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Process and apparatus for automatically identifying user of consumer electronics

  • US 8,504,843 B2
  • Filed: 05/25/2012
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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