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US 11,716,398 · App. 17/075,075 · Granted Aug 1, 2023

Entertainment profile swapping systems and methods

Inventor: Lisa Crosby (Garwood, NJ)
H04L67/306H04L12/4641H04W8/183
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Patent No.
US 11,716,398
App. No.
17/075,075
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

Profile swapping systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed involving an intermediary system adapted to connect to a network and adapted to manage interaction of a user on the network based on a profile-in-use being used by the user; and a profile system adapted to manage profiles within the intermediary system and adapted to manage swapping of profiles for use by the user in interacting on the network; wherein the profile system includes a user profile for the user and at least one other's profile; and wherein the profile system is adapted to enable the user to swap the user profile for the other's profile, whereby the user profile is swapped out as the profile-in-use and the other's profile is swapped in as the profile-in-use by the user.

Claims (61)

1. A profile swapping system comprising:

an intermediary processor adapted to connect to a network and adapted to manage interaction of a user on the network based on a profile-in-use being used by the user;

a profile system processor adapted to manage profiles within the intermediary processor and adapted to manage swapping of profiles for use by the user in interacting on the network;

wherein the profile system processor includes a full user profile for the user and at least one other's full profile; and

wherein the profile system processor is adapted to enable the user to swap the full user profile for the other's full profile, whereby the full user profile is swapped out as the profile-in-use and the other's full profile is swapped in as the profile-in-use by the user; and

an intermediary interface processor adapted to manage use and interpretation of the profile-in-use by other systems connected to the network and interacting with the user through the intermediary processor and based on the profile-in-use,

wherein the intermediary interface processor includes a virtual private network (VPN) adapted to present the profile-in-use to other systems connected to the network, and

wherein the profile-in-use informs the interaction of the use with the other systems on the network, wherein the user has immediate real time control to swap the full user profile for the other's full profile.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the intermediary interface processor includes:

an intermediary index having information details characterizing the profiles; and,

an intermediary index identification for each indexed profile, wherein the intermediary index identification is adapted to identify a profile to the other systems connected to the network.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the profile system processor further is adapted to enable the user to make changes to details of the full user profile and is adapted to track and indicate in the full user profile the origin of the changes.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the profile system processor further includes an entertainment profile within the full user profile, and the profile system processor is adapted to enable the user to swap the entertainment profile of the full user profile for an other's entertainment profile of an other's full profile, making the other's entertainment profile a part of the profile-in-use by the user.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein:

the entertainment profile includes content subscription information for the user regarding a content provider system, and the entertainment profile is adapted to cross-reference information details for content mentioned in a profile-in-use with access permissions available through the content subscription, and the entertainment profile is adapted to be able to indicate to the user which content mentioned in a profile-in-use is available to the user from the content provider system based on the access permissions of the content subscription,

wherein the content subscription information of the entertainment profile of the full user profile is used for indicating to the user which content mentioned in a profile-in-use is available to the user when the profile-in-use includes the other's entertainment profile or the other's full profile.

6. A method for providing a profile swapping system, the method comprising:

providing an intermediary processor adapted to connect to a network and adapted to manage interaction of a user on the network based on a profile-in-use being used by the user;

using the intermediary processor to manage interaction of the user on the network based on the profile-in-use being used by the user;

providing a profile system processor adapted to manage profiles within the intermediary processor and adapted to manage swapping of profiles for use by the user in interacting on the network;

using the profile system processor to manage the profiles within the intermediary processor and to manage swapping of profiles for use by the user in interacting on the network,

wherein the profile system processor includes a full user profile for the user and at least one other's full profile; and

wherein the profile system processor is adapted to enable the user to swap the full user profile for the other's full profile, whereby the full user profile is swapped out as the profile-in-use and the other's full profile is swapped in as the profile-in-use by the user;

providing an intermediary interface processor adapted to manage use and interpretation of the profile-in-use by other systems connected to the network and interacting with the user through the intermediary processor and based on the profile-in-use;

using the intermediary interface processor to manage use and interpretation of the profile-in-use by other systems connected to the network and interacting with the user through the intermediary processor and based on the profile-in-use,

wherein the intermediary interface processor includes a virtual private network (VPN) adapted to present the profile-in-use to other systems connected to the network, and

wherein the profile-in-use informs the interaction of the use with the other systems on the network; and

presenting the profile-in-use to other systems connected to the network, wherein the user has immediate real time control to swap the full user profile for the other's full profile.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the intermediary interface processor includes: an intermediary index having information details characterizing the profiles; and, an intermediary index identification for each indexed profile, wherein the intermediary index identification is adapted to identify a profile to the other systems connected to the network; and

the method further comprising: identifying the profile to the other systems connected to the network.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein: the intermediary processor is adapted to communicate the intermediary index identification to another system.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the profile system processor further is adapted to enable the user to make changes to details of the full user profile and is adapted to track and indicate in the full user profile the origin of the changes; and

the method further comprising:

enabling the user to make changes to details of the full user profile; and,

tracking and indicating in the full user profile the origin of the changes.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the profile system processor further includes an entertainment profile within the full user profile, and the profile system processor is adapted to enable the user to swap the entertainment profile of the full user profile for an other's entertainment profile of an other's full profile, making the other's entertainment profile a part of the profile-in-use by the user; and

the method further comprising:

swapping the entertainment profile of the full user profile for the other's entertainment profile of the other's full profile; and,

making the other's entertainment profile part of the profile-in-use by the user.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein:

the entertainment profile includes content subscription information for the user regarding a content provider system, and the entertainment profile is adapted to cross-reference information details for content mentioned in the profile-in-use with access permissions available through the content subscription, and the entertainment profile is adapted to be able to indicate to the user which content mentioned in the profile-in-use is available to the user from the content provider system based on the access permissions of the content subscription; wherein the content subscription information of the entertainment profile of the full user profile is used for indicating to the user which content mentioned in a profile-in-use is available to the user when the profile-in-use includes the other's entertainment profile or the other's full profile; and

the method further comprising:

cross-referencing information details for content mentioned in the profile-in-use with access permissions available through the content subscription; and,

indicating to the user which content mentioned in the profile-in-use is available to the user from the content provider system based on the access permissions of the content subscription.

12. A method of profile swapping, the method comprising:

providing access, to a user logged on to a user device using a user account, to an intermediary processor adapted to connect to a network and adapted to manage interaction of a user on the network based on a profile-in-use being used by the user;

using the intermediary processor to manage interaction of the user on the network based on the profile-in-use being used by the user;

providing access to the user to a profile system processor adapted to manage profiles within the intermediary processor and adapted to manage swapping of profiles for use by the user in interacting on the network,

wherein the profile processor includes a full user profile for the user and at least one other's full profile, and

wherein the profile system processor is adapted to enable the user to swap the full user profile for the other's full profile, whereby the full user profile is swapped out as the profile-in-use and the other's full profile is swapped in as the profile-in-use by the user;

swapping profiles for use by the user in interacting on the network using the profile system processor;

providing an intermediary interface processor adapted to manage use and interpretation of the profile-in-use by other systems connected to the network and interacting with the user through the intermediary processor and based on the profile-in-use;

using the intermediary interface processor to manage use and interpretation of the profile-in-use by other systems connected to the network and interacting with the user through the intermediary processor and based on the profile-in-use,

wherein the intermediary interface processor includes a virtual private network (VPN) adapted to present the profile-in-use to other systems connected to the network, and

wherein the profile-in-use informs the interaction of the use with the other systems on the network; and

presenting the profile-in-use to other systems connected to the network, wherein the user has immediate real time control to swap the full user profile for the other's full profile.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 62924636 · Oct 22, 2019
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