Configuration of Device Settings

• US 20090064038A1
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Paine, Mallory Jackson, Fleischman, David, Coffman, Patrick, Christie, Gregory N., Lamiraux, Henri, Cassidy, Brian, Marcos, Paul
• Application Number:
  US11/850,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20090064038A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for configuring a device. A device is coupled to a data source. One or more parameters associated with the data source are determined. The one or more parameters are applied to the device. Properties of the data source are inherited by the device without requiring a user to specifically input or identify the parameters for the device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

coupling a device to an agent;

receiving at the device one or more parameters, wherein the one or more parameters are determined by the agent from one or more signals; and

configuring a user interface of the device based on the received parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring a user interface of the device comprises setting a user interface language of the device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring a user interface of the device comprises setting a country of the device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring a user interface of the device comprises setting a respective display format for one or more of time, date, numbers, and currency.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise a set of one or more parameters associated with a locale.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the agent is running on a computer; and

the signals comprise one or more settings on the computer.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the agent is associated with a service accessible through a network; and

the signals comprise one or more settings related to the service.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise a set of parameters associated with a locale.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the locale is determined by the agent based on the signals.

10. A method, comprising:

coupling an agent to a device;

determining at the agent one or more device parameters from one or more signals; and

transmitting the device parameters to the device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining one or more device parameters from one or more agent system settings comprises:

determining a locale based on the signals; and

selecting one of a plurality of sets of device parameters, each of the plurality of sets of device parameters corresponding to a respective locale, the selected set of device parameters corresponding to the determined locale.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the agent is running on a computer; and

the signals comprise one or more settings on the computer.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the agent is associated with a service accessible through a network; and

the signals comprise one or more settings related to the service.

14. A device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

one or more processors; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the instructions comprising instructions to;

couple a device to an agent;

receive at the device one or more parameters, wherein the one or more parameters are determined by the agent from one or more signals; and

configure a user interface of the device based on the received parameters.

15. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the instructions comprising instructions to;

couple an agent in the system to a device;

determine at the agent one or more device parameters from one or more signals; and

transmit the device parameters to the device.

16. A method comprising:

coupling a device to a data source;

determining one or more parameters associated with the data source; and

applying the one or more parameters to the device including inheriting properties of the data source without requiring a user to specifically input or identify the parameters for the device.