Creating user metric patterns including user notification

• US 7,263,511 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2003
• Issued: 08/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Activision Publishing Incorporated (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William Kress, Burkhart, Michael John, Eisenhauer, Daniel G., Schumacher, Daniel Mark, Watson, Thomas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, RAMESH B
• Application Number:
  US10/692,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20050108405A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,405 Days
• Field of Search: 706/21, 706/48, 706/46, 706/47, 600/981, 709223-224, 709/200, 340 101- 106, 340/5.22, 340/5.27, 340/995.22, 341/1, 341/9, 342/360, 348/175, 348/177, 348/414.1, 348/417.1, 348/418.1, 348/422.1
• US Class Current: 706/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for creating a user metric pattern. Such embodiments typically include receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics, determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern, and saving the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern. In many embodiments, determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern includes comparing the plurality of disparate user metrics with a plurality of metrics associated with the predetermined metric pattern.

Claims

1. A method for creating a user metric pattern, the method comprising:

receiving, within a network, a plurality of disparate user metrics;

determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern; and

saving the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern comprises comparing the plurality of disparate user metrics with a plurality of metrics associated with the predetermined metric pattern.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics comprises receiving a plurality of disparate user metrics from a metric sensor.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein saving the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern comprises:

creating a metric list including the plurality of disparate user metrics; and

associating the metric list with a user metric pattern data structure.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving, from a user, an instruction to save the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising editing the new metric pattern.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising associating an action with the new metric pattern.

8. A system for creating a user metric pattern, the system comprising:

means for receiving, within a network, a plurality of disparate user metrics;

means for determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern; and

means for saving the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein means for determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern comprises means for comparing the plurality of disparate user metrics with a plurality of metrics associated with the predetermined metric pattern.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein means for receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics comprises means for receiving a plurality of disparate user metrics from a metric sensor.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein means for saving the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern comprises:

means for creating a metric list including the plurality of disparate user metrics; and

means for associating the metric list with a user metric pattern data structure.

12. The system of claim 8 further comprising means for receiving, from a user, an instruction to save the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern.

13. The system of claim 8 further comprising means for editing the new metric pattern.

14. The system of claim 8 further comprising means for associating an action with the new metric pattern.

15. A computer program product for creating a user metric pattern, the computer program product comprising:

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, within a network, a plurality of disparate user metrics;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for saving the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for comparing the plurality of disparate user metrics with a plurality of metrics associated with the predetermined metric pattern.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a plurality of disparate user metrics from a metric sensor.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for saving the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern comprises:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a metric list including the plurality of disparate user metrics; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating the metric list with a user metric pattern data structure.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, from a user, an instruction to save the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for editing the new metric pattern.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating an action with the new metric pattern.