Method and Apparatus for User Reproducing a User-Preferred Document Out of a Plurality of Documents
First Claim
1. Method for user preferred reproducing a document out of a plurality of documents, wherein a number of sets of documents are defined for classifying the documents, comprising the steps of:
- determining the time of day, selecting a set of documents based on a characteristic regarding the plurality how often the set has been used for reproduction of one of its documents during a corresponding time of day slice, so that the most frequently used document set will be selected for reproduction with higher priority, automatically or user-controlled starting of reproducing a document within the selected set of documents.
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Abstract
The developments in mass storage devices show a fast increase of the storage capacity. This allows for the recording of huge digital archives with audio, video, text, still picture, etc. documents. It'"'"'s getting more and more difficult for the user to keep an overview about all these archived documents and in particular to find the user preferred documents. The invention proposes to record a device profile in a reproduction device. The device profile is based on a number of document sets for classifying the documents. In the device profile it is recorded which document sets the user previously selected for reproduction in a given time of day slice. When the user is using the reproduction device in a given time of day slice, the reproduction appliance selects a document set for reproduction based on the previously recorded device profile. The user preferred document sets would thus be reproduced with higher priority.
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1. Method for user preferred reproducing a document out of a plurality of documents, wherein a number of sets of documents are defined for classifying the documents, comprising the steps of:
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determining the time of day, selecting a set of documents based on a characteristic regarding the plurality how often the set has been used for reproduction of one of its documents during a corresponding time of day slice, so that the most frequently used document set will be selected for reproduction with higher priority, automatically or user-controlled starting of reproducing a document within the selected set of documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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- 5. Apparatus for user preferred reproduction of a document out of a plurality of documents, comprising means for accessing a number of documents stored on a storage medium, wherein a number of sets of documents is provided for classifying the documents, wherein a table of document set information is provided in which the plurality how often a set has been called for reproduction one of its documents during a given time of day slice is recorded, and wherein a document selector is provided that accesses the table of document set information for determining which document set shall be selected for reproducing a document at the given time of day, the document selector being adapted to select the most frequently used document set with higher priority and, further comprising means for automatically or user controlled starting reproduction of a document within the selected set of documents.
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