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Method of indirect specification of user preferences
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1997-05-27
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Granted: 1998-08-25
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Expires: 2017-05-27
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for allowing communication of a large number of parameters from a computer user to an application program with a relatively small amount of interaction. The system uses a plurality of graphical metaphors to represent a collection of known personality or collective knowledge representations to extract a computer user's preferences. A computer user expresses how much likeness exists between themselves and a set of metaphoric graphical objects which is translated into an intermediary format which enables the computer to provide a higher quality of pattern matching and differentiation.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald Edward Bingham
- 👤 Michael Jon Dockter
- 👤 Joel Frank Farber
- 👤 Michael Leon Pauser
- 👤 Randal James Richardt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 10:33
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/44; G06F9/451; G06F16/00; G06F16/50; G06F16/54; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99935; Y10S707/99936
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
A system for interactively obtaining computer user preferences comprising: a base set of graphical metaphor objects, said graphical metaphor objects representing recognizable multi-trait profiles; a preselected list of attributes describing each of said graphical metaphor objects; a first graphical template which enables entering of a value representing a user's preferences, including likes and dislikes, of each of said graphical metaphor objects, a second template for extracting a user's valued preferences of a connection between two objects; said extracting of a user's preferences of a value of a connection comprises entering a value representing a user's preferences of each of said graphical metaphors as it relates to said connection; blending of each of said multi-trait graphical object attributes based on said user values to provide a weighted evaluation, and wherein a user preference profile is determined based on said weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes and a connection attribute profile is further determined based on an ordering and truncation of said weighted evaluation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
173 words
A system for interactively obtaining computer user preferences comprising: a base set of graphical metaphor objects, said graphical metaphor objects representing recognizable multi-trait profiles; a preselected list of attributes describing each of said graphical metaphor objects; a first graphical template which enables entering of a value representing a user's preferences, including likes and dislikes, of each of said graphical metaphor objects, a second template for extracting a user's valued preferences of a connection between two objects; said extracting of a user's preferences of a value of a connection comprises entering a value representing a user's preferences of each of said graphical metaphors as it relates to said connection; blending of each of said multi-trait graphical object attributes based on said user values to provide a weighted evaluation, and wherein a user preference profile is determined based on said weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes and a connection attribute profile is further determined based on an ordering and truncation of said weighted evaluation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A system for interactively obtaining computer user preferences as per claim 1, wherein said multitrait personalities represent recognizable personalities of people.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A system for interactively obtaining computer user preferences as per claim 1, wherein a connection attribute profile is determined based on a weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
232 words
An article of manufacture comprising a computer user medium having computer readable program code embodied therein which interactively obtains computer user preferences from a discrete number of graphical metaphor objects representing recognizable multi-trait profiles comprising: computer readable program code which comprises a base set of said graphical metaphor objects; computer readable program code which comprises a preselected list of attributes describing said graphical metaphor objects; computer readable program code which comprises a first graphical template which enables entering of a value representing a user's preferences, including likes and dislikes, of each of said graphical metaphor objects, a second template for extracting a user's valued preferences of a connection between two objects, said extracting of a user's preferences of a value of a connection comprises entering a value representing a user's preferences of each of said graphical metaphors as it relates to said connection; computer readable program code which comprises a blending of each of said multi-trait graphical object attributes based on said user values to provide a weighted evaluation, and wherein a user preference profile is determined based on said weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes, a connection attribute profile is determined based on a weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes and an ordering and truncation of said weighted evaluation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
232 words
An article of manufacture comprising a computer user medium having computer readable program code embodied therein which interactively obtains computer user preferences from a discrete number of graphical metaphor objects representing recognizable multi-trait profiles comprising: computer readable program code which comprises a base set of said graphical metaphor objects; computer readable program code which comprises a preselected list of attributes describing said graphical metaphor objects; computer readable program code which comprises a first graphical template which enables entering of a value representing a user's preferences, including likes and dislikes, of each of said graphical metaphor objects, a second template for extracting a user's valued preferences of a connection between two objects, said extracting of a user's preferences of a value of a connection comprises entering a value representing a user's preferences of each of said graphical metaphors as it relates to said connection; computer readable program code which comprises a blending of each of said multi-trait graphical object attributes based on said user values to provide a weighted evaluation, and wherein a user preference profile is determined based on said weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes, a connection attribute profile is determined based on a weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes and an ordering and truncation of said weighted evaluation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
An article of manufacture comprising a computer user medium having computer readable program code embodied therein which interactively obtains computer user preferences as per claim 4, wherein said graphical metaphors comprise a discrete number of characters representing recognizable personalities of people.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
234 words
A computer program product usable with a programmable computer having computer readable program code embodied therein which interactively obtains computer user preferences from a discrete number of graphical metaphor objects representing recognizable multi-trait profiles comprising: computer readable program code which comprises a base set of said graphical metaphor objects; computer readable program code which comprises a preselected list of attributes describing said graphical metaphor objects; computer readable program code which comprises a first graphical template which enables entering of a value representing a user's preferences, including likes and dislikes, of each of said graphical metaphor objects, a second template for extracting a user's valued preferences of a connection between two objects, wherein said extracting of a user's preferences of a value of a connection comprises entering a value representing a user's preferences of each of said graphical metaphors as it relates to said connection; computer readable program code which comprises a blending of each of said multi-trait graphical object attributes based on said user values to provide a weighted evaluation, and wherein a user preference profile is determined based on a weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes, a connection attribute profile is determined based on a weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes and on an ordering and truncation of said weighted evaluation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
234 words
A computer program product usable with a programmable computer having computer readable program code embodied therein which interactively obtains computer user preferences from a discrete number of graphical metaphor objects representing recognizable multi-trait profiles comprising: computer readable program code which comprises a base set of said graphical metaphor objects; computer readable program code which comprises a preselected list of attributes describing said graphical metaphor objects; computer readable program code which comprises a first graphical template which enables entering of a value representing a user's preferences, including likes and dislikes, of each of said graphical metaphor objects, a second template for extracting a user's valued preferences of a connection between two objects, wherein said extracting of a user's preferences of a value of a connection comprises entering a value representing a user's preferences of each of said graphical metaphors as it relates to said connection; computer readable program code which comprises a blending of each of said multi-trait graphical object attributes based on said user values to provide a weighted evaluation, and wherein a user preference profile is determined based on a weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes, a connection attribute profile is determined based on a weighted evaluation of each of said values entered as they relate to said preselected list of attributes and on an ordering and truncation of said weighted evaluation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A computer program product usable with a programmable computer having computer readable program code embodied therein which interactively obtains computer user preferences as per claim 6, wherein said graphical metaphors comprise a discrete number of characters representing recognizable personalities of people.
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