Preference setting in a computer system
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1. A method of operating a computer, comprising:
- storing a plurality of profiles representing different actions taken on a computer at different times, said profiles including likelihoods that said actions will occur at each of a plurality of different times, and each of said profiles including different likelihoods for different times;
storing information about users who created said profiles;
providing information to a computer user about said users and allowing the computer user to select one of said profiles as a selected profile after being provided with said information about said users who created said profiles; and
based on said selected profile, operating the computer to change an item on the computer in preparation for a computer program being started on the computer based on a likelihood of an action that is likely to happen on the computer as determined from said selected profile and a time, said changing said item before said action actually happens on the computer, wherein said changing an item comprises changing an icon which is selected to request said program to be started.
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A profile of likelihoods of actions that will occur on a computer is stored. The computer may be likely to be off between time periods, e.g., between midnight and 7 am. Some action is taken relative to the actions that are likely to occur, before those actions actually happen.
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1. A method of operating a computer, comprising:
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storing a plurality of profiles representing different actions taken on a computer at different times, said profiles including likelihoods that said actions will occur at each of a plurality of different times, and each of said profiles including different likelihoods for different times; storing information about users who created said profiles; providing information to a computer user about said users and allowing the computer user to select one of said profiles as a selected profile after being provided with said information about said users who created said profiles; and
based on said selected profile, operating the computer to change an item on the computer in preparation for a computer program being started on the computer based on a likelihood of an action that is likely to happen on the computer as determined from said selected profile and a time, said changing said item before said action actually happens on the computer, wherein said changing an item comprises changing an icon which is selected to request said program to be started. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer system, comprising:
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a memory storing at least one profile representing a likelihood that actions on said computer will occur at each of a plurality of different times, said likelihood being based on previous actions which have been taken on the computer, and where information indicative of said previous actions has been stored in said memory to determine said likelihoods and said profile and each of said profiles including different likelihoods for different times; a processor, programmed to operate using said profile, said processor operating the computer to take an action on the computer and change contents of memory on the computer in preparation for a computer program being started on the computer based on a likelihood of an action that is likely to happen on the computer as determined from said profile and a time, said changing said item on the computer before said action actually happens on the computer wherein said to take an action on the computer and change contents of memory on the computer comprises changing an icon which is selected to request said program to be started. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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