APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH COMMANDS
First Claim
1. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions to:
- present in a graphical user interface a plurality of associable actions and a biometric sensing accessory, wherein a fingerprint is detectable by the biometric sensing accessory and the fingerprint is correlated to an input function associated with the biometric sensing accessory;
associate one of the plurality of associable actions with the input function;
detect a stimulation of the input function by monitoring the biometric sensing accessory, wherein the stimulation of the input function occurs based on a detection of the fingerprint;
retrieve the action associated with the input function; and
transmit the action to an operating system.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a biometric accessory having a controller to detect at least one of navigation information and biometric information associated with a user of the accessory, and transmit at least one of the navigation information and biometric information to a software application, wherein an input function of the accessory which is correlated with at least one of the navigation information and the biometric information is assigned to an action of a plurality of associable actions by the software application, wherein a stimulation of the input function is detected by the software application, wherein the action is retrieved by the software application based on the stimulation being detected, and wherein the retrieved associable action is transmitted by the software application to an operating system. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
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32 Claims
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1. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions to:
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present in a graphical user interface a plurality of associable actions and a biometric sensing accessory, wherein a fingerprint is detectable by the biometric sensing accessory and the fingerprint is correlated to an input function associated with the biometric sensing accessory; associate one of the plurality of associable actions with the input function; detect a stimulation of the input function by monitoring the biometric sensing accessory, wherein the stimulation of the input function occurs based on a detection of the fingerprint; retrieve the action associated with the input function; and transmit the action to an operating system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An biometric accessory, comprising a controller to:
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detect at least one of navigation information and biometric information associated with a user of the accessory; and transmit at least one of the navigation information and biometric information to a software application, wherein an input function of the accessory which is correlated with at least one of the navigation information and the biometric information is assigned to an action of a plurality of associable actions by the software application, wherein a stimulation of the input function is detected by the software application, wherein the action is retrieved by the software application based on the stimulation being detected, and wherein the retrieved associable action is transmitted by the software application to an operating system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions to:
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receive from a software application operably coupled to a biometric sensing accessory an action associated with an input function of the biometric sensing accessory, wherein the input function is correlated to at least one of navigation information and biometric information detected by the biometric sensing accessory, wherein a stimulation of the input function is detected by the software application, and wherein the action is retrieved by the software application when the stimulation is detected; and perform the received action. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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