Patent Application
20190155617
The present invention relates generally to reconfigurable device settings and, more particularly, to automated device settings customization based on real-time user characteristic data.
As personal computing devices such as smart phones, tablets, portable computers, wearables and the like become more sophisticated, manufacturers are offering more configuration options to personalize the device to particular users. In an effort to automate personalization of computing devices, some systems have been configured to analyze a user's control signal input (keyboard input) to the computer and adjust the computing device's configuration to an optimal set of configuration parameters. Other systems have been proposed that enable a user to transfer preferred automobile settings from one automobile to another automatically based on information carried in a portable computing device.
As personal computing devices become more sophisticated, they also increasingly include voice recognition and facial recognition software. Advances in voice recognition software enable computing devices to recognize speech patterns including accents, volume of speech, speed of speech, etc. Moreover, advances in facial recognition technology enable computing devices to recognize physical features or characteristics of a person.
In an aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, real-time user characteristic data; determining, by a user detection module of the computing device, whether the user is a known user of the computing device based on the real-time user characteristic data; identifying, by a pattern detecting module of the computing device, one or more characteristics of the user based on the real-time user characteristic data; determining, by a reconfiguration module of the computing device, a statistical confidence level of the one or more characteristics of the user; determining, by the reconfiguration module, that the statistical confidence level meets a predetermined threshold value; and automatically changing, by the reconfiguration module, a plurality of user configurable settings of the computing device based on the one or more characteristics of the user and in response to the determining that the statistical confidence level meets the predetermined threshold value.
In another aspect of the invention, there is a computer program product for automated device settings customization based on real-time user characteristic data. The computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to: receive real-time user audio data; determine whether the user is a known user of the computing device based on the real-time user audio data; identify one or more characteristics of the user based on the real-time user audio data; determine a statistical confidence level of the one or more characteristics of the user; determine that the statistical confidence level meets a predetermined threshold value; and automatically change at least one user configurable setting of the computing device based on the one or more characteristics of the user and in response to the determining that the statistical confidence level meets the predetermined threshold value, wherein the determining whether the user is a known user of the computing device based on the real-time user audio data and the identifying one or more characteristics of the user based on the real-time user audio data occur at the same time.
In another aspect of the invention, there is a system for automated device setting customization based on user characteristic data. The system includes a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computing device; program instructions to receive user characteristic data; program instructions to determine whether the user is a known user of the computing device based on the user characteristic data; program instructions to identify a characteristic of the user based on the user characteristic data; program instructions to determine a statistical confidence level of the characteristic of the user; program instructions to determine that the statistical confidence level meets a predetermined threshold value; program instructions to automatically change at least one user configurable setting of the computing device based on the characteristic of the user; program instructions to receive new user characteristic data; program instructions to identify a new characteristic of the user based on the new user characteristic data; program instructions to determine a new statistical confidence level of the new characteristic of the user identified based on the new user characteristic data; program instructions to determine that the new statistical confidence level meets a predetermined threshold value for the new user characteristic; and program instructions to automatically change the at least one user configurable setting of the computing device based on the new user characteristic and in response to the determining that the statistical confidence level meets the predetermined threshold value; wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.
The present invention is described in the detailed description which follows, in reference to the noted plurality of drawings by way of non-limiting examples of exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
The present invention relates generally to reconfigurable device settings and, more particularly, to automated device settings customization based on real-time user characteristic data. In embodiments, a user computer device receives real-time user characterization data, such as voice data or visual data (e.g., camera data). The audio and/or visual data is passed to a pattern detection module and to a user detection module. In aspects, the pattern detection module and the user detection module work concurrently on the incoming audio and/or visual data. In embodiments, the pattern detection module determines characteristics of a user (e.g., an accent of the user's voice or the fact that the user wears glasses) while the user detection module determines if the user has already used the system (e.g., already has a user profile saved on the user computer device). If the user has utilized the system before, the pattern detection module may update the user's profile based on the real-time audio and/or visual data. If the user has not utilized the system before, the pattern detection module may create and store a new user profile. In aspects, a user profile is created based on regional influence or cultural preferences associated with the user's accent.
In embodiments, a reconfiguration module determines a statistical confidence of one or more characteristics of the user (e.g., confidence percentage that the user is from a certain geographic region based on their accent). In aspects, if the statistical confidence meets a predetermined threshold value, and if one or more settings have not already been manually reconfigured or customized, then the reconfiguration module automatically customizes the one or more settings based on the real-time audio and/or visual data.
Manufacturers of personal computing device are increasingly offering more configuration options to personalize the device to particular users. One problem with many such devices out of the box is that a user may not know, nor care to discover, all the various settings available to be configured. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention provide improvements to the field of personal computing devices by enabling automated personalization of a computing device based on real-time user characteristic data sensed by the computing device. Efficiency of the computing device is improved by providing a method by which a user can automatically and simultaneously or concurrently customize multiple settings of out-of-the-box computing devices based on the user's voice or appearance, without the need for complicated tutorials or the like.
The present invention may be a system, a method, and/or a computer program product at any possible technical detail level of integration. The computer program product may include a computer readable storage medium (or media) having computer readable program instructions thereon for causing a processor to carry out aspects of the present invention.
The computer readable storage medium can be a tangible device that can retain and store instructions for use by an instruction execution device. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but is not limited to, an electronic storage device, a magnetic storage device, an optical storage device, an electromagnetic storage device, a semiconductor storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A non-exhaustive list of more specific examples of the computer readable storage medium includes the following: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), a static random access memory (SRAM), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a digital versatile disk (DVD), a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanically encoded device such as punch-cards or raised structures in a groove having instructions recorded thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable storage medium, as used herein, is not to be construed as being transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freely propagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagating through a waveguide or other transmission media (e.g., light pulses passing through a fiber-optic cable), or electrical signals transmitted through a wire.
Computer readable program instructions described herein can be downloaded to respective computing/processing devices from a computer readable storage medium or to an external computer or external storage device via a network, for example, the Internet, a local area network, a wide area network and/or a wireless network. The network may comprise copper transmission cables, optical transmission fibers, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/or edge servers. A network adapter card or network interface in each computing/processing device receives computer readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer readable program instructions for storage in a computer readable storage medium within the respective computing/processing device.
Computer readable program instructions for carrying out operations of the present invention may be assembler instructions, instruction-set-architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state-setting data, configuration data for integrated circuitry, or either source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C++, or the like, and procedural programming languages, such as the “C” programming language or similar programming languages. The computer readable program instructions may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider). In some embodiments, electronic circuitry including, for example, programmable logic circuitry, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), or programmable logic arrays (PLA) may execute the computer readable program instructions by utilizing state information of the computer readable program instructions to personalize the electronic circuitry, in order to perform aspects of the present invention.
Aspects of the present invention are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer readable program instructions.
These computer readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. These computer readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium that can direct a computer, a programmable data processing apparatus, and/or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein comprises an article of manufacture including instructions which implement aspects of the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
The computer readable program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other device to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other device to produce a computer implemented process, such that the instructions which execute on the computer, other programmable apparatus, or other device implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
The flowchart and block diagrams in the Figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of instructions, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). In some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the blocks may occur out of the order noted in the Figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems that perform the specified functions or acts or carry out combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.
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In computing infrastructure 10 there is a computer system (or server) 12, which is operational with numerous other general purpose or special purpose computing system environments or configurations. Examples of well-known computing systems, environments, and/or configurations that may be suitable for use with computer system 12 include, but are not limited to, personal computer systems, server computer systems, thin clients, thick clients, hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based systems, set top boxes, programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputer systems, mainframe computer systems, and distributed cloud computing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, and the like.
Computer system 12 may be described in the general context of computer system executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer system. Generally, program modules may include routines, programs, objects, components, logic, data structures, and so on that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Computer system 12 may be practiced in distributed cloud computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed cloud computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote computer system storage media including memory storage devices.
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Bus 18 represents one or more of any of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, and a processor or local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. By way of example, and not limitation, such architectures include Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus, Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and Peripheral Component Interconnects (PCI) bus.
Computer system 12 typically includes a variety of computer system readable media. Such media may be any available media that is accessible by computer system 12, and it includes both volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media.
System memory 28 can include computer system readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as random access memory (RAM) 30 and/or cache memory 32. Computer system 12 may further include other removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer system storage media. By way of example only, storage system 34 can be provided for reading from and writing to a nonremovable, non-volatile magnetic media (not shown and typically called a “hard drive”). Although not shown, a magnetic disk drive for reading from and writing to a removable, non-volatile magnetic disk (e.g., a “floppy disk”), and an optical disk drive for reading from or writing to a removable, non-volatile optical disk such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or other optical media can be provided. In such instances, each can be connected to bus 18 by one or more data media interfaces. As will be further depicted and described below, memory 28 may include at least one program product having a set (e.g., at least one) of program modules that are configured to carry out the functions of embodiments of the invention.
Program/utility 40, having a set (at least one) of program modules 42, may be stored in memory 28 by way of example, and not limitation, as well as an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data. Each of the operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data or some combination thereof, may include an implementation of a networking environment. Program modules 42 generally carry out the functions and/or methodologies of embodiments of the invention as described herein.
Computer system 12 may also communicate with one or more external devices 14 such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a display 24, etc.; one or more devices that enable a user to interact with computer system 12; and/or any devices (e.g., network card, modem, etc.) that enable computer system 12 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication can occur via Input/Output (I/O) interfaces 22. Still yet, computer system 12 can communicate with one or more networks such as a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), and/or a public network (e.g., the Internet) via network adapter 20. As depicted, network adapter 20 communicates with the other components of computer system 12 via bus 18. It should be understood that although not shown, other hardware and/or software components could be used in conjunction with computer system 12. Examples, include, but are not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data archival storage systems, etc.
The network 55 may be any suitable communication network or combination of networks, such as a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), and/or a public network (e.g., the Internet). The user computer device 50 may be in communication with a remote server 64 via the network 55. In embodiments, remote server 64 is in the form of a provider server, such as a network provider including settings database 65.
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In embodiments, the pattern detecting module 67 is configured to identify user characteristics such as speech patterns and appearance of the user based on real-time user characteristic data (e.g., voice data and visual data) received by the user computer device 50. Embodiments of the invention require a user to “opt-in” to the data gathering steps required for the identification of user characteristics, wherein a user provides explicit permission for audio and visual data gathering. Voice and visual data gathering may be implemented in accordance with applicable privacy laws and may be discontinued at any time by a user who has revoked permission for voice and visual data gathering steps of the present invention. In aspects, the pattern detecting module 67 is configured to update a user profile with characteristic data, or create a new user profile including the user characteristic data, if the user detection module 66 determines that the user is new to the user computer device 50. In aspects, voice data received by the microphone 60 is sent to both the pattern detecting module 67 and the user detection module 66 concurrently. In aspects, visual data received by the camera 62 is sent to both the pattern detecting module 67 and the user detection module 66.
In embodiments, the reconfiguration module 68 is configured to determine a statistical confidence of the user characteristics determined by the pattern detecting module 67. By way of example, the reconfiguration module 68 may determine that a user is likely to have a particular accent with a certain degree of confidence (confidence percentage). In aspects, for each user characteristic determined by the pattern detecting module 67, the reconfiguration module 68 determines if the degree of confidence associated therewith meets a respective predetermined threshold value, determines if the threshold value has been reached previously, determines if settings associated with user characteristics have already been manually changed, and automatically customizes settings of the user computer device 50 based on the real-time user characteristic data when certain conditions have been met. In aspects the reconfiguration module 68 looks up one or more settings in a settings database 71 that are associated with the user characteristics that meet the threshold value, and implement changes to the settings based on instructions in the settings database 71.
In embodiments, the user computer device 50 may include additional or fewer components than those shown in
At step 300 a user computer device 50 receives real-time user characteristic data. In embodiments, the real-time user characteristic data is audio data and/or visual data. In aspects, audio data is received via the microphone 60 of the user computer device 50. In aspects, visual data is received from the camera 62 of the user computer device 50. In embodiments, the user characteristic data is received during an initial setup procedure of the user computer device 50, such as during the initial configuration of a virtual assistant (e.g., Google Assistant by Google® or Ski® by Apple Inc.) of the user computer device 50. In aspects, a user will be presented with a prompt requesting the visual data and/or audio data (voice data) from the user. Such a prompt may request the user to voice a particular word, phrase or set of words or phrases, for example.
At step 301, the user characteristic data received at step 300 is fed to the user detection module 66, and the user detection module 66 determines if the user is a known user (e.g., the user has already utilized the user computer device 50) or the user is a new user. In aspects, the user detection module 66 determines a voice print of the user from audio data received at step 300, and compares the voice print of the user to voice print data in the database 70 in order to determine if there is a match. The term voice print as used herein refers to a set of measurable characteristics of a human voice that uniquely identify an individual. In aspects, if the user detection module 66 determines a match between the voice print of the current user and a stored voice print in the database 70, the user detection module 66 then determines that the current user is known to the user computer device 50. In contrast, if the user detection module 66 determines that there is no match between the voice print of the current user and a stored voice print, then the user detection module 66 determines that the current user is a new user.
Still referring to step 301, in aspects, the user detection module 66 utilizes a facial recognition tool to analyze visual data received at step 300, and compares facial recognition data from the facial recognition tool to visual data in the database 70 in order to determine if there is a match. In aspects, if the user detection module 66 determines a match between the facial recognition data of the current user and a stored visual data in the database 70 (e.g., stored facial recognition data associated with a user), the user detection module 66 then determines that the current user is known to the user computer device 50. In contrast, if the user detection module 66 determines that there is no match between the facial recognition data of the current user and a stored visual data, then the user detection module 66 determines that the current user is a new user.
At step 302, the user characteristic data received at step 300 is fed to the pattern detecting module 67, and the pattern detecting module 67 identifies characteristics of the user based on the user characteristic data. In embodiments, the pattern detecting module 67 detects speech patterns of the user based on audio data received at step 300, including, for example, user voice volume, user accent, user speech speed, and user speech cadence. It should be understood that a variety of speech pattern detecting tools may be utilized in the implementation of step 302. In embodiments, the pattern detecting module 67 detects visual patterns of the user based on visual data received at step 300, including, for example, user appearance data (e.g., the presence of eye glasses on the wearer's face).
In embodiments, the user computer device 50 sends real-time user characteristic data simultaneously or concurrently to the user detection module 66 and the pattern detecting module 67. In aspects, steps 301 and 302 are performed simultaneously or concurrently by the user computer device 50.
At step 303, if the user is determined to be a known user in accordance with step 301, the pattern detecting module 67 adjusts the user profile of the user in the database 70 with the one or more characteristics identified at step 302, if necessary. In this way, a user profile of the user can be continuously improved to obtain the most accurate user profile based on incoming user characteristic data (e.g., speech pattern data).
At step 304, if the user is determined to be a new user in accordance with step 301, the pattern detecting module 67 builds and stores a new user profile including the user's characteristics identified at step 302. In embodiments, the new user profile includes speech patterns of the user based on the audio data including, for example, user voice volume, user accent, user speech speed, and user speech cadence. In embodiments, the new user profile includes visual patterns of the user based on the visual data including, for example, the presence of eyewear on the user's face.
At step 305, the reconfiguration module 68 determines a statistical confidence level of each characteristics of the user identified at step 302, and saves the statistical confidence level with the user's profile in the database 70. For example, the reconfiguration module 68 may determine that a user has an accent indicating they are from Scotland, with a statistical confidence level of 80% based on historic speech pattern data in the database 70 and the quantity of audio data received at step 300. It should be understood that various method of calculating confidence levels may be utilized in the implementation of step 305.
At step 306, the reconfiguration module 68 determines if the statistical confidence level determined at step 305 meets a predetermined threshold value for one or more of the user characteristics identified a step 302. The database 70 may include a table of threshold values for each characteristic identified by the pattern detecting module 67 at step 302. For example, the reconfiguration module 68 may determine that a threshold value for a Scottish accent is set at an 80% or greater confidence level. In aspects, the threshold values are accessible by a user of the user computer device 50, and may be adjusted by the user.
At step 307, if the confidence level for the characteristics of the user identified at step 302 does not meet the threshold value at step 306, then the reconfiguration module 68 ends the reconfiguration process. For example, if the reconfiguration module 68 determines that a user has a local regional accent with a statistical confidence level of 50% at step 305, but the threshold value for the local regional accent is set at a 60% confidence level, then the reconfiguration module 68 would end the reconfiguration process at step 308.
Optionally, at step 308, if the confidence level for one or more of the characteristics of the user identified at step 302 does meet the threshold value at step 307, then the reconfiguration module 68 determines if the one or more characteristics is meeting the threshold value for the first time. For example, if the reconfiguration module 68 determines that a user has a local regional accent with a statistical confidence level of 70% at step 305, and the threshold value for the local regional accent is set at a 60% confidence level, then the reconfiguration module 68 may determine at step 308 that this is the first instance that the local regional accent characteristic has met the threshold value of 60%.
At step 309, if the reconfiguration module 68 determines that the characteristics of the user have previously met the associated threshold value at step 308, then the reconfiguration module 68 ends the reconfiguration process. For example, if a characteristic identified at step 302 is a local regional accent, and the reconfiguration module 68 determines that the local regional accent characteristic has previously met the threshold value of the 60% confidence level, then the reconfiguration module 68 would end the reconfiguration process at step 309.
At step 310, if the confidence level meets the threshold value in accordance with step 306 for one or more characteristics, the reconfiguration module 68 determines whether one or more associated settings of the user computer device 50 have been manually changed or adjusted by a user. The term setting as used herein refers to functionality enabling the modification of features or behaviors of an application. In embodiments, step 310 is performed only if the reconfiguration module 68 determines that one or more identified characteristic of the user have met the associated threshold value for the first time in accordance with step 308. Settings of the user computer device 50 may be user configurable settings (settings that may be accessed and adjusted by the user through a user interface) or may be non-user configurable settings (settings that are not accessible by a user in the course of normal operation of the user computer device 50). For example, the user computer device 50 may include a user configurable navigation setting that may be adjusted to provide a first set of directions for non-local residents (“non-local resident” setting), and a second set of directions for local residence (“local resident” setting), whereby directions for non-local residents will be biased toward main roads and tourist locations and directions for local residents will be biased towards back roads that avoid high traffic areas. In this example, if a user has already manually adjusted the navigational setting to a “local resident” setting, the reconfiguration module 68 will determine that the setting was already manually changed at step 310.
When the reconfiguration module 68 determines at step 310 that one or more settings of the user computer device 50 (associated with one or more characteristic of the user) have been manually changed by the user, then the reconfiguration module 68 ends the reconfiguration process according to step 309.
At step 311, when the reconfiguration module 68 determines at step 310 that one or more settings of the user computer device 50 associated with one or more characteristic of the user have not been manually changed by the user, then the reconfiguration module 68 automatically changes the one or more settings of the user computer device 50 based on rules in the database 70. For example, if the user characteristic identified at step 302 is a local regional accent, and an associated navigational tool has not been previously manual changed by a user (the navigational tool is set at its default “non-local resident” setting), then the reconfiguration module 68 will automatically switch the navigation tool from its default “non-local resident” setting to the “local resident” setting. In embodiments, the user computer device 50 may receive rules from a settings database 65 of a remote server 64, such as a network provider server, through the network 55. In embodiments, the reconfiguration module 68 automatically changes a plurality of user configurable settings of the user computer device 50 at step 311 based on one or more characteristics of the user identified at step 302. In aspects, the reconfiguration module 68 automatically changes only one user configurable setting of the user computer device 50 at step 311. In embodiments, the process of
The Table above depicts an exemplary table of rules for user characteristics and associated settings. Settings or user characteristics depicted the Table may be utilized in the implementation of the method of
Examples of settings that may be automatically changed by the user computer device 50 in accordance with step 311 of
In a first exemplary scenario, a mobile device (user computer device 50) being utilized by a user for the first time runs the settings customization process illustrated in
In this exemplary scenario, the pattern detecting module 67 detects that the user has a regional accent associated with a Region A based on the audio data, and detects that the user is wearing glasses based on the visual data, in accordance with step 302 of
In this exemplary scenario, the user computer device 50 determines that this is the first time that the Region A threshold value of 75% has been met or acceded, in accordance with step 308 of
In this first scenario, the user profile of the user now includes information indicating that the user utilizes glasses in accordance with step 304 of
To the extent the aforementioned implementations collect, store, or employ personal information or characteristics of individuals, it should be understood that such information shall be used in accordance with all applicable laws concerning protection of personal information. Additionally, the collection, storage, and use of such information may be subject to consent of the individual to such activity, for example, through “opt-in” or “opt-out” processes as may be appropriate for the situation and type of information. Storage and use of personal information may be in an appropriately secure manner reflective of the type of information, for example, through various encryption techniques.
In embodiments, a service provider could offer to perform the processes described herein. In this case, the service provider can create, maintain, deploy, support, etc., the computer infrastructure that performs the process steps of the invention for one or more customers. These customers may be, for example, any business that uses technology. In return, the service provider can receive payment from the customer(s) under a subscription and/or fee agreement and/or the service provider can receive payment from the sale of advertising content to one or more third parties.
In still another embodiment, the invention provides a computer-implemented method for automated device setting customization based on real-time user characteristic data. In this case, a computer infrastructure, such as computer system 12 (
The descriptions of the various embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration, but are not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminology used herein was chosen to best explain the principles of the embodiments, the practical application or technical improvement over technologies found in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein.
