CUSTOMIZABLE USER PREFERENCE INFORMATION FOR USER DEVICES

• US 20150262244A1
• Filed: 03/11/2014
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.), Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.), Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: RADOS, STEVEN R., POLEHN, DONNA L., AKSU, ARDA, KOTECHA, LALIT R., HUGHES, KENT W., LI, MINGXING
• Application Number:
  US14/204,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20150262244A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute

Abstract

A user device receives, from a device associated with a vendor, a request for user preferences associated with a user of the user device. The user preferences are stored in a memory associated with the user device. The user device authenticates the vendor, and determines particular user preferences, from the user preferences, that are relevant to the vendor. The device approves the request for the user preferences when the vendor is authenticated. The device retrieves the particular user preferences from the memory based on the approval of the request for the user preferences, and provides the particular user preferences to the device. The particular user preferences are used to determine products, services, or content, of the vendor, to offer to the user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a user device and from a device, a request for user preferences associated with a user of the user device,

the user preferences being stored in memory associated with the user device;

authenticating, by the user device, a vendor associated with the device;

determining, by the user device, one or more particular user preferences, from the user preferences, that are relevant to the vendor;

approving, by the user device, the request for the user preferences when the user device determines that the vendor is authenticated;

retrieving, by the user device, the one or more particular user preferences from the memory based on the approval of the request for the user preferences; and

providing, by the user device, the one or more particular user preferences to the device,

the one or more particular user preferences being used to determine one or more products, services, or content, of the vendor, to offer to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

disapproving the request for the user preferences when the user device determines that the vendor is not authenticated; and

providing a message to the device indicating that the request for the user preferences is disapproved.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the device, information associated with the one or more products, services, or content to offer to the user; and

presenting, for display, the information associated with the one or more products, services, or content to offer to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an update to the user preferences from the device; and

storing the update to the user preferences in the memory.

5. The method of claim 1, where the memory is provided in one of:

the user device, or

a server device accessible by the user device.

6. The method of claim 1, where the request for the user preferences includes:

information identifying the vendor, and

information requesting user preferences relevant to the vendor.

7. The method of claim 1, where the memory stores one or more of:

information associated with public preferences of the user,

information associated with private preferences of the user, or

information associated with trusted vendors.

8. A user device, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors to;

receive, from a device associated with a vendor, a request for user preferences associated with a user of the user device,

the user preferences being stored in the memory;

authenticate the vendor associated with the device;

determine one or more particular user preferences, from the user preferences, that are relevant to the vendor;

approve the request for the user preferences when the user device determines that the vendor is authenticated;

retrieve the one or more particular user preferences from the memory based on the approval of the request for the user preferences; and

provide the one or more particular user preferences to the device,

the one or more particular user preferences being used to determine one or more products, services, or content, of the vendor, to offer to the user.

9. The user device of claim 8, where the one or more processors are further to:

disapprove the request for the user preferences when the user device determines that the vendor is not authenticated; and

provide a message to the device indicating that the request for the user preferences is disapproved.

10. The user device of claim 8, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive, from the device, information associated with the one or more products, services, or content to offer to the user, and

provide, for display, the information associated with the one or more products, services, or content to offer to the user.

11. The user device of claim 8, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive an update to the user preferences from the device based on the one or more particular user preferences; and

store the update to the user preferences in the memory.

12. The user device of claim 8, where, prior to receiving the request for the user preferences, the one or more processors are further to:

provide a request for an application to a server device,

the application enabling the user device to;

determine the one or more particular user preferences, and

provide the one or more particular user preferences to the device;

receive the application from the server device based on the request for the application;

initiate a configuration of the application;

provide, based on the configuration, information identifying settings for the application to the server device;

receive configuration information, for the application, from the server device based on the information identifying the settings for the application;

store the configuration information in the memory; and

configure the application based on the configuration information.

13. The device of claim 8, where the request for the user preferences includes:

information identifying the vendor, and

information requesting user preferences relevant to the vendor.

14. The device of claim 8, where the memory stores one or more of:

information associated with public preferences of the user,

information associated with private preferences of the user, or

information associated with trusted vendors.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user device, cause the one or more processors to;

receive, from a device, a request for user preferences associated with a user of the user device,

the user preferences being stored in a memory associated with the user device;

authenticate a vendor associated with the device;

determine one or more particular user preferences, from the user preferences, that are relevant to the vendor;

approve the request for the user preferences when the user device determines that the vendor is authenticated;

read the one or more particular user preferences from the memory based on the approval of the request for the user preferences; and

provide the one or more particular user preferences to the device,

the one or more particular user preferences being used to determine one or more products, services, or content, of the vendor, to offer to the user.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

disapprove the request for the user preferences when the vendor is not authenticated; and

provide a message to the device indicating that the request for the user preferences is disapproved.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive, from the device, information associated with the one or more products, services, or content to offer to the user; and

provide, for display, the information associated with the one or more products, services, or content to offer to the user.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive an update to the user preferences from the device; and

store the update to the user preferences in the memory.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the request for the user preferences includes:

information identifying the vendor, and

information requesting user preferences relevant to the vendor.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the memory includes one or more of:

information associated with public preferences of the user,

information associated with private preferences of the user, or

information associated with trusted vendors.