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 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.
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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, via a set of processor readable instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, to uniquely identify a user of the consumer electronic device using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the consumer electronic 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, via a set of processor readable instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, to sense the user biometric during normal operation of the consumer electronic device; and a content generator configured, via a set of processor readable instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, to provide context sensitive content to or from the consumer electronic device, wherein the context sensitive content depends on the user'"'"'s identity, wherein the content generator is configured, via a set of processor readable instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, to push context sensitive content based on the user'"'"'s patterns of use of the consumer electronic 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, via a set of processor readable instructions embodied in a non-transitory-computer readable medium, to uniquely identify a user of the consumer electronic device using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the consumer electronic 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 consumer electronic device is configured, via a set of processor readable instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, to provide context sensitive content to the consumer electronic 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 consumer electronic 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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