PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING USER OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
First Claim
1. A method for operating a consumer electronic device, comprising:
- uniquely identifying a user of the device using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device for its intended purpose without the user having to perform a separate step, function, or operation for the express purpose of identifying the user; and
providing context sensitive content to or from the device, wherein the context sensitive content depends on the user'"'"'s identity, wherein providing the context sensitive content includes pushing the context sensitive content based on the user'"'"'s patterns of use of the device without requiring the user'"'"'s personal information.
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Abstract
A user of a device may be uniquely identified using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device for its intended purpose without the user having to perform a separate step, function, or operation for the express purpose of identifying the user. Context sensitive content may be provided to or from the device based on the user'"'"'s patterns of use of the device without requiring the user'"'"'s personal information. The context sensitive content depends on the user'"'"'s identity. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
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48 Claims
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1. A method for operating a consumer electronic device, comprising:
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uniquely identifying a user of the device using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device for its intended purpose without the user having to perform a separate step, function, or operation for the express purpose of identifying the user; and providing context sensitive content to or from the device, wherein the context sensitive content depends on the user'"'"'s identity, wherein providing the context sensitive content includes pushing the context sensitive content based on the user'"'"'s patterns of use of the device without requiring the user'"'"'s personal information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A consumer electronic device, comprising:
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a user identification unit configured to uniquely identify a user of the device using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device for its intended purpose without having to perform a separate step, function, or operation for the express purpose of identifying the user, wherein the user identification unit uniquely identifies the user includes using the biometric sensor to provide the metric by generating a digital identifier associated with a user biometric, wherein the biometric sensor is configured to sense the user biometric during normal operation of the device; and a content generator configured to provide context sensitive content to or from the device, wherein the context sensitive content depends on the user'"'"'s identity, wherein the content generator is configured to push context sensitive content based on the user'"'"'s patterns of use of the device without requiring the user'"'"'s personal information.
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33. A non-transitory processor readable medium having embodied therein a set of processor readable instructions configured to implement a method for operating a device upon execution, the method comprising:
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uniquely identifying a user of the device using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device for its intended purpose without having to perform a separate step, function, or operation for the express purpose of identifying the user; and providing context sensitive content to or from the device, wherein the context sensitive content depends on the user'"'"'s identity, wherein providing the context sensitive content includes pushing the context sensitive content based on the user'"'"'s patterns of use of the device without requiring the user'"'"'s personal information.
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34. A consumer electronic device, comprising:
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a control module; a user identification unit incorporated into the control module, wherein the user identification unit is configured to uniquely identify a user of the device using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device for its intended purpose without having to perform a separate step, function, or operation for the express purpose of identifying the user, wherein device is configured to provide context sensitive content to the device, wherein the context sensitive content depends on the user'"'"'s identity, wherein providing the context sensitive content includes pushing the context sensitive content to the user based on the user'"'"'s patterns of use of the device without requiring the user'"'"'s personal information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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