Facial recognition device for a handheld electronic device and a method of using the same
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1. A method of restricting access to functions of a handheld electronic device, comprising:
- providing biometric reference data of an authorized user of said functions;
capturing biometric user data of a party requesting access to said functions; and
comparing said biometric user data with said biometric reference data and determining whether said party is an authorized user.
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Abstract
Introduced is a method for enhancing the security of a handheld electronic device, in particular a mobile communication device. In one embodiment, the method includes (1) providing biometric reference data of an authorized user of functions of a handheld electronic device; (2) capturing the biometric user data of a party requesting access to functions of the handheld electronic device; and (3) comparing the biometric user data with the biometric reference data and determining whether the party is an authorized user.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of restricting access to functions of a handheld electronic device, comprising:
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providing biometric reference data of an authorized user of said functions;
capturing biometric user data of a party requesting access to said functions; and
comparing said biometric user data with said biometric reference data and determining whether said party is an authorized user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device for controlling access to handheld electronic device functions, comprising:
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a means for storing biometric reference data of an authorized user of said handheld electronic device functions;
a means for capturing biometric user data of a party requesting access to said handheld electronic device functions; and
a means for comparing said biometric user data with said biometric reference data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A handheld electronic device controller, comprising;
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a digital storage medium containing electronically readable control instructions to enable a handheld electronic device to control access to said handheld electronic device functions by comparing stored biometric reference data of an authorized user of said handheld electronic device functions with captured biometric user data of a party requesting access to said handheld electronic device functions; and
a means for activating said digital storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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