System, device, and method for providing personalized services in a communication system
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1. A method for providing a personalized service in a communication system, the method comprising:
- detecting physical presence of a user and identifying the user by a data appliance gateway, wherein the detecting includes a determination, based on automatic detection of at least one physical attribute of the user'"'"'s body directly from the user'"'"'s body, that the user is currently in close physical proximity to the communication system;
identifying a plurality of devices that are within a personal area of the user;
creating, responsive to the detection of the physical presence of the user and the identification of the plurality of devices, a personal area network for the user including the plurality of devices identified within the personal area of the user, wherein the personal area network is created and managed by the data appliance gateway and the creating further comprises;
obtaining user-specific information based upon the identity of the user;
configuring features of the identified devices within the personal area network based upon the obtained user-specific information; and
using the data appliance gateway to provide the personalized service to the user within the personal area network based upon the physical presence of the user and the obtained user-specific information.
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Abstract
A system, device, and method for providing personalized services in a communication system detects physical presence of a user and provides personalized services to the user based upon the physical presence of the user. The user is typically identified to some degree, and user-specific information is obtained based upon the identity of the user. The user-specific information is used to provide the personalized services to the user.
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1. A method for providing a personalized service in a communication system, the method comprising:
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detecting physical presence of a user and identifying the user by a data appliance gateway, wherein the detecting includes a determination, based on automatic detection of at least one physical attribute of the user'"'"'s body directly from the user'"'"'s body, that the user is currently in close physical proximity to the communication system; identifying a plurality of devices that are within a personal area of the user; creating, responsive to the detection of the physical presence of the user and the identification of the plurality of devices, a personal area network for the user including the plurality of devices identified within the personal area of the user, wherein the personal area network is created and managed by the data appliance gateway and the creating further comprises; obtaining user-specific information based upon the identity of the user; configuring features of the identified devices within the personal area network based upon the obtained user-specific information; and using the data appliance gateway to provide the personalized service to the user within the personal area network based upon the physical presence of the user and the obtained user-specific information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor executing instructions stored in a memory, the instructions comprising; user detection logic operably coupled to detect physical presence of a user and identify the user, wherein the user detection logic detects that the user is currently in close physical proximity to the communication system based on automatic detection of at least one physical attribute of the user'"'"'s body directly from the user'"'"'s body; personal area network logic to identify a plurality of devices that are within a personal area of the user, create and manage, responsive to detection of the physical presence of the user and the identification of the plurality of devices within the personal area of the user, a personal area network for the user including the plurality of devices identified within the personal area of the user, obtain user-specific information based upon the identity of the user, and configure features of the identified devices within the personal area network based upon the obtained user-specific information; and personal agent logic responsive to the user detection logic and operably coupled to provide personalized services to the user within the personal area network based upon the physical presence of the user and the obtained user-specific information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A computer program product including a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium having a computer program stored thereon for controlling a computer system, the computer program comprising:
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user detection logic programmed to detect physical presence of a user and identify the user, wherein the user detection logic detects that the user is currently in close physical proximity to the computer system based on automatic detection of at least one physical attribute of the user'"'"'s body directly from the user'"'"'s body; personal area network logic to identify a plurality of devices that are within a personal area of the user, create and manage, responsive to detection of the physical presence of the user and the identification of the plurality of devices within the personal area of the user, a personal area network for the user including the plurality of devices identified within the personal area of the user, obtain user-specific information based upon the identity of the user, and configure features of the identified devices within the personal area network based upon the obtained user-specific information; and personal agent logic responsive to the user detection logic and programmed to provide personalized services to the user within the personal area network based upon the physical presence of the user and the obtained user-specific information. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A system for providing personalized services, the system comprising
a gateway operably coupled to detect physical presence of a user, identify the user, identify a plurality of devices within a personal area of the user, create a personal area network for the user including the plurality of devices identified within a personal area of the user responsive to the detection of the physical presence of the user and the identification of the plurality of devices, obtain user-specific information based upon the identity of the user, configure features of the identified devices within the personal area network based upon the obtained user-specific information, and to provide personalized services to the user within the personal area network based upon the physical presence of the user and the obtained user-specific information, wherein the gateway detects that the user is currently in close physical proximity to the gateway based on automatic detection of at least one physical attribute of the user'"'"'s body directly from the user'"'"'s body.
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