Patent ID: 6400996
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G05B,G06F,G06K

Abstract:
An apparatus, comprising:a logical input for receiving a control input and a user attribute relating to a human user; a memory system, storing said control input and user attribute; an input for receiving data from a data environment; means for storing descriptive elements of said received data; means for determining a preference of the user relating to said received data, based on said stored user attribute and said descriptive elements; means for processing said received data in dependence on said control input, having an output; and a data packet network controller adapted for processing received data packets of information addressed to said controller from a data packet network interface, and responding thereto in according to a predetermined protocol, at least one of said control input, said user attribute, said received data, said descriptive elements, said user preference, and said output being communicated through said data packet network interface.