Determining a use context for a telecommunications terminal user
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving i) a first indication of how a first user of a first telecommunications terminal is using or will be using the first telecommunications terminal and ii) a second indication of a spatial or temporal context that includes the first telecommunications terminal;
establishing a first use context to apply to the first telecommunications terminal, based on the first indication and the second indication; and
presenting a manifestation of the first use context to the first user at the first telecommunications terminal.
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Abstract
A technique is disclosed that addresses a problem in managing the correct context in which a telecommunications terminal is utilized by its user—that is, a work use context, a personal use context, and so forth. The disclosed technique enables the automated management of use contexts by a terminal on behalf of its user, across the possibly multiple terminals that are utilized by the user. Each terminal manages the use contexts by utilizing temporal-, schedule-, spatial-, and proximity-related information, in combination with the terminal'"'"'s current and/or anticipated usage by the user, in order to establish a use context that is currently appropriate for that user at that terminal. As part of establishing a use context, the terminal makes available to its user a predetermined set of user interface properties and a predetermined set of user profile properties. Such properties can include contact lists, applications, server links, logins, and so forth.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving i) a first indication of how a first user of a first telecommunications terminal is using or will be using the first telecommunications terminal and ii) a second indication of a spatial or temporal context that includes the first telecommunications terminal; establishing a first use context to apply to the first telecommunications terminal, based on the first indication and the second indication; and presenting a manifestation of the first use context to the first user at the first telecommunications terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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presenting a manifestation of a first use context to a first user at a first telecommunications terminal, the first use context being based on a first indication and a second indication, the first indication being of how the first user is using or will be using the first telecommunications terminal and the second indication describing a first spatial or temporal context that includes the first telecommunications terminal; receiving a third indication of a second spatial or temporal context with respect to the first telecommunications terminal; and establishing a second use context to apply to the first telecommunications terminal, based on the difference between the third indication and the second indication. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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establishing a first use context to apply to a first telecommunications terminal, the first use context being based on at least one of i) how the first user is using the first telecommunications terminal and ii) a spatial or temporal context that includes the first telecommunications terminal, and the first use context defining a first set of user-profile properties; receiving i) a first indication of how the first user will be using the first telecommunications terminal or ii) a second indication as the result of the spatial or temporal context having changed; and establishing a second use context to apply to the first telecommunications terminal, based on the first indication or second indication. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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