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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2001
Claudine Viegas Conrado, Eindhoven, NL;
Joanna Elzbieta Kabala, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelius Wilhelmus Antonius Marie Van Overveld, Eindhoven, NL;
Claudine Viegas Conrado, Eindhoven, NL;
Joanna Elzbieta Kabala, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelius Wilhelmus Antonius Marie Van Overveld, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of and system for providing a user profile, comprising user profile maintenance means for maintaining the user profile, visualization means for representing a content item visually as an icon and representing the user profile as a corresponding shape comprising at least one icon representing a content item, and consistency guarding means for guarding the consistency between the user profile and the corresponding shape. The consistency is guarded by changing the corresponding shape in dependence on a change in the user profile, and/or by changing the user profile in dependence on a manipulation of the corresponding shape.