Mobile device personalization based on previous mobile device usage

• US 8,233,879 B1
• Filed: 04/17/2009
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Lee, Wing K., Potluri, Dora
• Primary Examiner(s): Desir, Pierre-Louis
• Application Number:
  US12/426,096
• Time in Patent Office: 1,201 Days
• Field of Search: 455/419, 455/432.3, 455/405, 455/414.1, 224/19, 224/323
• US Class Current: 455/405
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A system for personalizing new mobile devices based on previous mobile device usage is provided. The system includes a storage device, a processor, and a personalizing engine. The personalizing engine, when executed by the processor, stores user input for a first mobile device to the storage device, and builds a profile based on the user input. The personalizing engine also configures a user interface on a second mobile device to provide a user interface link based on the profile to enable a user to access the user interface link via the second mobile device.

Claims

1. A system for personalizing new mobile devices based on previous mobile device usage, comprising:

a storage device;

a processor;

a personalizing engine, when executed by the processor,

to store user input for a first mobile device to the storage device that indicates which functions were used on the first mobile device, how often the functions were used, and screen paths used to select the functions,

to build a profile based on the user input, and

to configure a user interface on a second mobile device to provide a user interface link based on the profile to enable a user to access the user interface link via the second mobile device, wherein the user interface link comprises a selectable option on a first web page that displays a second web page when selected or an added option on a list of displayed options that enables a user to select an option from a portion of the list that is not currently displayed, and wherein the user interface link on the second mobile device was not present on the first mobile device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first mobile device and the second mobile device is one of a mobile telecommunication device, a mobile handset, a personal digital assistant, a handheld gaming device, a wireless mobile device, and a pager.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user input is associated with at least one of a subscription, a purchase, a text message, an e-mail, content downloaded, a response to an advertisement, a time associated with the request for the resource, a social circle selected, and a social circle communication, and wherein the functions comprise a plurality of listening to music, watching television, setting an alarm, conducting a web search, communicating via voice mail, tracking a stock price quote, recording voice memos, receiving weather forecasts, and receiving navigation directions.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the profile is further based on at least one of a user request made via the first mobile device and demographic information associated with a mobile device user.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the demographic information comprises at least one of a customer service bill, a credit report, an income level, an education level, an occupation, and credit card information.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface link provides a selection of at least one of ring tones and user interface display backgrounds to the user of the second mobile device based on the profile.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface link is further based on another profile built from user input associated with another mobile device, wherein the other profile is associated with the profile based on a predetermined level of matching.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the personalizing engine communicates via a base transceiver station and via a communication network to communicate with the first mobile device via “

over the air”

messaging.

9. A computer implemented method for personalizing new mobile devices based on previous mobile device usage, comprising:

storing user input for a first mobile device to a storage device that indicates which functions were used on the first mobile device, how often the functions were used, and screen paths used to select the functions;

building a profile based on the user input; and

configuring a user interface on a second mobile device to provide a user interface link based on the profile to enable a user to access the user interface link via the second mobile device, wherein the user interface link comprises a selectable option on a first web page that displays a second web page when selected or an added option on a list of displayed options that enables a user to select an option from a portion of the list that is not currently displayed, and wherein the user interface link on the second mobile device was not present on the first mobile device.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 9, wherein the profile is further based on a location associated with the second mobile device.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 10, further comprising determining the location of the second mobile device by executing a location fix technology associated with one of a cell tower, a cell sector centroid, an advanced forward link trilateration, a global positioning system, and a hybrid location fix technology.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the location of the second mobile device is based on a mailing address specified for a customer service bill.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 9, wherein the user interface link comprises a uniform resource locator for a resource accessed by a web browser or a navigation element in a document that enables navigation to one of a section of the document and another section of another document.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 9, further comprising communicating a message to the user interface, wherein the message provides an explanation for the user interface link.

15. A system for personalizing new mobile devices based on previous mobile device usage, comprising:

a storage device;

a processor;

a personalizing engine, when executed by the processor, to store user input for a first mobile device to the storage device that indicates which functions were used on the first mobile device, how often the functions were used, and screen paths used to select the functions, to build a profile based on the user input, and to configure a user interface on a second mobile device to provide a modified order of access based on the profile to enable a user to access a resource, which did not exist on the first mobile device, using the modified order of access via the second mobile device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the modified order of access enables the second mobile device to display selections of user input to access a resource via the second mobile device in an order based on a frequency of accessing the resource via the first mobile device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the personalizing engine discontinues service for the first mobile device and establishes communication for the second mobile device.