Patent ID: 8214469
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing common perspectives of diverse data types to multiple end devices, the method comprising: receiving, from an end device, a local perspective of a data set, wherein the local perspective defines at least one formatting characteristic for presentation of the data set; storing the local perspective in a central repository as a common perspective; providing a user profile database to maintain at least one record of a set of user preferences; receiving, from a user of a requesting device, a signal requesting a selected data set from the central data; repository, the selected data set being one of a plurality of data sets, the plurality of data sets including data from one or more Internet services, data from one or more television services, and data from one or more messaging services; in response to the signal, reading the selected data set from the central data repository; reading one or more common perspectives associated with the user from the central repository, the one or more common perspectives defining a manner in which the requesting device will present the selected data set, wherein the selected data set comprises a plurality of messages, the plurality of messages including at least one voicemail message and at least one email message, and the one or more common perspectives define an order in which a list of the plurality of messages will be displayed; applying the one or more common perspectives to the selected data set; translating the selected data set into one or more common language messages using the one or more common perspectives applied to the selected data set: the one or more common language messages comprising a common language message comprising a header and a body; wherein forwarding the one or more common language messages to the requesting device.