Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Master/slave computer controlling – Master/slave mode selecting
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-29
2010-11-09
Tieu, Binh K (Department: 2614)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Master/slave computer controlling
Master/slave mode selecting
C340S501000, C340S870030, C340S870160
Reexamination Certificate
active
07831679
ABSTRACT:
A sensing and context management architecture that can detect that a user is interacting with a given device and in an associated context, and in response thereto, manages device processes as the user moves from device to device, location to location, and/or context to context. The invention comprises a system that facilitates management of a user situation or context. A sensing component is provided that senses a context of a user by way of one or more sensors and/or a particular device with which the user is interacting in the context, for example, and a management component that manages the device and/or one or more services in the context according to rules or inferences user preferences, sensed observations, and user input data.
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