User specific data collection

• US 20070208860A1
• Filed: 03/02/2006
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zellner, Samuel, O'Neil, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US11/366,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20070208860A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Included are embodiments of a method for collecting user specific data in an environment. At least one embodiment includes receiving a user identifier from a portable user device and receiving information related to at least one user action, the at least one user action being associated with the environment. Other embodiments include sending information related to the user identifier to a remote component and sending at least a portion of the information related to the at least one user action to the remote component.

Claims

1. A method for collecting user specific data in an environment, comprising:

receiving a user identifier from a portable user device;

receiving information related to at least one user action, the at least one user action being associated with the environment;

sending information related to the user identifier to a remote component; and

sending at least a portion of the information related to the at least one user action to the remote component.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the user is subject to data collection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending at least a portion of the information related to the at least one user action includes sending the information in response to a predetermined event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein sending at least a portion of the information related to the at least one user action includes sending the information in a predetermined amount of time after receiving the information related to at least one user action.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining identity information includes sending a query to the remote component.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining identity information includes receiving data from the remote component.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the user has access to the environment.

8. A computer readable medium for collecting user specific data in an environment, comprising:

logic configured to receive a user identifier from a portable user device;

logic configured to receive information related to at least one user action, the at least one user action being associated with the environment;

logic configured to send information related to the user identifier to a remote component; and

logic configured to send at least a portion of the information related to the at least one user action to the remote component.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising logic configured to determine whether the user is subject to data collection.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein logic configured to send at least a portion of the information related to the at least one user action is further configured to send the information in response to a predetermined event.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein logic configured to send at least a portion of the information related to the at least one user action is further configured to send the information in a predetermined amount of time after receiving the information related to the at least one user action.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein logic configured to determine identity information is further configured to send a query to the remote component.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein logic configured to determine identity information is further configured to receive data from the remote component.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising logic configured to determine whether the user has access to the environment.

15. An environment for collecting data related to at least one user preference, comprising:

logic configured to receive a user identifier from the portable user device;

logic configured to determine identity information related to a user from at least a portion of the user identifier; and

logic configured to receive information related to at least one user action, the at least one user action being associated with the environment.

16. The environment of claim 15, further comprising:

logic configured to send at least a portion of the identity information to the remote component; and

logic configured to send at least a portion of the information related to the at least one user action to a remote component.

17. The environment of claim 15, wherein the environment includes at least one of the following:

an automobile, a house, a room, a hotel, a hotel room, a retail establishment, a gym, and an office.

18. The environment of claim 15, further comprising logic configured to store at least a portion of the information related to the at least one user action.

19. The environment of claim 15, further comprising logic configured to determine presence information related to the portable user device.

20. The environment of claim 15, further comprising logic configured to determine whether the user has access to the environment.