out of said preference groups, resulting in retrieval in the relevant server (9), the local and/or non-local preferences assigned to the selected preference group, and activating the relevant preferences in the terminal and the network and/or the one or more servers.
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- 1. User terminal comprising control means (12), a user interface (17,18) and means for interaction between the terminal and one or more servers (4,8,9) via a network (2,7), the terminal comprising means (12,13), cooperating with the user interface, for both setting local user preferences valid for the terminal itself and non-local user preferences, valid for said one of more servers (4,8,9).
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7. Information system, comprising
a network (2,7) connecting user terminals (1) and one or more servers (4,8,9), one or more of said the terminals and one or more of said servers comprising means for mutual interaction via a network (2,7), and means for both setting local user preferences valid for the terminal itself and non-local user preferences, valid for said one or more servers.
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13. Method for setting, in an information system comprising a network (2,7) connecting user terminals (1) and one or more servers (4,8,9), both local user preferences valid for the terminal and non-local user preferences valid for said one or more servers, comprising steps of
downloading a preferences setting file from one of said servers to the relevant terminal, completing the preferences setting file with input from the terminal'"'"'s user via a user interface with the user'"'"'s local and/or non-local preferences, assigning one or more preference groups to the completed local and/or non-local preferences, uploading said preferences setting file completed with said local and/or non-local preferences to the relevant server (9), selecting, by the user via the user interface, one occurrence out of said preference groups, retrieving, in the relevant server (9), the local and/or non-local preferences assigned to the selected preference group, activating the relevant preferences in the terminal and the network and/or the one or more servers.
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