ROLE-SPECIFIC DEVICE BEHAVIOR

摘要

In many computing scenarios, an individual may interact with a device in a variety of roles, such as a student, an intern, and a gamer. While the individual may utilize the device in different ways for each role (e.g., using a particular set of files, applications, websites, and services), the device is not typically informed of the individual's role, and provides generalized device behavior irrespective of the individual's role. Presented herein are techniques for adapting device behavior based on the current role of the individual. Such techniques involve evaluating the individual's role determinants to identify and automatically select the individual's current role; selecting a current role profile, as a subset of the details of the individual profile that are associated with the current role, and excluding details that are not associated with the current role; and adjusting the device behavior according to the current role profile of the individual.

主权项

1. A device that exhibits a device behavior while interacting with an individual represented by an individual profile, the device comprising:
a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, provide:
a current role selector that, responsive to detecting a role determinant of the individual, selects, among at least two roles of the individual, a current role that is associated with the role determinant;a role profile selector that selects, from the individual profile, a current role profile comprising at least one selected individual profile detail that is associated with the current role, and excluding at least one individual profile detail that is not associated with the current role; anda device behavior adjuster that adjusts the device behavior of the device according to the current role profile of the current role of the individual.