APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A USER PREFERENCE

摘要

A user device comprises an access interface (109) for accessing a web service by exchanging information with the web service over the Internet (105). An application processor (107) executes a user application accessing the web service through the access interface (109) and the Internet (105). The application processor (107) is connected to an ontology processor (111) which determines an ontology associated with at least some of the information exchanged with the web service. For example, the ontology may relate to a data structure of data objects communicated between the application processor (107) and the web service. The user device (101) further comprises a preference detector (113) which determines a user preference indication in response to the ontology and the exchanged information. The preference detector (113) is connected to a preference processor (115) which determines a user preference in response to the user preference indication.