User profiling communications system
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorPaul J. Rankin
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Abstract
In a networked communications apparatus, comprising at least one server (10) and a plurality of user stations (12) coupled via a first network (14), storage means (16) hold a profile database containing data representing a characteristic behaviour of an associated user. The user station further comprises a portable communications device (18) connectable to the said at least one server (10) via a second network (22), with the means for automatically acquiring user data storing access data for establishing a connection via said second network with the associated user terminal network address or addresses.
Claims18
A networked communications apparatus comprising at least one server and a plurality of user stations, wherein the user stations comprise terminals arranged to receive information from the at least one server by means of a connection via a first network, the apparatus further comprising:
- storage means holding a profile database, which profile database contains data representing a characteristic behaviour of an associated user terminal network address or addresses, the apparatus including means for automatically acquiring such data in response to an activity of the associated user and storing the same together with the associated user terminal network address or addresses in the profile database;
- wherein the user station further comprises a portable communications device coupled with said terminal and connectable to said at least one server via a second network, and in that the means for automatically acquiring user data stores access data for establishing a connection via said second network with the associated user terminal network address or addresses.
A method of data communication for use in a networked communications system comprising at least one server and a plurality of user stations, wherein the user stations comprise terminals which can receive information from the at least one server by means of a connection via a first network, the method comprising:
- providing a profile database, which profile database contains data representing a characteristic behaviour of an associated user terminal network address or addresses, the data being acquired automatically in response to an activity of the associated user and being stored together with the associated user terminal network address or addresses in the profile database;
- with the user station further comprising a portable communications device coupled with said terminal and connectable to said at least one server via a second network, the profile database further stores access data for establishing connection via said second network with the associated user terminal network address or addresses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.