Changing the personality of a device by intercepting requests for personality information

A computer-readable storage medium containing:

• extraction software for extracting personality information from a source and storing the extracted personality information on the storage medium;
• personality information extracted from the source;
• and
• adoption software for enabling the target to adopt the personality of the source by using the personality information stored on the storage medium as the personality of the target without storing the personality information on a persistent storage medium of the target.

A method in a target for adopting a personality of a source, the target having personality information, the method comprising:

• intercepting requests to retrieve personality information of the target;
• and
• when a request is intercepted,
• retrieving personality information of the source;
• and
• replying to the request with the retrieved personality information of the source, rather than the personality information of the target,
• wherein the personality information of the source is not stored on to a personality information store of the target.

A system for a target to adopt the personality of a source, the target having personality information, comprising:

• a component that intercepts requests to retrieve personality information of the target;
• and
• a component that, when a request is intercepted, retrieves personality information of a source and replies to the request with the retrieved personality information of the source, rather than the personality information of the target,
• wherein the personality information of the source is not stored on to a personality information store of the target.