Data session preferences

• US 8,688,090 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2011
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dillahunt, Tawanna R., Ellis, Jason B., Farrell, Robert G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Karikari, Kwasi
• Application Number:
  US13/052,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20120244843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,107 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.3, 455/432.3, 455/514
• US Class Current: 455/414.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method includes receiving a request from a user device for a service, initializing the service, initializing a user preference based on a parameter associated with the service and a preference probability value, the preference probability value including a probability that a user would prefer a particular value as a preference based on values selected by other users, and sending data to the user device according to the user preference.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request from a user device for a service;

initializing the service;

initializing a user preference based on a parameter associated with the service and a preference probability value, the preference probability value including a probability that a user would prefer a particular value as a preference based on values selected by other users; and

sending data to the user device according to the user preference;

wherein the method further comprises calculating a percentage of users that have selected a value ID associated with the parameter associated with the service and updating a probability table to include the preference probability value associated with the calculated percentage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether a first time period has expired; and

sending a request for a preference update message to the user device responsive to determining that the first time period has expired.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further includes:

determining whether a response to the preference update message including an indicator of a preference setting has been received from the user device within a threshold time period;

updating the user preference to a preference associated with the indicator responsive to determining that the second time period has not expired.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the indicator includes a textual entry entered by the user, the textual enter including an indicator of a desired change in the preference setting relative to a current preference setting.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further includes ignoring a response to the preference update message including an indicator of a preference setting responsive to determining that the response to the preference update message including an indicator of a preference setting has been not received from the user device within the threshold time period.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes saving a time the data associated with the preference is sent to the user.

7. A system comprising:

a user device; and

a processor operative to receive a request from the user device for a service, initialize the service, initialize a user preference based on a parameter associated with the service and a preference probability value, the preference probability value including a probability that a user would prefer a particular value as a preference based on values selected by other users, and send data to the user device according to the user preference;

wherein the processor is further operative to calculate a percentage of users that have selected a value ID associated with the parameter associated with the service and updating a probability table to include the preference probability value associated with the calculated percentage.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further operative to determine whether a first time period has expired, and send a request for a preference update message to the user device responsive to determining that the first time period has expired.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further operative to determine whether a response to the preference update message including an indicator of a preference setting has been received from the user device within a threshold time period, and update the user preference to a preference associated with the indicator responsive to determining that the second time period has not expired.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further operative to ignore a response to the preference update message including an indicator of a preference setting responsive to determining that the response to the preference update message including an indicator of a preference setting has been not received from the user device within the threshold time period.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the indicator includes a textual entry entered by the user, the textual enter including an indicator of a desired change in the preference setting relative to a current preference setting.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further operative to save a time the data associated with the preference is sent to the user.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions that, when executed on a processor of a computer apparatus, direct the processor to perform a method for dynamically adjusting a hardware event counting time-slice window, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a user device for a service;

initializing the service;

initializing a user preference based on a parameter associated with the service and a preference probability value, the preference probability value including a probability that a user would prefer a particular value as a preference based on values selected by other users; and

sending data to the user device according to the user preference;

wherein the method further comprises calculating a percentage of users that have selected a value ID associated with the parameter associated with the service and updating a probability table to include the preference probability value associated with the calculated percentage.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether a first time period has expired; and

sending a request for a preference update message to the user device responsive to determining that the first time period has expired.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further includes:

determining whether a response to the preference update message including an indicator of a preference setting has been received from the user device within a threshold time period;

updating the user preference to a preference associated with the indicator responsive to determining that the second time period has not expired.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the indicator includes a textual entry entered by the user, the textual enter including an indicator of a desired change in the preference setting relative to a current preference setting.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further includes ignoring a response to the preference update message including an indicator of a preference setting responsive to determining that the response to the preference update message including an indicator of a preference setting has been not received from the user device within the threshold time period.