METHOD FOR SPECIFYING BEHAVIOR TENDENCY AND SYSTEM FOR SPECIFYING BEHAVIOR TENDENCY
First Claim
1. A method for specifying a behavior tendency, the method comprising:
- receiving, through communication, pieces of operation information each including (a) operating state information of a corresponding one of devices and (b) user information for identifying a user using the devices, in association with each other;
storing the pieces of the operation information received in the receiving into a first storage unit;
reading at least one piece of behavior tendency information from a second storage unit, the at least one piece of the behavior tendency information each including, in association with each other, (c) operating state information of at least one of the devices and (d) a predetermined user behavior tendency of the user; and
specifying, based on the at least one piece of the behavior tendency information read in the reading and the pieces of the operation information stored in the first storage unit, the predetermined user behavior tendency which corresponds to the operating state information of the at least one of the devices, by searching the pieces of the operation information for the operating state information of the at least one of the devices which is included in the at least one piece of the behavior tendency information,wherein the operating state information includes at least one of (e) state information related to a user'"'"'s operation of the corresponding one of the devices associated with the user and (f) state information related to a result of detection performed by a sensor included in the corresponding one of the devices.
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Abstract
There are included: a step for receiving, through communication, pieces of operation information each including (a) operating state information of a device and (b) user information for identifying a user, in association with each other; a step storing the pieces of the operation information received in the receiving into a first storage unit; a step for reading, from a second storage unit, behavior tendency information including, in association with each other, (c) operating state information of at least one device and (d) a predetermined user behavior tendency of the user; and a step for specifying the predetermined user behavior tendency which corresponds to the operating state information of at least one device, by searching the pieces of the operation information for the operating state information of at least one device which is included in the behavior tendency information.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for specifying a behavior tendency, the method comprising:
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receiving, through communication, pieces of operation information each including (a) operating state information of a corresponding one of devices and (b) user information for identifying a user using the devices, in association with each other; storing the pieces of the operation information received in the receiving into a first storage unit; reading at least one piece of behavior tendency information from a second storage unit, the at least one piece of the behavior tendency information each including, in association with each other, (c) operating state information of at least one of the devices and (d) a predetermined user behavior tendency of the user; and specifying, based on the at least one piece of the behavior tendency information read in the reading and the pieces of the operation information stored in the first storage unit, the predetermined user behavior tendency which corresponds to the operating state information of the at least one of the devices, by searching the pieces of the operation information for the operating state information of the at least one of the devices which is included in the at least one piece of the behavior tendency information, wherein the operating state information includes at least one of (e) state information related to a user'"'"'s operation of the corresponding one of the devices associated with the user and (f) state information related to a result of detection performed by a sensor included in the corresponding one of the devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for specifying a behavior tendency, the system comprising:
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a communication unit configured to receive pieces of operation information each including (a) operating state information of a corresponding one of devices including a home appliance and (b) user information for identifying a user using the devices, in association with each other; a first storage unit configured to hold the pieces of the operation information received by the communication unit; a second storage unit configured to hold at least one piece of behavior tendency information, the at least one piece of the behavior tendency information each including, in association with each other, (c) operating state information of at least one of the devices and (d) a predetermined user behavior tendency of the user; and a specification unit configured to specify the predetermined user behavior tendency which corresponds to the operating state information of the at least one of the devices, by (i) reading the at least one piece of the behavior tendency information from the second storage unit and the pieces of the operation information from the first storage unit, and (ii) searching the pieces of the operation information in the first storage unit for the operating state information of the at least one of the devices which is included in the at least one piece of the behavior tendency information, wherein the operating state information includes at least one of (e) state information related to a user'"'"'s operation of the corresponding one of the devices associated with the user and (f) state information related to a result of detection performed by a sensor included in the corresponding one of the devices.
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