Method For Updating a User Profile
First Claim
1. Method for updating a user profile on a server (2) based on user content items on a client (1), the server (2) being able to communicate with the client (1) via a communication network (3), comprising the following steps:
- a) for each of at least a part of said user content items on the client (1), providing characteristic information suitable to identify a respective user content item;
b) transferring the characteristic information of the user content items from the client (1) to the server (2);
c) comparing the characteristic information of the user content items with characteristic information suitable to identify the server content items; and
d) updating the user profile on the server (2) based on the comparison carried out in c).
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for updating a user profile on a server (2) based on user content items on a client (1), the server (2) being able to communicate with the client (1) via a communication network (3), comprising the following steps: a) for each of at least a part of said user content items on the client (1), providing characteristic information suitable to identify a respective user content item; b) transferring the characteristic information of the user content items from the client (1) to the server (2); c) comparing the characteristic information of the user content items with characteristic information suitable to identify the server content items; and d) updating the user profile on the server (2) based on the comparison carried out in c).
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23 Claims
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1. Method for updating a user profile on a server (2) based on user content items on a client (1), the server (2) being able to communicate with the client (1) via a communication network (3), comprising the following steps:
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a) for each of at least a part of said user content items on the client (1), providing characteristic information suitable to identify a respective user content item; b) transferring the characteristic information of the user content items from the client (1) to the server (2); c) comparing the characteristic information of the user content items with characteristic information suitable to identify the server content items; and d) updating the user profile on the server (2) based on the comparison carried out in c). - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20)
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2. Method for updating a user profile on a server (2) based on user content items on a client (1), the server (2) being able to communicate with the client (1) via a communication network (3), comprising the following steps:
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a) transferring characteristic information from the server (2) to the client (1), the characteristic information being suitable to identify each of a part of server content items; b) for each of the part of server content items; b1) comparing the respective characteristic information with characteristic information on the client (1) suitable to identify each of the client'"'"'s content items; b2) generating an automatic feedback information in case the characteristic information of a respective server content item matches with the characteristic information of a user content item, b3) in particular otherwise generating a user feedback information based on a user input related to the respective server content item and/or based on the absence of an user input, whereas the automatic user feedback information corresponds to one out of possible stages or states of user feedback information; c) transferring the feedback information for each of the part of the server content items from the client (1) to the server (2); and d) updating the user profile on the server (2) based on the automatic user feedback information and/or user feedback information of each of the part of server content items. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 7)
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17. Client (1) being adapted to communicate with a server (2) via a communication network (3) for updating a user profile on the server based on user content items on the client,
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means for receiving characteristic information from the server (2), the characteristic information being suitable to identify each of a part of server content items; means for comparing the respective characteristic information for each of the part of server content items with characteristic information on the client (1) suitable to identify each of the client'"'"'s content items; means for generating an automatic feedback information in case the characteristic information of a respective server content item matches with the characteristic information of a user content item and for generating a user feedback information based on a user input related to the respective server content item, whereas the automatic user feedback information corresponds to one out of possible stages or states of user feedback information; and means for transferring the feedback information for each of the part of the server content items from the client (1) to the server (2).
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18. Server (2) being adapted to communicate with a client (1) via a communication network (3) for updating a user profile on the server (2) based on user content items on the client (1),
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means for receiving characteristic information of at least part of the user content items from the client (1), said characteristic information being suitable to identify a respective user content item; means for comparing the characteristic information of the user content items with characteristic information suitable to identify the server content items; and means for updating the user profile on the server (2) based on the comparison carried out in said comparison means.
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21. Method for updating data, comprising a user profile, stored on a server (2) based on user content items stored on a client (1), the server (2) being able to communicate with the client (1) via a communication network (3), comprising the following steps:
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a) for each of at least a part of said user content items stored on the client (1), determining characteristic information suitable to identify a respective user content item; b) transferring the characteristic information of the user content items from the client (1) to the server (2); c) comparing the characteristic information of the user content items with characteristic information determined from the server content items; and d) updating the user profile and storing it on the server (2) based on the comparison carried out in c).
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22. Client (1) being adapted to communicate with a server (2) via a communication network (3) for updating data, comprising a user profile, stored on the server based on user content items stored on the client, comprising:
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means for receiving characteristic information from the server (2), the characteristic information being suitable to identify each of a part of server content items; means for comparing the respective characteristic information for each of the part of server content items with characteristic information determined on the client (1) suitable to identify each of the client'"'"'s content items; means for generating an automatic feedback information in case the characteristic information of a respective server content item matches with the characteristic information of a user content item and for generating a user feedback information based on a user input related to the respective server content item, whereas the automatic user feedback information corresponds to one out of possible stages or states of user feedback information; and means for transferring the feedback information for each of the part of the server content items from the client (1) to the server (2).
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23. Server (2) being adapted to communicate with a client (1) via a communication network (3) for updating data, comprising a user profile, stored on the server (2) based on user content items stored on the client (1), comprising:
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means for receiving characteristic information of at least part of the user content items from the client (1), said characteristic information being suitable to identify a respective user content item; means for comparing the characteristic information of the user content items with characteristic information suitable to identify the server content items; and means for updating the user profile on the server (2) based on the comparison carried out in said comparison means.
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