At Home Corporation

Excite, Inc.

Scott F Moody

A method and system for dynamically synthesizing a computer program based on user context data is provided. In accordance with the invention, a request is received to generate a computer program for an identified user. In response, an incomplete definition of the computer program, from which portions of the definition are omitted, is retrieved. For each portion of the computer program omitted from the incomplete definition of the computer program, a plurality of possible versions of the omitted portion are accessed. Each possible version produces a different behavior in the computer program when it is added to the computer program. Further, each possible version has one or more conditions that may be evaluated against user attributes for the identified user to determine whether the possible version is acceptable for the user. Next, for each possible version of each omitted portion, the conditions of the possible version are evaluated to determine whether the possible version is acceptable for the user. A preference rule is then used to select, for each omitted portion, one possible version determined to be acceptable. Finally, the versions of the omitted portions of computer program selected as preferred are added to the incomplete definition of the computer program in order to complete the definition of the computer program. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the completed computer program is executed on behalf of the identified user.

Method and system for dynamically synthesizing a computer program by differentially resolving atoms based on user context data

A method and system for dynamically synthesizing a computer program based on user context data is provided. In accordance with the invention, a request is received to generate a computer program for an identified user. In response, an incomplete definition of the computer program, from which portions of the definition are omitted, is retrieved. For each portion of the computer program omitted from the incomplete definition of the computer program, a plurality of possible versions of the omitted portion are accessed. Each possible version produces a different behavior in the computer program when it is added to the computer program. Further, each possible version has one or more conditions that may be evaluated against user attributes for the identified user to determine whether the possible version is acceptable for the user. Next, for each possible version of each omitted portion, the conditions of the possible version are evaluated to determine whether the possible version is acceptable for the user. A preference rule is then used to select, for each omitted portion, one possible version determined to be acceptable. Finally, the versions of the omitted portions of the computer program selected as preferred are added to the incomplete definition of the computer program in order to complete the definition of the computer program. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the completed computer program is executed on behalf of the identified user.

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