per·son·al·ize personalizes personalizing personalized in BRIT, also use personalise1. If an object is personalized, it is marked with the name or initials of its owner. The clock has easy-to-read numbers and is personalised with the child's name and birth date. + personalized per·son·al·ized a Rolls-Royce with a personalised number plate
If you personalize something, you do or design it specially according to the needs of an individual or to your own needs. Personalising your car has never been cheaper. an ideal centre for professional men or women who need intensive, personalised French courses
{f} make personal; put name on; personify, ascribe personal qualities to a person or thing (also personalise)
If you personalize an argument, discussion, idea, or issue, you consider it from the point of view of individual people and their characters or relationships, rather than considering the facts in a general or abstract way. Women tend to personalise rejection more than men The contest has become personalised, if not bitter
Modify a smart card to represent information concerning one person There are two sorts of personalization: graphical and electrical Graphical personalization modifies the visual aspect of the card (holder's name, photograph) electrical personalization modifies the information held in electronic form
Real-time tailoring of displays, particularly Web pages, to a specific customer's known preferences, such a previous purchases See profiling, CRM, and Active Data Warehousing
There's nothing better than getting only the news or sports scores that YOU want With personalization features, you don't have to sift through boring issues or scores for teams other than your favorites With almost all portals, any topic imaginable can be personalized to reflect your interests You can usually turn off features you don't desire--such as local lottery numbers--and decide how much of other "channels," or topics you do want to see Everything's highly customizable To personalize a portal, look for a button or link that says "personalize" or something similar
Describes how software can be streamlined to the users individual needs The term personalization has been popularized by personalization features provided by portals such as www yahoo com (WWW) and push channels such as www pointcast com, which allows users to tailor the application to their needs and interests In particular, these personalization features have attracted many empowered users on the Web and now have become a de facto standard for high usability With its EnjoySAP initiative, SAP has included leading personalization facilities to SAP solutions With the mySAP com Workplaceâ„¢ SAP offers a role-based enterprise portal with state of the art personalization features
The practice of writing the email to make the recipient feel that it is more personal and was sent with him or her in mind This might include using the recipient's name in the salutation or subject line, referring to previous purchases or correspondence, or offering recommendations based on previous buying patterns
The process of matching categorized content with different end users based on business rules This personalization process occurs upon page request to a Webserver and is handled by either (a) a general application server (b) a specialized one-to-one application server or (c) a specific personalization engine
Using continually adjusted user profiles to match content or services to individuals Personalization includes determining a user's interest based on his or her preferences or behavior, constructing business rules to select relevant content based on those preferences or behaviors, and presenting the content to the user in an integrated, cohesive format
(1) a user-oriented configurability quality requirement specifying the degree to which an application or component shall be able to be configured so that individual users each have a unique user-specific experience (e g , an e-Commerce application knows a buyer’s preferences from previous purchases and presents appropriate advertisements)
This means determining a user's interest based on his or her preferences or behavior, constructing business rules to decide how to deal with such a person, and dealing with that person according to those preferences
Functionality provided to a portal by WebSphere Personalization Personalization enables information to be targeted to specific users based on business rules and user profile information Compare to customization
The insertion of personal greetings in e-mail messages (for instance "Dear John" rather than the generic "Dear Customer") Personalization requires sophisticated e-mail list management software that allows for so called mail-merge operations
1 Directing Web or mail-based content to users based on their individual or group properties and their need or request for content (P&M) 2 Refers to the integration of P&M and Active Channel Server (Push)
The practice of tailoring content delivered to website visitors based on information they provide about their individual interests and preferences or based on their navigation patterns through the site Personalization is frequently accomplished with server-side software such as Net Perceptions' Recommendation Engine or advanced features in server-side platforms such as Microsoft Site Server