Geoffrey Gilbert Peck

US Patent:

20030074454, Apr 17, 2003

Filed:

Jul 20, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/199442

Inventors:

Geoffrey Peck - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/228000

Abstract:

An information presentation personalization system and process. The present invention provides the personalized presentation of structured information from disparate sources such as those available on a network such as the Internet. A network compatible/addressable interface device is operated by a user. The network interface device communicates with local data sources or network accessible data sources via an addressing scheme such as Uniform Resource Locator addresses (URLs) utilized by the Internet. The network interface device retrieves a set of data containing values descriptive of the instantaneous state or measurement of predefined dynamic parameters, such as temperature and barometric pressure. The preferred embodiment presents the retrieved data to the user and indicates by color codes the relationships of the parameter values of the presented data and preset personalized value points. The value points may be set by the user or determined by a calculation or by a third party in view of parameters external to the user and/or the user's characteristics, profile, history and/or personality.