TECHNIQUES FOR OFFERING CONTEXT TO SERVICE PROVIDERS UTILIZING INCENTIVES
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1. A method of offering incentive based context to service providers, comprising:
- capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; and
wherein said user may choose all or a subset of said context information data for varying types of compensation selected from the group consisting of;
No compensation;
Direct monetary compensation;
Indirect monetary compensation;
Non-monetary compensation;
orPoints, credits, access to free content.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of offering incentive based context to service providers, comprising capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information, and wherein said user may choose all or a subset of said context information for varying types of compensation selected from the group consisting of: No compensation; Direct monetary compensation; Indirect monetary compensation; Non-monetary compensation; or Points, credits, access to free content.
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48 Claims
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1. A method of offering incentive based context to service providers, comprising:
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capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; and wherein said user may choose all or a subset of said context information data for varying types of compensation selected from the group consisting of; No compensation; Direct monetary compensation; Indirect monetary compensation; Non-monetary compensation;
orPoints, credits, access to free content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 11)
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5. A method of offering incentive based context to service providers, comprising:
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capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; integrating an approval service to verify authorization for access to said user context information; and wherein said approval service consults with a financial service, to either cause payment to be made or to validate that payment has been made.
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6. A method of offering incentive based context to service providers, comprising:
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capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; integrating an approval service to verify authorization for access to said user context information, said approval service consulting with a reputation service to determine if said service provider meets a trust criteria specified by said user and wherein once said approval service has validated that all of said user'"'"'s conditions have been met, it enables said service provider to access said user context. - View Dependent Claims (7, 9, 10)
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12. A method of offering incentive based context to service providers, comprising:
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capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; creating a secure profile store to maintain a version of said user'"'"'s profile on each of a plurality of platforms said user may be using, wherein said platforms owned by said user will store a local version of said user'"'"'s profile in said profile store; and wherein each profile store is updated using said user context acquired locally by said first platform and said user'"'"'s at least one addition platform communicates for the purpose of synchronizing information between profile stores, thus building up a unified user profile. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-volatile computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; and wherein said user may choose all or a subset of said context information for varying types of compensation selected from the group consisting of; No compensation; Direct monetary compensation; Indirect monetary compensation; Non-monetary compensation;
orPoints, credits, access to free content. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36)
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21. A non-volatile computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; integrating an approval service to verify authorization for access to said user context information; and wherein said approval service consults with a financial service, to either cause payment to be made or to validate that payment has been made.
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22. A non-volatile computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; integrating an approval service to verify authorization for access to said user context information, said approval service consulting with a reputation service to determine if said service provider meets a trust criteria specified by said user; and wherein once said approval service has validated that all of said user'"'"'s conditions have been met, it enables said service provider to access said user context. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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33. A system, comprising:
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an information assimilation and communication platform adapted to capture context information of a user and securely store said context on said platform; wherein said information assimilation and communication platform is configured to distribute said context information to a service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; and wherein said user may choose all or a subset of said context information for varying types of compensation selected from the group consisting of; No compensation; Direct monetary compensation; Indirect monetary compensation; Non-monetary compensation;
orPoints, credits, access to free content. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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37. A system, comprising:
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an information assimilation and communication platform adapted to capture context information of a user and securely store said context on said platform; wherein said information assimilation and communication platform is configured to distribute said context information to a service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; and an approval service to verify authorization for access to said user context;
said approval service consults with a financial service, to either cause payment to be made or to validate that payment has been made.
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38. A system, comprising:
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an information assimilation and communication platform adapted to capture context information of a user and securely store said context on said platform; wherein said information assimilation and communication platform is configured to distribute said context information to a service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information; and an approval service to verify authorization for access to said user context, said approval service consulting with a reputation service to determine if said service provider meets a trust criteria specified by said user and wherein once said approval service has validated that all of said user'"'"'s conditions have been met, it enables said service provider to access said user context. - View Dependent Claims (39, 41, 42)
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