System and method for browsing based on user recognition

• US 8,527,884 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Issued: 09/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Alfred, Joseph Anderson, Sommer, Joseph M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shih, Haoshian
• Application Number:
  US12/339,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20100162125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,719 Days
• Field of Search: 715/727, 715/728, 715/738, 715/744, 715/745, 715/747, 726/27, 726/28, 726/3, 704/246
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for browsing based on user recognition. The method includes receiving input from a user, verifying a user identity based on the input, identifying a browsing device of the user, retrieving a user profile associated with the user and the identified browsing device, the profile storing browser settings, and launching a browser on the identified browsing device with browser settings from the retrieved user profile. The input can be speech. The user identity can be verified by network-based speaker recognition. The method can further automatically update the user profile based on user actions. In one aspect, the method further identifies a preferred browser in the user profile, provisions a version of the preferred browser adapted to the identified browsing device, and launches the provisioned preferred browser on the identified browsing device with settings from the retrieved user profile.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

verifying a user identity based input from a user;

identifying a browsing device of the user to yield an identified browsing device;

retrieving a user profile associated with the user and the identified browsing device to yield a retrieved user profile storing browser preferences for a specific web browser;

if the specific web browser is available on the browsing device, launching an instance of the specific web browser on the identified browsing device with the browser preferences; and

if the specific web browser is not available on the browsing device, provisioning and launching a portable version of the specific web browser for the identified browsing device based on the browser preferences.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is speech.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user identity is verified by network-based speaker recognition.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically updating the user profile based on user actions.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising adapting the user profile associated with the user and a first browsing device for use with the user and a second browsing device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a preferred browser in the user profile;

provisioning a version of the preferred browser adapted to the identified browsing device; and

launching the version of the preferred browser on the identified browsing device with preferences from the retrieved user profile.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile is stored in a network location.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a separate user profile exists for each browsing device for each user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a separate user profile exists for each web browser for each user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile includes a default search engine.

11. A system comprising:

a processor;

a memory storing instructions for controlling the processor to perform a method comprising;

verifying a user identity based on input from a user;

identifying a browsing device of the user to yield an identified browsing device;

retrieving a user profile associated with the user and the identified browsing device to yield a retrieved user profile storing browser preferences for a specific web browser;

a if the specific web browser is available on the browsing device, launching an instance of the specific web browser on the identified browsing device with browser preferences; and

if the specific web browser is not available on the browsing device, provisioning and launching a portable version of the specific web browser for the identified browsing device based on the browser preferences.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the input is speech.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the user identity is verified via network-based speaker recognition.

14. The system of claim 11, the instructions further controlling the processer to automatically update the user profile based on user actions.

15. The system of claim 11, the instructions further controlling the processor to adapt the user profile associated with the user and a first browsing device for use with the user and a second browsing device.

16. The system of claim 11, the instructions further controlling the processor to perform steps comprising:

identifying a preferred browser in the user profile;

provisioning a version of the preferred browser adapted to the identified browsing device; and

launching the version of the preferred browser on the preferred browsing device with preferences from the user profile.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program having instructions for controlling a computing device to perform steps comprising:

verifying a user identity based on input from a user;

identifying a browsing device of the user to yield an identified browsing device;

retrieving a user profile associated with the user and the identified browsing device to yield a retrieved user profile storing browser preferences for a specific web browser;

if the specific web browser is available on the browsing device, launching an instance of the specific web browser on the identified browsing device with the browser preferences; and

if the specific web browser is not available on the browsing device, provisioning and launching a portable version of the specific web browser for the identified browsing device based on the browser preferences.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the input is speech.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the user identity is verified by network-based speaker recognition.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the method further comprising automatically updating the user profile based on user actions.