Generating and supplying user context data

Details Generating and supplying user context data Generating and supplying user context data

2000-11-28

2008-12-09

Winder, Patrice (Department: 2145)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Computer network monitoring

C709S203000, C709S211000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07464153

ABSTRACT:
Techniques are described for providing information about a context that is modeled with multiple context attributes. In some situations, at least some of the context attributes have values used by modules for generating values of other context attributes, and the providing includes determining that a first module is generating a first value of a first of the context attributes of the modeled context and determining that a circular reference exists when it is determined that a module is to generate another value of the first context attribute such that the generating of the another value is caused by the generating of the first value of the first context attribute.

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