Differential dynamic content delivery with a presenter-alterable session copy of a user profile

• US 8,578,263 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2007
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines 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): STORK, KYLE R
• Application Number:
  US11/766,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20070250602A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,328 Days
• Field of Search: 715201-204, 715/234, 715/733, 715/741, 715/743, 715/744, 715/745, 715/747, 715/751, 715/755, 707/608
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/193 Formal grammars, e.g. finite state automata, context free grammars or word networks

Abstract

Differential dynamic content delivery with a presenter alterable session copy of a user profile. Typical embodiments include providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; providing a session copy of a user profile including a user classification; receiving, from a presenter, a user classification instruction to change a user classification in the session copy of a user profile; changing the user classification in the session copy of a user profile in dependence upon the presenter'"'"'s instruction; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon a user classification in the session copy of a user profile of a user in the presentation; and presenting the selected structural element to the user.

Claims

1. A method for differential dynamic content delivery, the method comprising:

providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document, the session document further including a first classified structural element and a second classified structural element received from a presenter;

providing a session copy of a first user profile including a first user classification associated with a first classified structural element;

providing a session copy of a second user profile including a second user classification associated with the first classified structural element;

receiving, from the presenter, a user classification instruction to change the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile;

changing the second user classification to an altered user classification in the session copy of the second user profile to associate the second user classification with a second classified structural element in dependence upon the presenter'"'"'s instruction, wherein the first user classification remains associated with the first classified structural element;

presenting the second classified structural element to the second user in response to the second user classification becoming associated with the second classified structural element; and

presenting the first classified structural element to the first user in response to the first user classification remaining associated with the first classified structural element.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein only the presenter is authorized to change the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile subject to predefined restraints limiting the presenter'"'"'s ability to alter the second user classification;

wherein the second classified structural element includes content that differs from the first classified structural element; and

wherein the receiving of the user classification instruction comprises receiving, from the presenter, user inputs to a user interface of a computer.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the session copy of the second user profile including the second user classification further comprises copying at least a portion of the second user profile.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

creating a second user classification instruction in dependence upon rules governing changes in the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a presentation control instruction, wherein:

the presentation control instruction includes a presentation action identifier and optional parameters; and

the selecting of the second classified structural element includes selecting the second classified structural element in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising creating the presentation control instruction, including:

receiving from the first user participating in the presentation a key phrase and optional parameters for invoking a presentation action; and

parsing the key phrase and parameters against a voice response grammar into a presentation control instruction.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the selecting of the second classified structural element further comprises selecting the second classified structural element in response to having an associated second classification identifier that corresponds to the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising updating a session document, including:

identifying a presentation document for the presentation, the presentation document including a presentation grammar and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers;

identifying the second user for the presentation, the second user having said second session copy of the second user profile comprising the second user classification; and

filtering the structured document in dependence upon the second user classification of the session copy of the second user profile and the classification identifiers.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein filtering the structured document comprises:

extracting, from the structured document, structural elements having classification identifiers corresponding to the second user classification of the session copy of the second user profile; and

writing the extracted structural elements into the session structured document in the session document.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising filtering the presentation grammar, in dependence upon the extracted structural elements, into a session grammar in the session document.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein said first user and said second user are registered participants scheduled to receive the presentation, and wherein said presenter alters the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile.

12. A system for differential dynamic content delivery, the system comprising:

a computer processing unit configured to provide a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document, the session document further including a first classified structural element and a second classified structural element received from a presenter;

computer memory configured to store a session copy of a first user profile including a first user classification associated with a first classified structural element;

the computer memory further being configured to store a session copy of a second user profile including a second user classification associated with the first classified structural element;

a user interface configured to receive, from the presenter, a user classification instruction to change the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile;

the user interface being configured to change the second user classification to an altered user classification in the session copy of the second user profile to associate the second user classification with a second classified structural element in dependence upon the presenter'"'"'s instruction, wherein the first user classification remains associated with the first classified structural element;

means for presenting the second classified structural element to the second user in response to the second user classification becoming associated with the second classified structural element; and

means for presenting the first classified structural element to the first user in response to the first user classification remaining associated with the first classified structural element.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein only the presenter is authorized to change the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile subject to predefined restraints limiting the presenter'"'"'s ability to alter the second user classification;

and

wherein the second classified structural element includes content that differs from the first classified structural element.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the storing of the session copy of the second user profile including the second user classification further comprises copying at least a portion of the second user profile.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the user interface is further configured to receive inputs for creating a second user classification instruction in dependence upon rules governing changes in the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the presentation control instruction includes a presentation action identifier and optional parameters;

and

wherein the second classified structural element is selected in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the presentation control instruction is created by receiving from the first user participating in the presentation a key phrase and optional parameters for invoking a presentation action and parsing the key phrase and parameters against a voice response grammar into a presentation control instruction.

18. The system of claim 12 wherein the second classified structural element is selected in response to having an associated second classification identifier that corresponds to the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile.

19. The system of claim 12 wherein the user interface is further configured to receive inputs for identifying a presentation document for the presentation that includes a presentation grammar, and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers, the system further comprising:

means for identifying the second user for the presentation, the second user having said second session copy of the second user profile comprising the second user classification;

wherein the computer processing unit is further configured to filter the structured document in dependence upon the second user classification of the session copy of the second user profile and the classification identifiers.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the computer processing unit is further configured to extract, from the structured document, structural elements having classification identifiers corresponding to the second user classification of the session copy of second user profile, the system further comprising:

means for writing the extracted structural elements into the session structured document in the session document.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein the computer processing unit is further configured to filter the presentation grammar, in dependence upon the extracted structural elements, into a session grammar in the session document.

22. The system of claim 12 wherein said first user and said second user are registered participants scheduled to receive the presentation, and wherein said presenter alters the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile.

23. A computer program product for differential dynamic content delivery, the computer program product comprising a storage device configured to store a plurality of computer instructions comprising:

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document, the session document further including a first classified structural element and a second classified structural element received from a presenter;

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for providing a session copy of a first user profile including a first user classification associated with a first classified structural element;

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for providing a session copy of a second user profile including a second user classification associated with the first classified structural element;

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for receiving, from the presenter, a user classification instruction to change the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile;

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for changing the second user classification to an altered user classification in the session copy of the second user profile to associate the second user classification with a second classified structural element in dependence upon the presenter'"'"'s instruction, wherein the first user classification remains associated with the first classified structural element;

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for presenting the second classified structural element to the second user in response to the second user classification becoming associated with the second classified structural element; and

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for presenting the first classified structural element to the first user in response to the first user classification remaining associated with the first classified structural element.

24. The computer program product of claim 23 wherein only the presenter is authorized to change the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile subject to predefined restraints limiting the presenter'"'"'s ability to alter the second user classification;

and

wherein the second classified structural element includes content that differs from the first classified structural element; and

wherein the computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for receiving of the user classification instruction comprise instructions for receiving, from the presenter, user inputs to a user interface of a computer.

25. The computer program product of claim 23 wherein the computer instructions recorded on the storage device, for providing the session copy of the second user profile are configured to copy at least a portion of the second user profile.

26. The computer program product of claim 23 wherein the user classification instruction is changed in dependence upon rules governing changes in the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile.

27. The computer program product of claim 23 further comprising:

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for receiving a presentation control instruction, wherein the presentation control instruction includes a presentation action identifier and optional parameters;

wherein the second classified structural element is selected in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.

28. The computer program product of claim 27 further comprising:

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for creating the presentation control instruction by receiving from the first user participating in the presentation a key phrase and optional parameters for invoking a presentation action and parsing the key phrase and parameters against a voice response grammar into a presentation control instruction.

29. The computer program product of claim 23 wherein the second classified structural element is selected in response to having an associated second classification identifier that corresponds to the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile.

30. The computer program product of claim 23 further comprising:

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for updating a session document by identifying a presentation document for the presentation including a presentation grammar and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers;

wherein the computer instructions for updating a session document are further configured to identify the second user for the presentation having said second session copy of the second user profile comprising the second user classification and to filter the structured document in dependence upon the second user classification of the session copy of the second user profile and the classification identifiers.

31. The computer program product of claim 30 wherein the filtering of the structured document comprises extracting, from the structured document, structural elements having classification identifiers corresponding to the second user classification of the session copy of the second user profile and writing the extracted structural elements into the session structured document in the session document.

32. The computer program product of claim 31 further comprising:

computer instructions, recorded on the storage device, for filtering the presentation grammar, in dependence upon the extracted structural elements, into a session grammar in the session document.

33. The computer program product of claim 23 wherein said first user and said second user are registered participants scheduled to receive the presentation, and wherein said presenter alters the second user classification in the session copy of the second user profile.