Method and apparatus for modifying behavior of a user via a network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMarc Andrew Sullivan, Greg W. Edwards, James H. Pratt
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for modifying a behavior of a user are disclosed. For example, the method determines a baseline of a behavior to be modified for a user, the baseline comprising at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified and at least one action to be taken when the at least one triggering event is detected, detects the at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified for the user, identifies the at least one action to be performed when the at least one triggering event is detected, and performs the at least action that is identified.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, via a processor of an application server of a communications network operated by a network service provider, a baseline of a behavior to be modified for a user, the baseline comprising at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified and at least one action to be taken when the at least one triggering event is detected, wherein the baseline of the behavior is determined in accordance with a profile of the user, wherein the profile of the user comprises:
- a listing of at least one positive behavior for the user, a listing of at least one negative behavior for the user, and a listing of one or more actions to be taken in accordance with the listing of the at least one positive behavior for the user and the listing of the at least one negative behavior for the user, wherein the at least one action is at least one of the one or more actions, wherein the behavior is a way in which the user conducts himself;
- detecting, via the processor, the at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified for the user based on data received from a sensor via the communications network;
- identifying, via the processor, the at least one action to be performed when the at least one triggering event is detected;
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- performing, via the processor through the communications network, the at least one action that is identified.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of an application server of a communications network operated by a network service provider, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- determining a baseline of a behavior to be modified for a user, the baseline comprising at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified and at least one action to be taken when the at least one triggering event is detected, wherein the baseline of the behavior is determined in accordance with a profile of the user, wherein the profile of the user comprises:
- a listing of at least one positive behavior for the user, a listing of at least one negative behavior for the user, and a listing of one or more actions to be taken in accordance with the listing of the at least one positive behavior for the user and the listing of the at least one negative behavior for the user, wherein the at least one action is at least one of the one or more actions, wherein the behavior is a way in which the user conducts himself;
- detecting the at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified for the user based on data received from a sensor via the communications network;
- identifying the at least one action to be performed when the at least one triggering event is detected;
- and
- performing through the communications network the at least one action that is identified.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor of an application server of a communications network operated by a network service provider;
- and
- a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- determining a baseline of a behavior to be modified for a user, the baseline comprising at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified and at least one action to be taken when the at least one triggering event is detected, wherein the baseline of the behavior is determined in accordance with a profile of the user, wherein the profile of the user comprises:
- a listing of at least one positive behavior for the user, a listing of at least one negative behavior for the user, and a listing of one or more actions to be taken in accordance with the listing of the at least one positive behavior for the user and the listing of the at least one negative behavior for the user, wherein the at least one action is at least one of the one or more actions, wherein the behavior is a way in which the user conducts himself;
- detecting the at least one triggering event that is established for the behavior to be modified for the user based on data received from a sensor via the communications network;
- identifying the at least one action to be performed when the at least one triggering event is detected;
- and
- performing through the communications network the at least one action that is identified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.