Method and server for configuring a mobile terminal and portable electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016255496-A1
Application number	US-201414423789-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 27, 2014
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Sep 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A plurality of portable electronic devices monitors a user-initiated re-writing of a Cascading Style Sheets, CSS, source and/or of at least one CSS variable. A server crowdsources information on the user-initiated re-writing from the plurality of portable electronic devices through a cellular communication network. The server processes the crowdsourced information on the user-initiated re-writing to determine CSS to be used by the mobile terminal. The server outputs information on the determined CSS to configure the mobile terminal.

First claim

1 . A method of configuring a mobile terminal, comprising:
monitoring, by each one of a plurality of portable electronic devices, a user-initiated re-writing of a Cascading Style Sheets, CSS, source and/or of at least one CSS variable, crowdsourcing, by a server, information on the user-initiated re-writing from the plurality of portable electronic devices through a cellular communication network, processing, by the server, the crowdsourced information on the user-initiated rewriting to determine CSS to be used by the mobile terminal, and outputting, by the server, information on the determined CSS to configure the mobile terminal.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a sub-set of portable electronic devices in the plurality of portable electronic devices by comparing at least hardware configurations of the plurality of portable electronic devices to a hardware configuration of the mobile terminal, wherein the server uses only the crowdsourced information on the user-initiated re-writing from the sub-set of portable electronic devices to determine the CSS to be used by the mobile terminal.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying the sub-set of portable electronic devices comprises at least one of:
comparing a processor configuration of the plurality of portable electronic devices to a processor configuration of the mobile terminal, comparing a memory configuration of the plurality of portable electronic devices to a memory configuration of the mobile terminal, or comparing a wireless interface configuration of the plurality of portable electronic devices to a wireless interface configuration of the mobile terminal.

4 . The method of claim 2 ,
wherein identifying the sub-set of portable electronic devices comprises a location-based filtering.

5 . The method of claim 2 ,
wherein identifying the sub-set of portable electronic devices comprises a filtering in dependence on a number of user input actions which cause the user-initiated re-writing of the CSS source and/or of the at least one CSS variable to be performed.

6 . The method of claim 1 ,
wherein monitoring the user-initiated re-writing of the CSS source and/or of the at least one CSS variable comprises monitoring user input actions received at a user interface from a user which cause the CSS source to be re-written.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
generating, by the server, at least one message based on the determined CSS and transmitting the at least one message to at least one of the mobile terminal or a web server for executing a web application using the determined CSS.

8 . The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the server uses the crowdsourced information on the user-initiated re-writing as input for a machine learning or an agent based learning to determine the CSS to be used by the mobile terminal.

9 . A portable electronic device, comprising:
a user interface, a communication interface configured for communication with a cellular communication network, a processor coupled to the user interface and the communication interface, the processor being configured
to perform a re-writing of a Cascading Style Sheets, CSS, source and/or of at least one CSS variable in accordance with a user input action detected by the user interface, and
to control the communication interface to report information on the user-initiated re-writing to a server over the cellular communication network.

10 . The portable electronic device of claim 9 ,
wherein the processor is configured to monitor the re-writing of the CSS source and/or of the at least one CSS variable throughout a time interval prior to reporting the information to the server.

11 . The portable electronic device of claim 10 ,
wherein the processor is configured
to generate an indicator for a number of user input actions throughout the time interval which cause the CSS source and/or the at least one CSS variable to be re-written, and
to control the communication interface such that the information includes the indicator.

12 . The portable electronic device of claim 9 ,
wherein the processor is configured to use the CSS source and the at least one CSS variable for controlling the user interface and/or the communication interface when a web application is executed.

13 . A server, comprising:
an interface configured for communication with a cellular communication network, and a processing device coupled to the interface and configured to: crowdsource information on a user-initiated re-writing of a Cascading Style Sheets, CSS, source and/or of at least one CSS variable from a plurality of portable electronic devices connected to the cellular communication network, process the crowdsourced information on the user-initiated re-writing to determine CSS to be used by a mobile terminal, and provide information on the determined CSS to the mobile terminal through the interface to configure the mobile terminal.

14 . The server of claim 13 ,
wherein the processing device is configured to identify a sub-set of portable electronic devices in the plurality of portable electronic devices by comparing at least hardware configurations of the plurality of portable electronic devices to a hardware configuration of the mobile terminal, and
wherein the processing device is configured to use only the crowdsourced information on the user-initiated re-writing from the sub-set of portable electronic devices to determine the CSS to be used by the mobile terminal.

15 . A communication system, comprising:
a plurality of portable electronic devices of claim 9 , and a server.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Andersson Jonas

Classifications

• G06F40/197

  Version control (for software G06F8/71) · CPC title

• G06F9/44505

  Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files · CPC title

• G06F40/154

  Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets · CPC title

• H04W4/18

  Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals · CPC title

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title