ACTION-BASED PRE-POPULATION OF USER PROFILES
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1. An automated method for pre-populating a user profile for an individual user with suggested entries, the method comprising the steps of:
- collecting usage data pertaining to the individual user from sources over a network, the sources comprising one or more of on-line applications, local applications, client devices, or peripheral devices, the usage data reflecting user actions with the sources from which characteristics of users are determinable;
aggregating usage data pertaining to a plurality of other users from the sources;
generating the suggested entries using the individual usage data and the aggregated usage data; and
pre-populating the suggested entries into a user profile form for presentation to the individual user.
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Abstract
Usage data representing users'"'"' actions with applications, client devices such as PCs, and peripheral devices like personal media players is collected from a variety of sources and utilized by an automated user profile population service to pre-populate user profile forms with suggestions for entries that can be presented to an application user when initially registering with the application or when a user profile gets updated. The user can review the suggested pre-populated entries in the user profile form and accept those that are appropriate and desired and reject those that are not.
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1. An automated method for pre-populating a user profile for an individual user with suggested entries, the method comprising the steps of:
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collecting usage data pertaining to the individual user from sources over a network, the sources comprising one or more of on-line applications, local applications, client devices, or peripheral devices, the usage data reflecting user actions with the sources from which characteristics of users are determinable; aggregating usage data pertaining to a plurality of other users from the sources; generating the suggested entries using the individual usage data and the aggregated usage data; and pre-populating the suggested entries into a user profile form for presentation to the individual user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors disposed in an electronic device, perform a method for operating an on-line application, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request from a user to initiate generation of a user profile for the on-line application; redirecting the request to a user profile population service for handling, the user profile population service being configured for pre-populating suggested entries into fields in a form used for generating a user profile based on individual usage data and aggregated usage data, the suggested entries being displayed to a user for approval or disapproval through a user interface; and displaying the user profile with user-approved entries. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for updating a user profile of an individual user that is utilized with an on-line application, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring usage data for the individual user to ascertain if the user profile has changed so that an update to the user profile is performable, the usage data representing user actions with devices and applications from which user characteristics may be derived; and pre-populating a user profile form with suggested entries for updating the user profile. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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