Method and apparatus for identifying unique client users from user behavioral data
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing a database containing a plurality of user input pattern profiles of prior user inputs to a terminal device, each of a group of possible users of said terminal device being associated with at least one of said user input pattern profiles;
detecting at least one current input pattern from use of said terminal device, said current input pattern including user mouse usage data;
dynamically matching said at least one current input pattern with one of said user input pattern profiles; and
identifying a current user of said terminal device from said group of possible users by selecting the possible user associated with the one of said user input pattern profiles as the current user.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for identifying a current user of a terminal device from a group of possible users. The method includes providing a database containing multiple user input pattern profiles of prior user inputs to the terminal device. Each of the possible users of the group are associated with at least one of the user input pattern profiles. Current input patterns from use of the terminal device are detected. The current input patterns are combined and then dynamically matched with one of the user input pattern profiles, and the possible user associated with the matched user input pattern profile is selected as the current user. The system for identifying a current user of a terminal device from a group of possible users includes a database containing multiple user input pattern profiles of prior user inputs to the terminal device. Each of the possible users is associated with at least one of the user input pattern profiles. The system detects current input patterns from use of the terminal device, and then combines the patterns and dynamically matches the patterns with one of the user input pattern profiles. The system selects the possible user associated with the matched user input pattern profiles as the current user.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a database containing a plurality of user input pattern profiles of prior user inputs to a terminal device, each of a group of possible users of said terminal device being associated with at least one of said user input pattern profiles; detecting at least one current input pattern from use of said terminal device, said current input pattern including user mouse usage data; dynamically matching said at least one current input pattern with one of said user input pattern profiles; and identifying a current user of said terminal device from said group of possible users by selecting the possible user associated with the one of said user input pattern profiles as the current user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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a database containing a plurality of user input pattern profiles of prior user inputs to a terminal device, each of a group of possible users of said terminal device being associated with at least one of said user input pattern profiles; means for detecting at least one current input pattern from use of said terminal device, said current input pattern including user mouse usage data; means for dynamically matching said at least one current input pattern with one of said user input pattern profiles; and identifying a current user of said terminal device from said group of possible users by selecting the possible user associated with the one of said user input pattern profiles as the current user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer system, comprising:
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memory for storing a program and a plurality of user input pattern profiles of prior user inputs to a terminal device, each of a group of possible users of said terminal device being associated with at least one of said user input pattern profiles; and a processor operative with the program to; (a) detect at least one current input pattern from use of said terminal device, said current input pattern including user mouse usage data; (b) dynamically match said at least one current input pattern with one of said user input pattern profiles; and (c) identifying a current user of said terminal device from said group of possible users by selecting the possible user associated with the one of said user input pattern profiles as the current user. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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providing a database containing a plurality of user input pattern profiles of prior user inputs to a terminal device, each of a plurality of possible users of said terminal device being associated with at least one of said user input pattern profiles; detecting at least one current input pattern from use of said terminal device, said current input pattern including user mouse usage data; dynamically matching said at least one current input pattern with one of said user input pattern profiles; identifying a current user of said terminal device from said possible users by selecting the possible user associated with the one of said user input pattern profiles as the current user; determining a personal user profile associated with the current user; and transmitting targeted content to said current user in accordance with said personal user profile. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method, comprising:
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detecting a plurality of different types of current input patterns from use of a terminal device by a current user; performing a soft match of each of said plurality of different types of current input patterns with a plurality of stored input patterns for each of said types of input patterns, said current input pattern including user mouse usage data, said stored patterns representing input patterns for a group of possible users of said terminal device, said soft matches generating scored possible matches for each of said different types of data; determining possible combinations of said scored possible matches; determining a score for each said combination; and identifying said current user of said terminal device from said group of possible users by selecting a possible user associated with said combination as the current user for the combination having the highest score.
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24. A system, comprising:
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means for detecting a plurality of different types of current input patterns from use of a terminal device by a current user; means for performing a soft match of each of said plurality of different types of current input patterns with a plurality of stored input patterns for each of said types of input patterns, said current input patterns including user mouse usage data, said stored patterns representing input patterns for a group of possible users of said terminal device, said soft matches generating scored possible matches for each of said different types of data; means for determining possible combinations of said scored possible matches; means for determining a score for each said combination; and means for identifying said current user of said terminal device from said group of possible users by selecting a possible user associated with combination having the highest score as the current user.
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25. A method, comprising:
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detecting a plurality of different types of current input patterns from use of a terminal device by a current subset of users; performing a soft match of each of said plurality of different types of current input patterns with a plurality of stored input patterns for each of said types of input patterns, said current input patterns including user mouse usage data, said stored patterns representing input patterns for various subsets of a set of possible users of said terminal device, said soft matches generating scored possible matches for each of said different types of data; determining possible combinations of said scored possible matches; determining a score for each said combination; and identifying said current subset of users of said terminal device from said set of possible users by selecting a subset of users associated with said combination as the current subset of users for the combination having score indicating a substantial match.
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