Dynamic multi-user computer configuration settings

• US 10,320,799 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2017
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Arcese, Mauro, De Angelis, Fabio, Milanese, Nicola, Napoleoni, Andrea, Sidoti, Stefano
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Trong H
• Application Number:
  US15/407,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20170126691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

In an approach for managing user profiles, a computer identifies a first user profile and one or more additional user profiles, wherein the first user profile is active on a computing device. The computer receives streaming data. The computer receives a trigger wherein the received trigger includes biometric data. The computer identifies a second user profile from the identified one or more additional user profiles that is associated with the received trigger. The computer compares biometric data from the second user profile with the biometric data in the received trigger. The computer determines whether the biometric data matches, within a defined tolerance level, the biometric data in the second user profile.

Claims

1. A method for managing user profiles, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computer processors, streaming data;

identifying, by one or more computer processors, a first user within the received streaming data;

responsive to the identifying of the first user, identifying, by one or more computer processors, a first user profile associated with the first user, wherein a second user profile associated with an authenticated second user is active on a first computing device;

determining, by one or more computer processors, that no defined trigger is stored within the first user profile;

responsive to the determining that no defined trigger is stored within the first user profile, automatically creating, by one or more computer processors, a trigger for the first user profile, wherein the trigger is a user defined action to automatically switch to the first user profile from the second user profile on the first computing device, wherein the first and second user profiles respectively include computer configuration settings and preferences that are specific to the first and second user profiles;

updating, by one or more computer processors, the first user profile with the created trigger on the first computing device; and

automatically switching to the first user profile from the second user profile on the first computing device responsive to receiving the trigger.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically creating of the trigger for the first user profile further comprises:

analyzing, by one or more computer processors, the computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile, wherein the computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile include unique settings specific to the first user for display settings and peripheral settings; and

recommending, by one or more computer processors, the trigger based on the analyzed computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the recommended trigger is a sound selected from a group of sounds consisting of a tapping sequence received by a sound recording device and a whistle received by the sound recording device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically creating of the trigger for the first user profile further comprises:

identifying, by one or more computer processors, a movement by the identified first user within the received streaming data;

identifying, by one or more computer processors, a physical environment within a field of view associated with the received streaming data, wherein the field of view is an area that is visible within the received streaming data;

determining, by one or more computer processors, physical aspects of the first user included within the identified physical environment within the field of view with the identified movement by the first user; and

recommending, by one or more computer processors, the trigger based on the determined physical aspects of the first user included within the identified physical environment within the field of view with the identified movement by the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the received streaming data includes one or more of:

biometric data from a video recording device and biometric data as streaming audio from a sound recording device, and one or more of;

keystrokes from a computer keyboard and mouse actions from a computer mouse that form a pattern of movement.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more computer processors whether the first user profile is a roaming user profile; and

responsive to the determining that the first user profile is the roaming user profile, storing by one or more computer processors, the first user profile and the created trigger on at least one of the following;

a server, a second computing device, and a database accessible by a network, in addition to the first computing device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the roaming user profile allows the first user to log onto the second computing device and load the first user profile from the network to the second computing device.

8. A computer program product for managing user profiles, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive streaming data;

program instructions to identify a first user within the received streaming data;

program instructions to, responsive to the identifying of the first user, identify a first user profile associated with the first user, wherein a second user profile associated with an authenticated second user is active on a first computing device;

program instructions to determine that no defined trigger is stored within the first user profile;

responsive to the determining that no defined trigger is stored within the first user profile, program instructions to automatically create a trigger for the first user profile, wherein the trigger is a user defined action to automatically switch to the first user profile from the second user profile on the first computing device, wherein the first and second user profiles respectively include computer configuration settings and preferences that are specific to the first and second user profiles;

program instructions to update the first user profile with the created trigger on the first computing device; and

program instructions to automatically switch to the first user profile from the second user profile on the first computing device responsive to receiving the trigger.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the automatically creating of the trigger for the first user profile further comprises program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

analyze the computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile, wherein the computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile include unique settings specific to the first user for display settings and peripheral settings; and

recommend the trigger based on the analyzed computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the recommended trigger is a sound selected from a group of sounds consisting of a tapping sequence received by a sound recording device and a whistle received by the sound recording device.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the automatically creating of the trigger for the first user profile further comprises program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

identify a movement by the identified first user within the received streaming data;

identify a physical environment within a field of view associated with the received streaming data, wherein the field of view is an area that is visible within the received streaming data;

determine physical aspects of the first user included within the identified physical environment within the field of view with the identified movement by the first user; and

recommend the trigger based on the determined physical aspects of the first user included within the identified physical environment within the field of view with the identified movement by the first user.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the received streaming data includes one or more of:

biometric data from a video recording device and biometric data as streaming audio from a sound recording device, and one or more of;

keystrokes from a computer keyboard and mouse actions from a computer mouse that form a pattern of movement.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

determine whether the first user profile is a roaming user profile; and

responsive to the determining that the first user profile is the roaming user profile, store the first user profile and the created trigger on at least one of the following;

a server, a second computing device, and a database accessible by a network, in addition to the first computing device.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the roaming user profile allows the first user to log onto the second computing device and load the first user profile from the network to the second computing device.

15. A computer system for managing user profiles, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive streaming data;

program instructions to identify a first user within the received streaming data;

program instructions to, responsive to the identifying of the first user, identify a first user profile associated with the first user, wherein a second user profile associated with an authenticated second user is active on a first computing device;

program instructions to determine that no defined trigger is stored within the first user profile;

responsive to the determining that no defined trigger is stored within the first user profile, program instructions to automatically create a trigger for the first user profile, wherein the trigger is a user defined action to automatically switch to the first user profile from the second user profile on the first computing device, wherein the first and second user profiles respectively include computer configuration settings and preferences that are specific to the first and second user profiles;

program instructions to update the first user profile with the created trigger on the first computing device; and

program instructions to automatically switch to the first user profile from the second user profile on the first computing device responsive to receiving the trigger.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the automatically creating of the trigger for the first user profile further comprises program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

analyze the computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile, wherein the computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile include unique settings specific to the first user for display settings and peripheral settings; and

recommend the trigger based on the analyzed computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the recommended trigger is a sound selected from a group of sounds consisting of a tapping sequence received by a sound recording device and a whistle received by the sound recording device.

18. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the automatically creating of the trigger for the first user profile further comprises program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

identify a movement by the identified first user within the received streaming data;

identify a physical environment within a field of view associated with the received streaming data, wherein the field of view is an area that is visible within the received streaming data;

determine physical aspects of the first user included within the identified physical environment within the field of view with the identified movement by the first user; and

recommend the trigger based on the determined physical aspects of the first user included within the identified physical environment within the field of view with the identified movement by the first user.

19. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

determine whether the first user profile is a roaming user profile; and

responsive to the determining that the first user profile is the roaming user profile, store the first user profile and the created trigger on at least one of the following;

a server, a second computing device, and a database accessible by a network, in addition to the first computing device.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein the roaming user profile allows the first user to log onto the second computing device and load the first user profile from the network to the second computing device.