Method and system for providing information services to a client using a user profile
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Abstract
Information content is provided from at least one server to at least one user terminal, the information content being customized according to a user model. To that end at least a portion of the user model provided at the user terminal is sent from the user terminal to the server thus making it available to the server. The information is customized on the basis of the user model as made available to the server and sent from the server to the user terminal. The portion of the user model possibly stored at the server is eventually deleted from the server.
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52 Claims
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27. A method for providing information content in relation to a service from at least one server to at least one user terminal, said information content being customized according to a user model comprising the steps of:
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providing said user model at said user terminal;
selecting at least a portion of the user model on the basis of the service;
sending at least a portion of the user model from said user terminal to said server thus making said at least a portion of the user model available to said server;
customizing said information on the basis of said at least a portion of the user model made available to the server; and
sending said customized information from said server to said user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 50)
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35. A system for providing information content from at least one server to at least one user terminal requesting information content from the server in relation to a service, said information content being customized according to a user model, comprising:
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at least one user terminal comprising a user model engine for providing said user model at the user terminal, a user model manager module for selecting at least a portion of the user model on the basis of the service, and a transaction engine for sending at least a portion of the user model from said user terminal to said server thus making said at least a portion of the user model available to said server; and
at least one server comprising a server engine for customizing said information on the basis of said at least a portion of the user model made available to the server and sending said customized information from said server to said user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A user terminal for use in a system for providing information content in relation to a service from at least one server to said user terminal, said information content being customized according to a user model, said user terminal comprising a user model engine for providing said user model at the user terminal, a user model manager module for selecting at least a portion of the user model on the basis of the service, and a transaction engine for sending at least a portion of the user model from said user terminal to said server thus making said at least a portion of the user model available to said server;
- wherein said user terminal is configured for receiving from said at least one server information customized on the basis of said at least a portion of the user model made available to the server.
- View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51)
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48. A server for providing to at least one user terminal information content in relation to a service customized according to a user model, said server comprising a server engine for:
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receiving from said at least one user terminal at least a portion of said user model selected on the basis of the service, whereby said at least a selected portion of the user model is made available to said server;
customizing said information on the basis of said at least a selected portion of the user model made available to the server; and
sending said customized information from said server to said user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (49, 52)
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