PERSONAL DIGITAL CONTEXT
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1. A method for providing a personal digital context, the method comprising:
- identifying a context element;
updating a context state associated with a user according to the context element;
determining whether a context-aware device is available; and
in response to determining whether the context-aware device is available, providing the context state to the context-aware device.
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Abstract
A personal digital context may be provided. A context element may be identified and used to update a context state associated with a user. Upon determining that a context-aware device is available, the context state may be provided to the context-aware device.
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1. A method for providing a personal digital context, the method comprising:
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identifying a context element; updating a context state associated with a user according to the context element; determining whether a context-aware device is available; and in response to determining whether the context-aware device is available, providing the context state to the context-aware device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for providing a personal digital context, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
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identifying a context element associated with a user; updating a context state associated with the user, wherein the context state is stored on a mobile device associated with the user; identifying the presence of a context-aware device; determining whether the context state is to be shared with the context-aware device; and in response to determining that the context state is to be shared with the context-aware device, providing the context state to the context-aware device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for providing a personal digital context, the system comprising:
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a memory storage; and a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to; identify a context element associated with a user, wherein the context element comprises at least one of the following;
a location of the user, an application action requested by the user, a time, a date, a presence of at least one other user, data provided by an application, a communication made by the user, a communication received by the user, a physical activity of the user, a location change by the user, and a reminder associated with the user,update a context state associated with the user, wherein the context state is stored on a mobile device associated with the user, determine whether a context-aware device is available at a current location of the user, in response to determining that the context-aware device is available at the current location of the user, determine whether the context state is to be shared with the context-aware device, in response to determining that the context state is to be shared with the context-aware device, provide the context state to the context-aware device, receive at least one second context element from the context-aware device, and update the context state according to the received at least one second element.
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