Patent ID: 8972534
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing settings for a user a client device connected to a data network, the method comprising: receiving information pertaining to an operating environment running on a client device being used by the user; determining details of the operating environment running on the client device; selecting an environment model from a set of stored environmental models established for the user as a function of the operating environment running on the client device, each environmental model defining a set of personalisable applications typically available in an operating environment; retrieving user specified setting data from the data network, wherein the user specified setting data is specific to a respective personalisable application; transforming the user specified setting data so as to conform to the operating environment on the client device with reference to the selected environment model, wherein the selected environment model defines the set of personalisable applications for the operating environment on the client device; and adjusting settings in the client device so as to incorporate the transformed user specified setting data for the set of personalisable applications with reference to the selected environment model.