TECHNIQUES FOR OFFERING CONTEXT TO SERVICE PROVIDERS UTILIZING INCENTIVES AND USER-CONTROLLED PRIVACY

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of offering incentive based context to service providers, comprising capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user f...

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Hauptverfasser: YARVIS, MARK, STROEBEL, THOMAS, W, MUSE, PHIL, SANDAGE, DAVID, A, KEARNEY, BERNIE, WOOD, MATTHEW
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of offering incentive based context to service providers, comprising capturing context information of a user and distributing said context information to said service provider, wherein said service provider provides an incentive to said user for said context information, and wherein said user may choose all or a subset of said context information for varying types of compensation selected from the group consisting of: No compensation; Direct monetary compensation; Indirect monetary compensation; Non-monetary compensation; or Points, credits, access to free content.