1-96. (canceled)
97. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:
means for receiving a request for a personalized plan designed to facilitate an end user to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request identifying at least a source user;
means for acquiring source user data indicating a plurality of reported aspects associated with at least the source user in response to receiving the request; and
means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes.
98-113. (canceled)
114. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for receiving a request for a personalized plan designed to facilitate an end user to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request identifying at least a source user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request including an identifier associated with at least the source user.
115. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for receiving a request for a personalized plan designed to facilitate an end user to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request identifying at least a source user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request identifying at least one of the one or more target outcomes.
116. (canceled)
117. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for receiving a request for a personalized plan designed to facilitate an end user to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request identifying at least a source user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more preferences of the end user.
118. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for receiving a request for a personalized plan designed to facilitate an end user to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request identifying at least a source user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more limitations associated with the end user.
119. The computationally-implemented system of claim 118, wherein said means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more limitations associated with the end user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more physical limitations associated with the end user.
120. The computationally-implemented system of claim 118, wherein said means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more limitations associated with the end user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more contextual limitations associated with the end user.
121. The computationally-implemented system of claim 118, wherein said means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more limitations associated with the end user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more personal limitations associated with the end user.
122. The computationally-implemented system of claim 118, wherein said means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more limitations associated with the end user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more medical or health limitations associated with the end user.
123. The computationally-implemented system of claim 118, wherein said means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more limitations associated with the end user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more user state limitations associated with the end user.
124. The computationally-implemented system of claim 118, wherein said means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more limitations associated with the end user comprises:
means for receiving the request for the personalized plan designed to facilitate the end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when the one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request indicating one or more legal or regulatory limitations associated with the end user.
125-128. (canceled)
129. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for acquiring source user data indicating a plurality of reported aspects associated with at least the source user in response to receiving the request comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data including data indicating one or more reported aspects as at least originally reported by the source user.
130. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for acquiring source user data indicating a plurality of reported aspects associated with at least the source user in response to receiving the request comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data including data indicating one or more reported aspects as at least originally reported by one or more sensors.
131. (canceled)
132. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for acquiring source user data indicating a plurality of reported aspects associated with at least the source user in response to receiving the request comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data including data indicating one or more reported aspects as at least originally reported via one or more social networking entries.
133. The computationally-implemented system of claim 132, wherein said means for acquiring the source user data including data indicating one or more reported aspects as at least originally reported via one or more social networking entries comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data including data indicating one or more reported aspects as at least originally reported via one or more blog entries.
134. The computationally-implemented system of claim 132, wherein said means for acquiring the source user data including data indicating one or more reported aspects as at least originally reported via one or more social networking entries comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data including data indicating one or more reported aspects as at least originally reported via one or more status reports.
135. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for acquiring source user data indicating a plurality of reported aspects associated with at least the source user in response to receiving the request comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data including data indicating one or more reported aspects as at least originally reported via one or more diary entries.
136-142. (canceled)
143. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for acquiring source user data indicating a plurality of reported aspects associated with at least the source user in response to receiving the request comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data indicating the plurality of reported aspects including one or more incidences of subjective user states associated with the source user.
144. The computationally-implemented system of claim 143, wherein said means for acquiring the source user data indicating the plurality of reported aspects including one or more incidences of subjective user states associated with the source user comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data indicating the plurality of reported aspects including one or more incidences of subjective mental states associated with the source user.
145. The computationally-implemented system of claim 143, wherein said means for acquiring the source user data indicating the plurality of reported aspects including one or more incidences of subjective user states associated with the source user comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data indicating the plurality of reported aspects including one or more incidences of subjective physical states associated with the source user.
146. The computationally-implemented system of claim 143, wherein said means for acquiring the source user data indicating the plurality of reported aspects including one or more incidences of subjective user states associated with the source user comprises:
means for acquiring the source user data indicating the plurality of reported aspects including one or more incidences of subjective overall user states associated with the source user.
147-165. (canceled)
166. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects occurred within a predefined time period from occurrence of one or more reported outcomes associated with the source user that corresponds to the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
167. The computationally-implemented system of claim 166, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects occurred within a predefined time period from occurrence of one or more reported outcomes associated with the source user that corresponds to the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects occurred within a predefined time period and preceded occurrence of the one or more reported outcomes associated with the source user that corresponds to the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
168. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes based on one or more indications provided by the source user.
169. The computationally-implemented system of claim 168, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes based on one or more indications provided by the source user comprises:
means for requesting the source user to provide one or more indications of which of the reported aspects are relevant to achievement of one or more reported outcomes that corresponds to the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
170. The computationally-implemented system of claim 168, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes based on one or more indications provided by the source user comprises:
means for requesting the source user to provide one or more indications of which of the reported aspects are not relevant to achievement of one or more reported outcomes that corresponds to the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
171. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes based on one or more indications provided by the end user.
172. The computationally-implemented system of claim 171, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes based on one or more indications provided by the end user comprises:
means for requesting the end user to provide one or more indications of which of the reported aspects are relevant to achievement of one or more reported outcomes that corresponds to the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
173. The computationally-implemented system of claim 171, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes based on one or more indications provided by the end user comprises:
means for requesting the end user to provide one or more indications of which of the reported aspects are not relevant to achievement of one or more reported outcomes that corresponds to the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
174. The computationally-implemented system of claim 171, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes based on one or more indications provided by the end user comprises:
means for requesting the end user to provide one or more indications of what types of aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
175. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said means for requesting the end user to provide one or more indications of what types of aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan comprises:
means for determining which of the plurality of reported aspects belong to one or more types of aspects, as indicated by the end user, as being relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
176. The computationally-implemented system of claim 171, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes based on one or more indications provided by the end user comprises:
means for requesting the end user to provide indications of what types of aspects are not relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
177. The computationally-implemented system of claim 176, wherein said means for requesting the end user to provide indications of what types of aspects are not relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan comprises:
means for determining which of the plurality of reported aspects does not belong to one or more types of aspects, as indicated by the end user, as being not relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
178. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes based, at least in part, on data provided by one or more third party sources that indicates one or more types of aspects that are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes of the personalized plan.
179. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by including into the personalized plan at least one emulatable aspect that corresponds to at least one reported aspect associated with the source user that is determined to be relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes.
180. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by including into the personalized plan at least one emulatable aspect that corresponds to at least one reported aspect associated with the source user that is determined to be relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by including into the personalized plan at least one intermediate outcome that corresponds to one or more reported intermediate outcomes as indicated by the source user data.
181. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by including into the personalized plan a plurality of emulatable aspects that corresponds to the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user that are determined to be relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes.
182. The computationally-implemented system of claim 181, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by including into the personalized plan a plurality of emulatable aspects that corresponds to the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user that are determined to be relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by defining in the personalized plan a relationship or relationships between the plurality of emulatable aspects included in the personalized plan.
183. The computationally-implemented system of claim 182, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by defining in the personalized plan a relationship or relationships between the plurality of emulatable aspects included in the personalized plan comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by defining in the personalized plan a temporal relationship or relationships between the plurality of emulatable aspects included in the personalized plan.
184. The computationally-implemented system of claim 182, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by defining in the personalized plan a relationship or relationships between the plurality of emulatable aspects included in the personalized plan comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by defining in the personalized plan a specific time relationship or relationships between the plurality of emulatable aspects included in the personalized plan.
185. (canceled)
186. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by including into the personalized plan at least one plausible emulatable aspect, the at least one plausible emulatable aspect being at least one emulatable aspect that has been successfully emulated by one or more other end users.
187. The computationally-implemented system of claim 186, wherein said means for developing the personalized plan by including into the personalized plan at least one plausible emulatable aspect, the at least one plausible emulatable aspect being at least one emulatable aspect that has been successfully emulated by one or more other end users comprises:
means for developing the personalized plan by including into the personalized plan at least one plausible emulatable aspect, the at least one plausible emulatable aspect being at least one emulatable aspect that has been successfully emulated by the one or more other end users in order to achieve at least one of the one or more target outcomes.
188. The computationally-implemented system of claim 97, further comprising:
means for presenting the personalized plan.
189-193. (canceled)
194. A computer program product comprising:
a signal-bearing medium bearing:
(a) one or more instructions for receiving a request for a personalized plan designed to facilitate an end user to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the personalized plan are emulated, the request identifying at least a source user;
(b) one or more instructions for acquiring source user data indicating a plurality of reported aspects associated with at least the source user in response to receiving the request; and
(c) one or more instructions for developing the personalized plan by at least determining which of the plurality of reported aspects associated with the source user are relevant to the achievement of the one or more target outcomes.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A magnetic shield, for use in a magnetic read-write head having an air bearing surface (ABS), comprising:
said shield having a shape that ensures that all closure domains in said shield are able to align themselves at a reduced angle relative to an initialization direction while still being roughly antiparallel to one another whereby there is only one domain at each non-parallel edge;
said shield having one, and only one, domain along whichever edge of said shield is coplanar with the ABS; and
all domain orientations within said shield being consistently repeatable each time said shield is exposed to an initialization field.
2. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is a trapezoid, one of whose parallel edges is coplanar with the ABS and wherein both said trapezoid’s non-parallel edges diverge away from the ABS.
3. The magnetic shield described in claim 2 wherein angles between said parallel and non-parallel edges range from \u221260 to +60 degrees and said trapezoid has a mean width to height ratio of between about 0.5 and 10.
4. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is a modified trapezoid having a first edge that is coplanar with the ABS over said first edge’s entire length, second and third edges that are not parallel to one another and that are connected to said first edge, a fourth edge comprising a central part that is parallel to said first edge, and a pair of opposing outer parts, each outer part further comprising a first sub-part that extends away from said first edge and a second sub-part that connects said first part to said second or said third edge, whichever is closest.
5. The magnetic shield described in claim 4 wherein each of said outer parts has a maximum separation from said first edge that is at least 1.02 times said central part’s distance from said first edge.
6. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is a modified trapezoid having a first edge that is coplanar with the ABS over its entire length, two second opposing edges that are not parallel to one another and that are connected to said first edge, and a third edge comprising a central part, parallel to said first edge, connected to a pair of opposing outer parts, that are parallel to said first edge and further therefrom than said central part, each of said outer parts being connected to one of said second edges.
7. The magnetic shield described in claim 6 wherein each of said outer parts is at a maximum distance from said first edge that is at least 1.02 times said central part’s distance from said first edge.
8. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is a modified trapezoid having a first edge that is coplanar with the ABS over its entire length, two second opposing edges that are not parallel to one another and that are connected to said first edge, and a curved edge whose end points each connect to one of said second edges, said curved edge having a center point whose distance to said first edge is less than either of said end point’s distance to said first edge.
9. The magnetic shield described in claim 8 wherein each of said end points has a maximum distance from said first edge that is at least 1.02 times said center point’s distance from said first edge.
10. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is a trapezoid, having a first edge that is coplanar with the ABS, a second edge parallel to said first edge, and a pair of secondary shields having edges that are parallel to, and coplanar with, said second edge, separated therefrom by no more than the shield’s height, whereby said secondary shields serve to assist nucleation of domains in said magnetic shield.
11. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is a hexagon having a first edge that is coplanar with the ABS, a second edge parallel to said first edge, a pair of opposing third edges connected to opposing ends of said first edge, and a pair of opposing fourth edges that connect said opposing ends of said second edges to said third edges.
12. The magnetic shield described in claim 11 wherein said hexagon has a width to height ratio of between about 0.25 and 5.
13. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is an irregular octagon having a first edge that is coplanar with the ABS, a second edge, longer than and parallel to, said first edge, a pair of opposing third edges, normal to said ABS, connected to opposing ends of said first edge, and a pair of opposing fourth edges, normal to said ABS, connected to opposing ends of said second edge, and a pair of fifth opposing edges that connect said second and fourth edges.
14. The magnetic shield described in claim 13 wherein separation between said fourth edges is between about 0.25 to 5 times separation between said first and second edges.
15. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is an irregular hexagon having a first edge that is coplanar with the ABS and that has a first width, a second edge, longer than and parallel to, said first edge and having a second width, a pair of opposing third edges, normal to said second edge, connected to opposing ends of said second edge, and a pair of fourth opposing edges that connect third edges to opposing ends of said first edge.
16. The magnetic shield described in claim 15 further comprising opposing edge cut features inserted between said first and fourth edges whereby said first width is reduced relative to said second width.
17. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is a notched quadrilateral having a pair of parallel first edges, one of which is coplanar with the ABS, and a pair of second edges, separated by a distance and connecting said first edges to each other, each second edge further comprising multiple collinear sub-edges connected through an odd number of inwardly facing V-shaped notches, both second edges having the same number of notches and no notch having a depth that exceeds 10% of said distance between said second edges.
18. The magnetic shield described in claim 1 wherein said shape is a trapezoid modified so that one of its parallel edges further comprises a central section that is coplanar with the ABS and that is shorter than its opposing parallel edge and a pair of outer sections that connect said central section to said trapezoid’s non-parallel edges, said outer sections being further from said ABS than said central section.