Method and system for utilizing and modifying user preference information to create context data tags in a wireless system

• US 9,232,042 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Walley, John, Quigley, Thomas, MacInnis, Alexander G., Behzad, Arya, Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Buer, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US11/864,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20090023433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,021 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/456.1, 455/414.3, 455/412.1, 455/39, 455/414.1, 455/435.1, 455/456, 455/456.3, 455/41.1, 370/254, 370/328, 370/338, 348/231.2, 348/36, 348/181, 607/3, 607/7, 715/835, 715/745, 715/513, 715/215, 600/300, 600/301, 235/435, 707/3, 340/5.2, 340/423, 340/10.33, 340/572.1, 340/572.4, 340/10.51, 709/217
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

A Wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be utilized to generate and/or maintain multimedia data files. Context data tags may be utilized to tag the generated multimedia data files to enable convenient identification of multimedia data files. Context data tags may comprise time/date stamps, subject, and/or location attribute. User preference information that is unique to the WMC device and/or a specific device user may be utilized to create context data tags for multimedia data files. The user preference information may be modified and/or updated. Modifications and/or updates of user preference information may be based on post-processing operations, biometric information, and/or self-learning techniques that may comprise operations performed on the multimedia data files. Post-processing operations may be performed on multimedia data files in the WMC device and/or a remote device. Tagged multimedia data files may be re-tagged based on modification to user preference information and/or post-processing operations.

Claims

1. A method for handling data in a wireless device, the method comprising:

tagging first data by a wireless mobile communication device with a context data tag as the first data is being generated, the context data tag being based on user preference information, wherein said user preference information is designated by a particular user and said user preference information specifies attributes to create said context data tag;

modifying said user preference information by automatically determining new attributes to include in the user preference information based on adaptive learning from user use of the new attributes with respect to second data that is different from the first data; and

re-tagging said first data with context data tags created from the new attributes according to said modified user preference information,

wherein said user preference information comprises date, time, and location information.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising updating said user preference information based on user biometric data.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising dynamically modifying said user preference information during generation of said first data.

4. The method according to claim 1, comprising modifying said user preference information via a post-processing operation of the second data.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said post-processing operation comprises at least one of speech recognition or image processing.

6. The method according to claim 4, comprising generating a new context data tag via said post-processing operation, the new context data tag being generated based on the modified user preference information.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein re-tagging comprises utilizing said generated new context data tag.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising automatically determining the new attribute based on self-learned information associated with a user operation performed on said second data.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said user preference information is stored within said wireless mobile communication device.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer-readable instructions thereon, the computer-readable instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor of a wireless mobile communication device to perform a method comprising:

tagging first data with a context data tag as the first data is being generated, the context data tag being based on user preference information, wherein said user preference information is designated by a particular user and said user preference information specifies attributes to create said context data tag;

automatically determining new attributes by adaptively learning from user use of the new attributes with respect to second data that is different from the first data during a post-processing operation performed on the second data; and

re-tagging said first data with context data tags created from the new attributes according to the new attributes,

wherein said user preference information comprises date, time, and location information.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, further comprising:

updating said user preference information based on user biometric data.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, further comprising dynamically modifying said user preference information during generation of said first data.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, further comprising modifying said user preference information via said post-processing operation of said second data.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13, wherein said post-processing operation comprises at least one of speech recognition or image processing.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13, further comprising generating a new context data tag via said-post-processing operation, the new context data tag being generated based on the modified user preference information.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising re-tagging said tagged first data utilizing said generated new context data tag.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, further comprising determining the new attribute based on self-learned information associated with said post-processing operation performed on said second data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein at least a portion of said user preference information is stored within said wireless mobile communication device.

19. A system for handling data in a wireless device, the system comprising:

one or more processors disposed in a wireless mobile communication device and configured to tag data with a context data tag as the data is being generated, the context data tag being based on user preference information, wherein said user preference information is designated by a particular user and said user preference information specifies attributes to create said context data tag;

said one or more processors being further configured to

automatically determine new attributes by adaptively learning from user use of the new attributes with respect to second data that is different from the first data during a post-processing operation performed on said second data according, and

re-tag said data with context data tags created from the new attributes according to the new attributes,

wherein said user preference information comprises date, time, and location information.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors updates said user preference information based on user biometric data.

21. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors dynamically modifies said user preference information during generation of said data.

22. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors enables modifying said user preference information via said post-processing operation of the tagged data.

23. The system according to claim 22, wherein said post-processing operation comprises at least one of speech recognition or image processing.

24. The system according to claim 22, wherein said one or more processors generates a new context data tag via said post-processing operation, the new context data tag being generated based on the modified user preference information.

25. The system according to claim 24, wherein said one or more processors re-tags said tagged data utilizing said generated new context data tag.

26. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors determines the new attribute based on self-learned information associated with said post-processing operation performed on said tagged data.

27. The system according to claim 19, wherein at least a portion of said user preference information is stored within said wireless mobile communication device.