Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Generic control system – apparatus or process – Having operator control interface
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-09
2003-09-23
Patel, Ramesh (Department: 2121)
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Generic control system, apparatus or process
Having operator control interface
C700S017000, C700S019000, C700S020000, C700S065000, C700S066000, C345S173000, C345S215000, C345S215000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C709S227000, C709S217000, C379S211020
Reexamination Certificate
active
06625503
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to maintaining a user's control preferences which can be communicated to a device which controls the controllable attributes of a controllable entity.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Technology has seen the development of so called “smart cars.” For example, some cars can store user preferences for a set of drivers. Other selectable features, such as climate settings, radio stations and CD play lists are also candidates for such stored preferences. However, these preferences cannot be transferred to other vehicles.
It would be desirable if these stored preferences could be taken with a user to other vehicles, such as a rental car, for example. It is further desirable to provide such stored control preferences in other transient controllable entities, such as hotel rooms, for example.
In light of the foregoing limitations of the prior art, there is a need for a method in which a user's control preferences can be stored in a personal communication device to be communicated to a control device which controls the controllable attributes of a controllable entity, such as a car or a hotel room, for example. Alternatively, the personal communication device may pass an indirect reference, e.g., a URL, to the control device, which could then host the user's control preferences.
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Motorola Inc.
Patel Ramesh
Watanabe Hisashi D.
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