Personalized Interaction Using Codes
First Claim
1. A method of personalizing a multimedia service for a first user, wherein said first user has registered a first media player in a multimedia network, comprising the following steps:
- reading a code via a visual interface of said first media player,decoding in said first media player said code and creating a user preference message, comprising the content of said code and at least one identity,forwarding said user preference message, to an application server, capable of providing said service,creating or updating at least one user preference data record each linked to by one of said at least one identity, on the basis of the content of said code, and,personalizing in said application server a service, according to one of said at least one created or updated user preference data records linked to by one of said at least one identities.
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Abstract
A method and nodes adapted to provide personalized multimedia services for users having registered a media player (300, 400, 401, 501, 502, 606) to a multimedia network, on the basis of the content (301, 500) read by a code reader (302, 405, 503), connected to or integrated with the media player. Content decoded from a code is used for creating or updating a user preference data record (700, 701) linked to by the identity with which the respective media player is registered. An application server (305, 402, 506, 600) being responsible for personalizing a requested service is interconnected with one or more preference databases (306, 407, 603), and one or more content databases (308, 408, 605) and/or dedicated servers (507). Upon receiving a service request, the application server, access relevant data from the mentioned nodes and assembles personalization instructions, adapted to trigger the requested personalized service in the requesting media player.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of personalizing a multimedia service for a first user, wherein said first user has registered a first media player in a multimedia network, comprising the following steps:
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reading a code via a visual interface of said first media player, decoding in said first media player said code and creating a user preference message, comprising the content of said code and at least one identity, forwarding said user preference message, to an application server, capable of providing said service, creating or updating at least one user preference data record each linked to by one of said at least one identity, on the basis of the content of said code, and, personalizing in said application server a service, according to one of said at least one created or updated user preference data records linked to by one of said at least one identities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An application server in a multimedia network, for providing a personalized multimedia service to a user having registered at least one media player in said multimedia network, said server comprising:
communication means for communicating with; a media player, registered in said multimedia network via at least one identity, and, at least one preference database, comprising personalization content associated with said registered media player, said personalization content being stored in a user preference data record, and wherein said user preference data record is linked to by one of said at least one identities, and, preference data controlling means for performing either of the following steps upon receiving a user preference message from said media player, comprising the content of a code read by said media player, and one of said at least one identities; create a user preference data record on the basis of the content of said code if no preference data record linked to by said identity already exists, or, update a user preference data record on the basis of the content of said code if said user preference data record linked to by said identity already exists. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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