Device based detection of user preferences in a home networking environment
OwnerDavid Gaxiola, Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams +3inventors
InventorsDavid Gaxiola, Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams, Ravi Gauba, Jun Ouyang, Klaus Hofrichter
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Abstract
The provisioning of user preferences to a device or service is described. According to one embodiment of the invention, upon detecting a coupling of a device, a presumed user of the device is determined. The user preferences of the presumed user are retrieved and used to configure the device. In addition, particular services are loaded and unloaded from the device based on the user preferences of the presumed user of the device.
Claims32
A method of provisioning user preferences comprising:
- detecting a coupling of a device to a network;
- identifying a user corresponding to the device;
- and
- configuring the device according to user preferences associated with the identified user.
A machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause a machine to perform a method comprising:
- detecting a coupling of a device to a network;
- identifying a user corresponding to the device;
- and
- configuring the device according to user preferences associated with the identified user.
A system comprising:
- a device selectively coupled through a network;
- a user profile comprising user preferences of the associated user for the device;
- and
- a custom setting manager to associate a user to the device and further to access the user profile when the device is coupled to the network and configure the device according to the user preferences.
A system comprising:
- a network;
- a plurality of devices selectively coupled through the network;
- and
- a custom settings manager configured to identify the user of the device and further to access user preferences associated with the user and selectively configure devices based upon the user preference associated with the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.