Identification based operational modification of a portable electronic device
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1. In a portable electronic device, a method of operation comprising:
- detecting a presence of an identification badge;
authenticating the identification badge as an eligible one of a plurality of identification badges; and
configuring the portable electronic device, upon successful identification badge authentication, with an authenticated mode of user operation including a first set of operating characteristics, wherein said authenticated mode of user operation replaces an unauthenticated mode of user operation including a second set of operating characteristics, said first and second set of operating characteristics both including at least one operating characteristic customizable by the user of the portable electronic device while the portable electronic device is in the unauthenticated mode of user operation but not while the portable electronic device is in the authenticated mode of user operation.
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Abstract
Identification based operational modification of a portable electronic device includes detecting the presence of an employee identification badge, authenticating the identification badge as an eligible identification badge based at least in part upon data associated with the identification badge that is individualized to at least the employee and/or employer, and modifying one or more operating characteristics of the portable electronic device resulting in an identification badge authenticated mode of operation for the portable electronic device based upon successful authentication of the identification badge.
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26 Claims
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1. In a portable electronic device, a method of operation comprising:
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detecting a presence of an identification badge; authenticating the identification badge as an eligible one of a plurality of identification badges; and configuring the portable electronic device, upon successful identification badge authentication, with an authenticated mode of user operation including a first set of operating characteristics, wherein said authenticated mode of user operation replaces an unauthenticated mode of user operation including a second set of operating characteristics, said first and second set of operating characteristics both including at least one operating characteristic customizable by the user of the portable electronic device while the portable electronic device is in the unauthenticated mode of user operation but not while the portable electronic device is in the authenticated mode of user operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a processor to execute instructions; an interface communicatively coupled to the processor to facilitate an exchange of information between the wireless communication device and an identification badge; and a storage medium coupled to the processor, and having stored therein a plurality of instructions designed to authenticate an identification badge as being at least an eligible one of a plurality of identification badges, and to configure the wireless communication device, upon successful identification badge authentication, with an authenticated mode of user operation including a first set of operating characteristics, wherein said authenticated mode of user operation replaces an unauthenticated mode of user operation including a second set of operating characteristics, said second set of operating characteristics including at least one operating characteristic customizable by the user of the wireless communication device while the wireless communication device is in the first operational mode but not the second operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An identification badge comprising:
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at least one integrated circuit embedded therein to store individualized authorized user information, which when transmitted to a personal electronic device, causes the personal electronic device to function in a second operational mode exhibiting a second set of operational characteristics, said second operational mode replacing a first operational mode exhibiting a first set of operational characteristics, said second and first sets of operational characteristics including at least a first operating characteristic configurable by the user of the personal electronic device while the device is in the first operational mode but not the second operational mode; and an interface coupled to the integrated circuit to facilitate transmission of the individualized authorized user information from the identification badge to the wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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