Personalization Data of an Active Application

• US 20140237589A1
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Suggs, Bradley Neal
• Application Number:
  US14/347,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20140237589A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A device to detect biometric information of a user, identify the user based on the biometric information, identify an active application of the device and identify metadata of the active application associated with the user, and modify personalization data of the active application with the metadata associated with the user.

Claims

1. A method for managing an application comprising:

detecting biometric information of a user with a sensor if the user is within proximity of a device;

identifying the user with the biometric information;

identifying an active application of the device and identifying metadata of the active application associated with the user; and

modifying personalization data of the active application with the metadata associated with the user.

2. The method for managing an application of claim 1 wherein modifying personalization data of the active application with the metadata does not include logging another user out of the device.

3. The method for managing an application of claim 1 wherein detecting biometric information of the user includes capturing at least one of an image and a video stream of a face of the user.

4. The method for managing an application of claim 1 wherein detecting biometric information of the user includes detecting a voice of the user.

5. The method for managing an application of claim 1 wherein identifying an active application includes detecting a user accessing at least one application of the device.

6. The method for managing an application of claim 1 wherein identifying an active application includes polling the device for a list of active applications.

7. A device comprising:

a sensor to detect biometric information of a user if the user is within proximity of the device; and

a controller to;

identify the user based on the biometric information;

identify an active application of the device and identify metadata of the active application associated with the user;

modify personalization data of the active application with the metadata associated with the user.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein the sensor includes an image capture component to capture at least one of a view, an image, and a video stream of a face or fingerprint of the user.

9. The device of claim 7 wherein the sensor includes a microphone to detect a voice of the user.

10. The device of claim 7 further comprising an input component to detect a user accessing an application of the device for the controller to identify the active application.

11. The device of claim 7 further comprising an operating system to not log the other user off of the device when the controller modifies personalization data of the active application with the metadata of the active application associated with the user.

12. A computer readable medium comprising instructions that if executed cause a controller to:

identify a user in response to a sensor detecting biometric information of the user within proximity of a device;

identify an active application of the device and identify metadata of the active application associated with the user; and

modify personalization data of the active application with the metadata of associated with the user without logging another user out of the device.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the controller compares detected biometric information of the user to a list of recognized users to identify the user.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the list of recognized users lists metadata of applications associated with each recognized user.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the controller overwrites at least one of a setting of the active application and a parameter of the active application with information included in the metadata associated with the user to modify the active application.