User preference interpretation

• US 20070208861A1
• Filed: 03/02/2006
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zellner, Samuel, O'Neil, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US11/366,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20070208861A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing

Abstract

Included are embodiments of a method for interpreting user preferences. At least one embodiment includes receiving preference information from a user and adapting at least a portion of the preference information into at least one theme. Other embodiments include adapting the theme to at least one setting related to a receiving environment and sending the setting to the receiving environment.

Claims

1. A method for interpreting user preferences, comprising:

receiving preference information from a user;

adapting at least a portion of the preference information into at least one theme;

adapting the theme to at least one setting related to a receiving environment; and

sending the setting to the receiving environment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the preference information is received from the user via a sending environment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the preference information is received from the user via a website.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining identity information related to the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting is sent to the receiving environment in response to receiving a query for preference data related to the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein adapting the theme to at least one setting related to a receiving environment includes determining at least one capability of the receiving environment.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the at least one setting related to the receiving environment.

8. A computer readable medium for interpreting user preferences, comprising:

logic configured to receive preference information from a user;

logic configured to adapt at least a portion of the preference information into at least one theme;

logic configured to adapt the theme to at least one setting related to a receiving environment; and

logic configured to send the setting to the receiving environment.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the preference information is received from the user via a sending environment.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the preference information is received from the user via a website.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising logic configured to determine identity information related to the user.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the setting is sent to the receiving environment in response to receiving a query for preference data related to the user.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein logic configured to adapt the theme to at least one setting related to a receiving environment is further configured to determine at least one capability of the receiving environment.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising logic configured to store the at least one setting related to the receiving environment.

15. A method of interpreting user preferences, comprising:

receiving at least one preference category related to at a user;

receiving a query for user preference data related to an environment; and

adapting the at least one received preference category into at least one setting for the environment.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending the at least one setting to the environment.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the preference category is received from the user via a website.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising storing the at least one preference category.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving data related to at least one user action.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining identity information related to the user.