Appeal No. 2004-2363 Page 5
Application No. 09/224,211
Figure 6 of Moody is a table diagram showing the transformation of sample
attribute data into category values, against which an atom server can evaluate
conditions for atom resolutions. Figure 6 shows a category value table 640 containing
category values against which the atom server evaluates conditions: an age group
category having the value "child" for a user with context identifier "Billy" and the value
"adult" for a user with context identifier "Sue," an occupation category having the value
"electrical engineer" for the user with context identifier "Sue," and a season category
having the value "summer" for all user contexts. The atom server generates the
category values stored in the category value table from user attributes and other
information using a category value query table 630. The category value query table
specifies, for each category, how to generate the category's value for a context based
on information from attribute tables and other sources of information. The category
value query table specifies using user attribute information from a user attribute table
610 and date-type information from a time/date table 620 to generate category values.
For example, in its first entry, the category value query table specifies that the age
group category value "child" should be generated for contexts in which the age attribute
is between 3 and 9. As such, because the age attribute value for Billy's context is "5,"
the value shown for the age group category for Billy's context in the category value table
is "child." The user attribute information on which this determination is based may
preferably be updated by the user or by others on the users behalf.
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