User profile synchronization
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJonathan Stephen Ott, Kurke E. Bakow, Jeremy Pack, Andrew Malschuk, Larry K. Gardner, Jens Weber, Jonathan Michael Hale
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Abstract
A system, method, and program product comprise a user profile, a remote storage device and a user computer with a memory. A user copy of the user profile is stored in the memory of the user computer. A user profile synchronization component synchronizes the user copy of the user profile with a backup copy of the user profile at the remote storage device. A user profile download component allows a user to selectively download the backup copy of the user profile from the remote storage device.
Claims20
A system for user profile synchronization, comprising:
- a user profile (15);
- a remote storage device (14);
- a user computer (11, 26, 27, 28) configured with a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a user copy of the user profile (18);
- a user profile synchronization component (13), configured to synchronize the user copy of the user profile (18) with a backup copy of the user profile (19) stored at the remote storage device (14);
- and
- a user profile download component (12), configured to download the backup copy of the user profile (19) from the remote storage device (14) to the user copy of the user profile (18), and to allow a user (17, 21, 23, 25) to select not to download the backup copy of the user profile (19) from the remote storage device (14).
A system for user profile synchronization, comprising:
- a first user profile (15);
- a second user profile (15);
- a remote storage device (14);
- a user computer (11, 26, 27, 28) configured with a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store user profiles;
- a user profile synchronization component (13);
- a user profile download component (12), configured to allow a user (17, 21, 23, 25) to select to download a backup copy of the first user profile (19) stored at the remote storage device (14) to a user copy of the first user profile (18) stored in the memory of the user computer (11, 26, 27, 28), and to allow the user (17, 21, 23, 25) to select to download a backup copy of the second user profile (19) stored at the remote storage device (14) to a user copy of the second user profile (18) stored in the memory of the user computer (11, 26, 27, 28), and to allow a user (17, 21, 23, 25) to not download any user profiles from the remote storage device (14), wherein the user profile synchronization component (13) is configured to synchronize the user copy of the first user profile (18), when stored in the memory of the user computer (11, 26, 27, 28), with the backup copy of the first user profile (19), and to synchronize the user copy of the second user profile (18), when stored in the memory of the user computer (11, 26, 27, 28), with the backup copy of the second user profile (19).
A method for user profile synchronization, comprising:
- identifying data elements (16) that comprise a user profile (15);
- storing a user copy of the user profile (18) on a user computer (11, 26, 27, 28);
- synchronizing the user copy of the user profile (18) with a backup copy of the user profile (19) at a remote storage device (14);
- and
- selectively downloading the backup copy of the user profile (19) from the remote storage device (14) to the user copy of the user profile (18) at the user computer (11, 26, 27, 28).
A computer-readable medium having embodied therein computer code which when executed causes a computer to perform a method comprising:
- identifying data elements (16) that comprise a user profile (15);
- storing a user copy of the user profile (18) on a user computer (11, 26, 27, 28);
- synchronizing the user copy of the user profile (18) with a backup copy of the user profile (19) at a remote storage device (14);
- and
- selectively downloading the backup copy of the user profile (19) from the remote storage device (14) to the user copy of the user profile (18) at the user computer (11, 26, 27, 28).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.