CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20140235225A1
• Filed: 04/30/2014
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: FORUTANPOUR, Babak, PAREKH, Shyam K., FORRESTER, John, PRASAD, Harsha Rajendra
• Granted Patent: US 9,071,679 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1072 measuring distances on the body, e.g. measuring length, height or thickness A61B5/1076 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0279 Improving the user comfort or ergonomics
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/24 Arrangements for testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/66 with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724631 by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

Various arrangements for customizing a configuration of a mobile device are presented. The mobile device may collect proximity data. The mobile device may determine that a user has gripped the mobile device based on the proximity data. A finger length of the user may be determined using the proximity data. Configuration of the mobile device may be customized at least partially based on the determined finger length of the user.

Claims

1. A method for customizing a configuration of a mobile device, the method comprising:

collecting, by the mobile device, proximity data;

determining, by the mobile device, that a user has gripped the mobile device based on the proximity data;

determining, by the mobile device, a hand size of the user using the proximity data; and

customizing, by the mobile device, the configuration of the mobile device at least partially based on the hand size of the user.