def process_user_settings(user_settings=None, user_id=None, albums=None,
    avatar=None, banned=None, biography=None, bonus_points=None,
    cover_image=None, deleted=None, email=None, email_excluded=None,
    first_name=None, followers=None, following=None, href=None, images=None,
    kudos_given=None, kudos_received=None, kudos_weight=None, language=None,
    last_name=None, last_visit_time=None, location=None, login=None,
    messages=None, metrics=None, online_status=None, password=None,
    personal_data=None, public_images=None, rank=None, registration_data=
    None, reviews=None, roles=None, signature_topics=None,
    solutions_authored=None, sso_id=None, threads_participated=None, topics
    =None, user_badges=None, videos=None, view_href=None, web_page_url=None):
    """This function processes the ``user_settings`` for functions and formats them into a normalized dictionary.

    :param user_settings: Allows all user settings to be passed to the function within a single dictionary
    :type user_settings: dict, None
    :param user_id: The unique User ID associated with the user
    :type user_id: int, str, None
    :param albums: The image albums associated with the user's profile
    :type albums: dict, None
    :param avatar: The avatar (profile image) of the user
    :type avatar: str, None
    :param banned: Defines whether or not the user is banned (``True`` if banned)
    :type banned: bool, None
    :param biography: The user's biography for their profile
    :type biography: str, None
    :param bonus_points: Bonus points that an admin has assigned to the user
    :type bonus_points: int, None
    :param cover_image: The cover image to be used on the user's profile
    :type cover_image: str, None
    :param deleted: Defines whether or not the user's account is deleted. (``True`` if deleted)
    :type deleted: bool, None
    :param email: The email address for the user
    :type email: str, None
    :param email_excluded: Defines whether or not the user has selected the "don't send me any community emails" option
    :type email_excluded: bool, None
    :param first_name: The user's first name (i.e. given name)
    :type first_name: str, None
    :param followers: The community members who are subscribed to the user (i.e. "friends")
    :type followers: dict, None
    :param following: The community members who the user follows (i.e. "friends")
    :type following: dict, None
    :param href: Relative href to the user resource (i.e. canonical path to the resource relative to the API root)
    :type href: str, None
    :param images: Images uploaded by the user
    :type images: dict, None
    :param kudos_given: The kudos given to the user by other community members
    :type kudos_given: dict, None
    :param kudos_received: The kudos received by the user from other community members
    :type kudos_received: dict, None
    :param kudos_weight: The weight of the kudos awarded
    :type kudos_weight: int, None
    :param language: The default language selected by the user
    :type language: str, None
    :param last_name: The user's last name (i.e. surname)
    :type last_name: str, None
    :param last_visit_time: The date/time the user was last active on the community
    :type last_visit_time: type[datetime.datetime], None
    :param location: The user's location
    :type location: str, None
    :param login: The username (i.e. ``login``) for the user
    :type login: str, None
    :param messages: The messages (topics and replies) posted by the user
    :type messages: dict, None
    :param metrics: The metrics of the user activity
    :param online_status: The status of the user (``ONLINE`` or ``OFFLINE``)
    :type online_status: str, None
    :param password: The password for the user
    :type password: str, None
    :param personal_data: The ``personal_data`` object associated with the user account containing PII about the user
    :param public_images: Images uploaded by the user that the user has made public
    :type public_images: dict, None
    :param rank: The rank of the user in the community (Value is ``-1`` if no rank has been achieved)
    :type rank: dict, None
    :param registration_data: Registration information about the user
    :type registration_data: dict, None
    :param reviews: Product reviews written by the user
    :type reviews: dict, None
    :param roles: The roles that have been assigned to the user
    :type roles: dict, None
    :param signature_topics: Topics of interest associated with this user account that the user has selected to display
    :param solutions_authored: The solutions authored by the user (i.e posts selected as an accepted solutions)
    :type solutions_authored: dict, None
    :param sso_id: The Single Sign-On (SSO) ID for the user
    :type sso_id: str, None
    :param threads_participated: The topic IDs of message threads in which the user has participated
    :type threads_participated: list, None
    :param topics: Topic messages (i.e the root message of a conversation) authored by the user
    :type topics: dict, None
    :param user_badges: Badges earned by the user (as well as visible but unearned badges depending on admin settings)
    :param videos: Videos uploaded by the user
    :type videos: dict, None
    :param view_href: The fully-qualified href to the user resource in the Web UI (i.e. the URI of the ViewProfile page)
    :type view_href: str, None
    :param web_page_url: The URL to the user's website
    :type web_page_url: str, None
    :returns: The dictionary containing the user settings
    """
    default_settings = {'id': user_id, 'albums': albums, 'avatar': avatar,
        'banned': banned, 'biography': biography, 'bonus_points':
        bonus_points, 'cover_image': cover_image, 'deleted': deleted,
        'email': email, 'email_excluded': email_excluded, 'first_name':
        first_name, 'followers': followers, 'following': following, 'href':
        href, 'images': images, 'kudos_given': kudos_given,
        'kudos_received': kudos_received, 'kudos_weight': kudos_weight,
        'language': language, 'last_name': last_name, 'last_visit_time':
        last_visit_time, 'location': location, 'login': login, 'messages':
        messages, 'metrics': metrics, 'online_status': online_status,
        'password': password, 'personal_data': personal_data,
        'public_images': public_images, 'rank': rank, 'registration_data':
        registration_data, 'reviews': reviews, 'roles': roles,
        'signature_topics': signature_topics, 'solutions_authored':
        solutions_authored, 'sso_id': sso_id, 'threads_participated':
        threads_participated, 'topics': topics, 'user_badges': user_badges,
        'videos': videos, 'view_href': view_href, 'web_page_url': web_page_url}
    if not user_settings:
        user_settings = default_settings
    for field_name, field_value in default_settings.items():
        if default_settings[field_name]:
            user_settings[field_name] = field_value
    if 'user_id' in user_settings and 'id' not in user_settings:
        user_settings['id'] = user_settings['user_id']
        del user_settings['user_id']
    return user_settings
