US 7,249,148 B2 · System and method for adaptive user settings

Abstract

A system and method for adaptive user settings is presented. A server sends a requested web page and a collector program to a client. The collector program non-invasively collects user event data, and sends the user event data to the server. In turn, the server analyzes the user event data, and identifies configuration preferences, such as a scrolling preference, a tabbing preference, or an arrangement preference. The server sends an inquiry to the client's user that includes one or more questions as to whether the server should save particular configuration preferences. After receipt of an acknowledgement, the server either saves the configuration preferences locally, or sends the configuration preferences to the client. During subsequent same-page requests, the server uses the configuration preferences to customize the view of the web page.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving a page request from a user's client, the page request corresponding to a page of data;
retrieving the page of data and a data collector program;
sending the page of data and the data collector program to the user's client;
receiving user event data corresponding to the page of data, the user event data non-invasively collected at the user's client using the data collector program;
identifying one or more configuration preferences based upon the user event data;
sending a storage inquiry to the user, the storage inquiry corresponding to the configuration preferences;
receiving a storage response, the storage response corresponding to the storage inquiry;
determining whether a user session corresponds to the user's client;
in response to determining that the user session corresponds to the user's client, sending the configuration preferences to the user's client, wherein the user's client is adapted to store the configuration preferences in a client storage area;
and
in response to determining that the user session does not correspond to the user's client, storing the configuration preferences in a local storage area.

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An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;
a memory accessible by the processors;
one or more nonvolatile storage devices accessible by the processors;
and
a page configuration tool for configuring a page of data, the page configuration tool comprising software code executing on a computer to:
receive a page request from a users client, the page request corresponding to a page of data;
retrieve the page of data and a data collector program from one of the nonvolatile storage devices;
send the page of data and the data collector program to the user's client over a computer network;
receive user event data corresponding to the page of data over a computer network, the user event data non-invasively collected at the user's client using the data collector program;
identify one or more configuration preferences based upon the user event data;
send a storage inquiry to the user's client over the computer network, the storage inquiry corresponding to the configuration preferences;
receive a storage response from the user's client, the storage response corresponding to the storage inquiry;
and
determine whether a user session corresponds to the user's client;
in response to determining that the user session corresponds to the user's client,
send the configuration preferences to the user's client over the computer network, wherein the user's client is adapted to store the configuration preferences in a client storage area;
and
in response to determining that the user session does not correspond to the user's client,
store the configuration preferences in one of the nonvolatile storage areas.

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A computer program product stored in a computer storage medium, the computer storage medium containing instructions for execution by a computer, which when executed by the computer, cause the computer to implement a method comprising:

receiving a page request from a user's client, the page request corresponding to a page of data;
retrieving the page of data and a data collector program;
sending the page of data and the data collector program to the user's client;
receiving user event data corresponding to the page of data, the user event data non-invasively collected at the user's client using the data collector program;
identifying one or more configuration preferences based upon the user event data;
sending a storage inquiry to the user, the storage inquiry corresponding to the configuration preferences;
receiving a storage response, the storage response corresponding to the storage inquiry;
determining whether a user session corresponds to the user's client;
in response to determining that the user session corresponds to the user's client,
sending the configuration preferences to the user's client, wherein the user's client is adapted to store the configuration preferences in a client storage area;
and,
in response to determining that the user session does not correspond to the user's client,
storing the configuration preferences in a local storage area.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for adaptive user settings

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