Fingerprint addressing system and method

• US 20020176611A1
• Filed: 05/23/2001
• Published: 11/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Dong, Mimi C.
• Application Number:
  US09/863,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20020176611A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints

Abstract

A device includes a connection to a network such as the Internet, and the device has a network address derived from a fingerprint.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a connection to a network; and

a network address derived from a fingerprint.

2. The device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the network is the Internet and network address is an Internet address.

3. The device, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a fingerprint scanner.

4. The device, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a fingerprint file storing the fingerprint.

5. The device, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a fingerprint file storing the network address derived from the fingerprint.

6. A system comprising:

a connection to a network; and

a network address derived from a fingerprint of a dependent user.

7. The system, as set forth in claim 6, wherein the network address is derived from a fingerprint of an authorized user.

8. The system, as set forth in claim 6, wherein the network address is an Internet address.

9. The system, as set forth in claim 6, wherein the network address is an address of a global network.

10. The system, as set forth in claim 6, further comprising a fingerprint scanner.

11. The system, as set forth in claim 6, further comprising a memory storing a fingerprint file having the fingerprint.

12. The system, as set forth in claim 6, further comprising a fingerprint file storing the network address derived from the fingerprint.

13. The system, as set forth in claim 6, further comprising:

a server coupled to the Internet; and

at least one appliance coupled to the server.

15. The method, as set forth in claim 14, further comprising obtaining a fingerprint.

16. The method, as set forth in claim 14, further comprising storing the fingerprint.

17. The method, as set forth in claim 14, further comprising generating an Internet address of the system derived from the fingerprint.

18. The method, as set forth in claim 14, wherein accessing the system comprises accessing a server coupled to the Internet using the generated network address, and accessing a plurality of appliances coupled to the server using network addresses based on the generated network address.

19. The method, as set forth in claim 14, further comprising generating system authorization based on the fingerprint.

14. A method, comprising:

generating a network address derived from a fingerprint; and

accessing a system over a network using the derived network address.