Content-based alarm clock
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1. A method for receiving personalized information at an alarm clock device, the method comprising:
- enabling the alarm clock device to announce alarm clock presence perceivable by a client device that is proximate to the alarm clock device;
enabling the alarm clock device to interface with the client device;
automatically transmitting a device identifier of the alarm clock device from the alarm clock device to the client device;
associating, at the client device, the device identifier of the alarm clock device with a profile identifier for a user identity profile associated with the client device, wherein the user identity profile has previously been established for purposes other than for configuration of the alarm clock device;
transmitting the device identifier of the alarm clock and the profile identifier from the client device to a data source remote to the alarm clock;
receiving, at the alarm clock device, information from the data source that is personalized to the user identity profile associated with the client device.
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Abstract
Personalized information is received at an alarm clock device by configuring the alarm clock device with an identifier for which a user identity profile has previously been established for purposes other than for configuration of the alarm clock device. Upon satisfaction of user-defined alarm criteria, the identifier is submitted. Subsequent to the submission of the identifier, information is received that is personalized to a user identity of the alarm clock device based on the user identity profile.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for receiving personalized information at an alarm clock device, the method comprising:
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enabling the alarm clock device to announce alarm clock presence perceivable by a client device that is proximate to the alarm clock device; enabling the alarm clock device to interface with the client device; automatically transmitting a device identifier of the alarm clock device from the alarm clock device to the client device; associating, at the client device, the device identifier of the alarm clock device with a profile identifier for a user identity profile associated with the client device, wherein the user identity profile has previously been established for purposes other than for configuration of the alarm clock device; transmitting the device identifier of the alarm clock and the profile identifier from the client device to a data source remote to the alarm clock; receiving, at the alarm clock device, information from the data source that is personalized to the user identity profile associated with the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. One or more computer-readable mediums storing one or more computer programs for receiving personalized information at an alarm clock device, comprising:
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an interfacing code segment that; enables the alarm clock device to announce alarm clock presence perceivable by a client device proximate to the alarm clock device, enables the alarm clock device to interface with the client device, automatically transmits a device identifier of the alarm clock device from the alarm clock device to the client device; an association code segment that causes the client device to associate the device identifier of the alarm clock device with a profile identifier for a user identity profile associated with the client device, wherein the user identity profile has previously been established for purposes other than for configuration of the alarm clock device; a transmitting code segment that causes the client device to transmit the device identifier of the alarm clock and the profile identifier from the client device to a data source remote to the alarm clock, and a receiving code segment that causes the alarm clock device to receive information from the data source that is personalized to the user identity profile associated with the client device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for receiving personalized information at an alarm clock device, comprising:
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means for enabling the alarm clock device to announce alarm clock presence perceivable by a client device proximate to the alarm clock device; means for enabling the alarm clock device to interface with the client device; means for automatically transmitting a device identifier of the alarm clock device from the alarm clock device to the client device; means for associating, at the client device, the device identifier of the alarm clock device with a profile identifier for a user identity profile associated with the client device, wherein the user identity profile has previously been established for purposes other than for configuration of the alarm clock device; means for transmitting the device identifier of the alarm clock and the profile identifier from the client device to a data source remote to the alarm clock; means for receiving, at the alarm clock device, information from the data source that is personalized to the user identity profile associated with the client device.
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