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Multimedia terminal adapted for multiple users

  • US 6,981,042 B1
  • Filed: 03/08/1999
  • Issued: 12/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A terminal for processing digital audio-visual or multimedia data comprising:

  • a data processing system; and

    a memory,wherein the data processing system stores in the memory a plurality of user profiles,wherein each user profile is defined in relation to a connection to an external device and comprises user profile data,wherein the user profile data includes resource data indicating resources within the terminal accessible by the users and priority data indicating a priority of the user with respect to other users that access the resources of the terminal and the external device,wherein the user profile data further relates to characteristics of a user of the terminal,wherein the data processing system includes a virtual machine and an object oriented application interface layer,wherein the application interface layer includes a plurality of class libraries having a user profile class library adapted to define the characteristics of the user profile data, andwherein the user profile class library includes a generic class library associated with a definition of generic characteristics of the user profile data and a sub-class library associated with definitions of characteristics associated with a specific user profile.

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