MOBILE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED INFORMATION

• US 20100311394A1
• Filed: 06/03/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Western Digital Israel Limited (Western Digital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: SanDisk IL Ltd. (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: POMERANTZ, ITZHAK, MARDIKS, EITAN, YAIRI, RAHAV
• Granted Patent: US 8,213,912 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/36 Memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

An information system includes a server that creates an information reservoir with data units for a user of a mobile communication device based on a unique user profile of the user of the mobile communication device. The server creates the unique user profile based on interaction of the user with the mobile communication device or with another computing system. The server transfers the information reservoir to the mobile communication device and each time the user requests data from a web site, the server scans it to find key terms. If the server finds key term(s) in the data, it uses a tagging rule to mark the key term(s) and, then, it transfers the data with the marked term(s) to the mobile communication device. The user may, then, select a marked key term to call/display a data unit that is locally stored on the mobile communication device. The server may also mark terms in data units and a data unit stored on the mobile communication device may be called using a key term that is marked in another data unit.

Claims

1. A mobile system for providing a personalized dynamic information reservoir with data units, comprising:

a mobile communication device;

a storage device embedded in or removably connected to the mobile communication device, the storage device configured for storing an information reservoir with data units, the information reservoir being dynamically updatable based on a user profile that is unique to a user of the mobile communication device;

a client application executable in the mobile communication device or in the storage device, the client application being configured,

(i) to present data with terms that are marked such that each marked term references a data unit that is stored in the storage device; and

(ii) to present a particular data unit referenced by a particular one of the marked terms responsive to selection of the particular marked term by the user.

2. The mobile system as in claim 1, wherein one or more of the terms that are marked in the data are marked by the client application.

3. The mobile system as in claim 1, wherein the client application receives the data with the marked terms from a remote server.

4. The mobile system as in claim 1, further comprising:

a browser to request and to present the data units and the data; and

a web server (i) to receive the request for a particular one of the data units from the browser, (ii) to retrieve the data unit requested from the browser from the storage device, (iii) to transfer the retrieved data unit to the browser.

5. The mobile system as in claim 4, wherein the client application includes the browser.

6. The mobile system as in claim 4, wherein the web server resides in the storage device.

7. The mobile system as in claim 1, wherein the user profile is dynamically updatable.

8. The mobile system as in claim 1, wherein the user profile is created based on interactions between the user and the mobile communication device and/or between the user and another computing system.

9. The mobile system as in claim 8, wherein information pertaining to interactions between the user and the mobile communication device originates from the mobile communication device.

10. The mobile system as in claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device is a mobile phone.

11. A server for providing a personalized dynamic information reservoir with data units, comprising:

a processor;

a term tagging module for marking terms in data;

a client application executable on the processor, the client application being configured,

(i) to create an information reservoir with data units based on a user profile that is unique to a user of a mobile communication device;

(ii) to store the information reservoir in the mobile communication device;

(iii) to receive from the mobile communication device a request for data;

(iv) to mark terms in the requested data by using the term tagging module, such that each marked term references a particular data unit that is stored, or to be stored, in the mobile communication device; and

(v) to transfer the data to the mobile communication device with the marked terms.

12. The server as in claim 11, further including a web server for (i) receiving the request for data from the mobile communication device, (ii) retrieving the requested data from a data source, and for (iii) transferring the retrieved data to the mobile communication device.

13. The server as in claim 11, wherein the client application creates the user profile from information received from any one of the mobile communication device and another source.

14. The server as in claim 11, wherein the client application receives the user profile or part thereof.

15. The server as in claim 11, wherein the client application creates the user profile based on interaction of the user with the mobile communication device or with another device.

16. The server as in claim 15, wherein the other device is any one of a personal computer, a portable computer, and a personal digital assistant.

17. The server as in claim 11, wherein the client application obtains the data units from one or more data sources.

18. The server as in claim 11, wherein the client application marks a particular term in the requested data if the particular term is identical to a key term or to a derivative of the key term.

19. The server as in claim 11, wherein the marked terms specify the way the terms are presented on the mobile communication device.

20. The server as in claim 11, wherein the client application (i) obtains the data units by using key terms that are derived from the user profile;

(ii) identifies terms to be marked in the requested data based on the key terms;

(iii) marks each term identified in the requested data by applying to it a tagging rule, and (iv) transfers the key terms, or the tagging rules, or both, to the mobile communication device.

21. The server as in claim 20, wherein the client application is further configured to encrypt any one of (i) selected data units, (ii) selected tagging rules, and (iii) the data, before they are transferred to the mobile communication device.

22. The server as in claim 20, wherein the tagging rule is predetermined by the user of the mobile communication device.

23. The server as in claim 20, wherein the tagging rule is determined according to the type of the requested data.

24. A storage device, comprising:

an interface;

a memory;

a storage controller for managing the memory, the storage controller being configured to communicate with a host of the storage device via the interface;

a data manager application executable on the controller, the data manager application being configured,

to receive an information reservoir with data units from the host via the interface, the information reservoir being dynamically updatable based on a user profile that is unique to a user of the mobile communication device;

to receive key terms and tagging rules from the host, via the interface, to identify terms in one or more of the data units by using the key terms, and to mark the identified terms by using the tagging rules in a manner for each marked term to reference a particular one of the data units;

to store the information reservoir, the key terms, and the tagging rules in the memory;

to receive a request from the host, via the interface, for a particular data unit; and

to transfer the particular data unit to the host via the interface in response to the request.

25. The storage device as in claim 24, wherein at least one of the data units is a text message, an electronic mail, or a web page.

26. The storage device as in claim 24, wherein the request includes a reference to the particular data unit, the reference being a term which is marked in another data unit by using a tagging rule.

27. The storage device as in claim 24, wherein at least some of the received data units and at least some of the received key terms are encrypted, and wherein the data manager application is further configured to decrypt an encrypted data unit and an encrypted tagging rule.