US 2012/0258738 A1 · Discovering an Event Using a Personal Preference List and Presenting Matching Events to a User on a Display

Abstract

A user profile is used to assist a user in identifying events of interest and to provide context to users regarding events that matches user preferences. The user profile may be based on behaviors exhibited on a mobile device, on input by the user or on data on the mobile device. The user profile is analyzed to provide notification of events of interest to the user based upon the analysis of the user profile. The user profile may include anything that contributes to a state on the device.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

using a user profile associated with a user and a location;
refreshing the user profile without receiving a request to refresh the user profile;
identifying location-relevant, personalized upcoming events of interest based on one or more of the user profile and the location;
and
providing the location-relevant, personalized upcoming events of interest.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/530,174Filed 22 Jun 2012

Priority

27 Jun 2008

Published

11 Oct 2012

Term ends

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Classification15 codes

G06Q 30/0269
Targeted advertisements: based on user profile or attribute
G06F 16/9535
Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines: search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
G06Q 30/0267
Targeted advertisements: wireless devices
G06Q 30/0271
Based on user profile or attribute: personalized advertisement

Discovering an Event Using a Personal Preference List and Presenting Matching Events to a User on a Display

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Discovering an Event Using a Personal Preference List and Presenting Matching Events to a User on a Display

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Abstract

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