Process and apparatus for automatically identifying user of consumer electronics
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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 having to perform a separate step, function, or operation for the express purpose of identifying the user, wherein uniquely identifying the user includes using a biometric sensor to provide the metric by generating a digital identifier associated with a user biometric, wherein using the biometric sensor includes sensing a user biometric with the biometric sensor during normal operation of the device; and
providing 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, wherein the context sensitive content is presented during a broadcast on a display associated with the device, the context sensitive content being generated and delivered separately from content associated with the broadcast.
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Abstract
Consumer devices and methods for operating consumer devices are disclosed. A consumer electronic device may include user identification unit incorporated into a control module of the device. A user of a consumer electronics device is uniquely identified using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device normally. Content that depends on the user'"'"'s identity can be provided to or from the device. The user may be uniquely identified using a biometric sensor to provide the metric. The content provided to or from the device or other performance characteristics of the device may be tailored to the particular user based on the user'"'"'s identity.
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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 having to perform a separate step, function, or operation for the express purpose of identifying the user, wherein uniquely identifying the user includes using a biometric sensor to provide the metric by generating a digital identifier associated with a user biometric, wherein using the biometric sensor includes sensing a user biometric with the biometric sensor during normal operation of the device; and providing 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, wherein the context sensitive content is presented during a broadcast on a display associated with the device, the context sensitive content being generated and delivered separately from content associated with the broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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23. A consumer electronic device, comprising:
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a biometric sensor; 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 the device, wherein the context sensitive content depends on the user'"'"'s identity, wherein the content generator is configured to push context sensitive content to the user based on the user'"'"'s patterns of use of the device without requiring the user'"'"'s personal information, wherein the context sensitive content is presented during a broadcast on a display associated with the device, the context sensitive content being generated and delivered separately from content associated with the broadcast.
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24. 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, wherein uniquely identifying the user includes using the biometric sensor to provide the metric by generating a digital identifier associated with a user biometric, wherein using the biometric sensor includes sensing a user biometric with the biometric sensor during normal operation of the device; and providing 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, wherein the content is presented during a broadcast on a display associated with the device, the context sensitive content being generated and delivered separately from content associated with the broadcast.
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25. A consumer electronic device, comprising:
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a biometric sensor; 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 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, 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, wherein the context sensitive content is presented during a broadcast on a display associated with the device, the context sensitive content being generated and delivered separately from content associated with the broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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