SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROWSING BASED ON USER RECOGNITION

• US 20100162125A1
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Alfred, Joseph Anderson, Sommer, Joseph M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,527,884 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for browsing based on user recognition. The method includes receiving input from a user, verifying a user identity based on the input, identifying a browsing device of the user, retrieving a user profile associated with the user and the identified browsing device, the profile storing browser settings, and launching a browser on the identified browsing device with browser settings from the retrieved user profile. The input can be speech. The user identity can be verified by network-based speaker recognition. The method can further automatically update the user profile based on user actions. In one aspect, the method further identifies a preferred browser in the user profile, provisions a version of the preferred browser adapted to the identified browsing device, and launches the provisioned preferred browser on the identified browsing device with settings from the retrieved user profile.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of browsing based on user recognition, the method comprising:

receiving input from a user;

verifying a user identity based on the input;

identifying a browsing device of the user;

retrieving a user profile associated with the user and the identified browsing device, the profile storing browser settings; and

launching a browser on the identified browsing device with browser settings from the retrieved user profile.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the input is speech.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the user identity is verified by network-based speaker recognition.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising automatically updating the user profile based on user actions.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising adapting a user profile associated with the user and a first browsing device for use with the user and a second browsing device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

identifying a preferred browser in the user profile;

provisioning a version of the preferred browser adapted to the identified browsing device; and

launching the provisioned preferred browser on the identified browsing device with settings from the retrieved user profile.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user profile is stored in a network location.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein a separate user profile exists for each browsing device for each user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein a separate user profile exists for each browser for each user.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user profile includes a default search engine.

11. A system for browsing based on user recognition, the system comprising:

a module configured to receive input from a user;

a module configured to verify a user identity based on the input;

a module configured to identify a browsing device of the user;

a module configured to retrieve a user profile associated with the user and the identified browsing device, the profile storing browser settings; and

a module configured to launch a browser on the identified browsing device with browser settings from the retrieved user profile.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the input is speech.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the module configured to verify a user identity comprises network-based speaker recognition.

14. The system of claim 11, the system further comprising a module configured to automatically update the user profile based on user actions.

15. The system of claim 11, the system further comprising a module configured to adapt a user profile associated with the user and a first browsing device for use with the user and a second browsing device.

16. The system of claim 11, the system further comprising:

a module configured to identify a preferred browser in the user profile;

a module configured to identify provision a version of the preferred browser adapted to the identified browsing device; and

a module configured to identify launch the provisioned preferred browser on the identified browsing device with settings from the retrieved user profile.

17. A tangible computer-readable medium storing a computer program having instructions for browsing based on user recognition, the instructions comprising:

receiving input from a user;

verifying a user identity based on the input;

identifying a browsing device of the user;

retrieving a user profile associated with the user and the identified browsing device, the profile storing browser settings; and

launching a browser on the identified browsing device with browser settings from the retrieved user profile.

18. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the input is speech.

19. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the user identity is verified by network-based speaker recognition.

20. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 17, the method further comprising automatically updating the user profile based on user actions.