Method and apparatus for personal attribute selection having delay management method and apparatus for preference establishment when preferences in a donor device are unavailable
DCFirst Claim
1. An application device capable of a preference set-up, said application device comprising:
- a port for coupling with a donor device;
a session preference memory capable of storing preferences for a particular user;
a user interface device; and
a controller operatively coupled to said user interface device, said session preference memory and said port to access the donor device via the port, wherein said controller determines if a donor device is available when new preferences need to be set-up, wherein said controller connects to the donor device when said controller determines the donor device is available when the new preferences need to be set up to obtain and store preferences from the donor device in said session preference memory, and wherein said controller of the application device performs a preference establishment procedure upon data in the session preference memory procedure by assigning default preferences when said controller determines the donor device is unavailable when the new preferences need to be set up, and wherein said controller refines the default preferences through user interaction with said user interface device to produce refined user preferences.
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Abstract
An application device (401) is connectable with a donor device (541) such as a portable memory card (560) or widely accessible central database (550). The donor device (541) stores and provides preferences to the application device (401). The donor device (541) contains a reference preference memory capable of storing preferences for a particular user. A controller (450) accesses the donor device, when the donor device is available, to obtain preferences that pertain to the particular user under certain conditions and stores preferences obtained from the donor device in the session preference memory (490) of the application device (401) for use in a session by the particular user. When the donor device is unavailable, alternate preference establishment procedures are used.
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35 Claims
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1. An application device capable of a preference set-up, said application device comprising:
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a port for coupling with a donor device; a session preference memory capable of storing preferences for a particular user; a user interface device; and a controller operatively coupled to said user interface device, said session preference memory and said port to access the donor device via the port, wherein said controller determines if a donor device is available when new preferences need to be set-up, wherein said controller connects to the donor device when said controller determines the donor device is available when the new preferences need to be set up to obtain and store preferences from the donor device in said session preference memory, and wherein said controller of the application device performs a preference establishment procedure upon data in the session preference memory procedure by assigning default preferences when said controller determines the donor device is unavailable when the new preferences need to be set up, and wherein said controller refines the default preferences through user interaction with said user interface device to produce refined user preferences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An application device capable of a preference set-up, said application device comprising:
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a port for coupling with a donor device; a session preference memory capable of storing preferences for a particular user; and a controller operatively connected to said session preference memory and said port to access the donor device via the port, wherein said controller determines if a donor device is available when new preferences need to be set-up, wherein said controller connects to the donor device when said controller determines the donor device is available when the new preferences need to be set up to obtain and store preferences from the donor device in said session preference memory, and wherein said controller of the application device performs a preference establishment procedure upon data in the session preference memory by assigning default preferences by predicting preferences using a prediction procedure and to store predicted preferences in said session preference memory when said controller determines the donor device is unavailable when the new preferences need to be set up. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An application device capable of a preference set-up, said application device comprising:
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a port for coupling with a donor device; a session preference memory capable of storing preferences for a particular user; and a controller operatively connected to said session preference memory and said port to access the donor device via the port, wherein Said controller determines if a donor device is available when new preferences need to be set-up, wherein said controller connects to the donor device when said controller determines the donor device is available when the new preferences need to be set up to obtain and store preferences from the donor device in said session preference memory, and wherein said controller of the application device performs a preference establishment procedure upon data in the session preference memory by assigning default preferences by access to next best preferences stored in adjacent cells of a preference selection matrix when said controller determines the donor device is unavailable when the new preferences need to be set up.
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10. An application device capable of a preference set-up, said application device comprising:
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a port for coupling with a donor device; a session preference memory capable of storing preferences for a particular user; and a controller operatively connected to said session preference memory and said port to access the donor device via the port, wherein said controller determines if a donor device is available when new preferences need to be set-up, wherein said controller connects to the donor device when said controller determines the donor device is available when the new preferences need to be set up to obtain and store preferences from the donor device in said session preference memory, and wherein said controller of the application device performs a preference establishment procedure upon data in the session preference memory by assigning default preferences by using a neural network when said controller determines the donor device is unavailable when the new preferences need to be set up.
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11. An application device capable of a preference set-up, said application device comprising:
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a port for coupling with a donor device; a session preference memory capable of storing preferences for a particular user; a user interface device; and a controller operatively coupled to said user interface device, said session preference memory and said port to access the donor device via the port, wherein said controller determines if a donor device is available when new preferences need to be set-up, wherein said controller connects to the donor device when said controller determines the donor device is available when the new preferences need to be set up to obtain and store preferences from the donor device in said session preference memory, and wherein said controller of the application device performs a preference establishment procedure upon data in the session preference memory when said controller determines the donor device is unavailable when the new preferences need to be set up, and wherein said controller refines the predicted preferences through user interaction with said user interface device to produce refined user preferences. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An application device capable of a preference set-up, said application device comprising:
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a port for coupling with a donor device; a session preference memory capable of storing preferences for a particular user; and a controller operatively coupled to said session preference memory and said port to access the donor device via the port, wherein said controller determines if a donor device is available when new preferences need to be set-up, wherein said controller connects to the donor device when said controller determines the donor device is available when the new preferences need to be set up to obtain and store preferences from the donor device in said session preference memory, wherein said controller of the application device performs a preference establishment procedure upon data in the session preference memory when said controller determines the donor device is unavailable when the new preferences need to be set up and wherein said controller determines if at least one of a donor device or another application device serving as an attached donor device is available, when said controller determines at least one of the devices is available, said controller connects to the devices to reconcile preferences by exchanging and storing the most recent preferences.
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19. A method of setting-up preferences, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining if a donor device is available when new preferences need to be set-up; (b) performing a preference establishment procedure to temporarily assign preferences when the new preferences need to be set-up and the donor device is unavailable; and (c) coupling an application device and a donor device and accessing the donor device when the donor device is available. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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