DYNAMIC MULTI-USER COMPUTER CONFIGURATION SETTINGS

• US 20160085565A1
• Filed: 08/27/2015
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Arcese, Mauro, Napoleoni, Andrea, Sidoti, Stefano, De Angelis, Fabio, Milanese, Nicola
• Granted Patent: US 9,588,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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:

identifying, by one or more computer processors, a first user profile and one or more additional user profiles, wherein the first user profile is active on a computing device;

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

receiving, by one or more computer processors, a trigger wherein the received trigger includes biometric data;

identifying, by one or more computer processors, a second user profile from the identified one or more additional user profiles that is associated with the received trigger;

comparing, by one or more computer processors, biometric data from the second user profile with the biometric data in the received trigger; and

determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the biometric data matches, within a defined tolerance level, the biometric data in the second user profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user profile and the second user profile are separate user profiles, including at least computer configuration settings and preferences, biometric data, and a defined trigger.

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

biometric data and defined triggers received through streaming video from a video recording device, biometric data, and defined triggers received through streaming audio from a sound recording device, keystrokes from a computer keyboard, and mouse actions from a computer mouse.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more computer processors, if at least one defined trigger is stored within the first user profile;

in response to determining that there is not at least one trigger stored within the first user profile, analyzing, by one or more computer processors, the streaming data utilizing computer configuration settings and preferences stored in the first user profile; and

recommending, by one or more computer processors, a trigger for the first user profile.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, by one or more computer processors, the streaming video that includes a plurality of users of the computing device;

determining, by one or more computer processors, a physical location for the plurality of users within a physical environment depicted by the streaming video;

identifying, by one or more computer processors, user profiles corresponding to the plurality of users utilizing biometric data associated with the plurality of users;

analyzing, by one or more computer processors, the user profiles and the physical location for the plurality of users;

determining, by one or more computer processors, an optimal physical location of the plurality of users based on the analysis of the user profiles and the physical location of the plurality of users; and

recommending, by one or more computer processors, a configuration for the physical environment for the plurality of users.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

responsive to determining that the biometric data and defined trigger associated with the second user profile matches the received trigger and the biometric data in the received trigger within a tolerance level, switching, by one or more computer processors, the second user profile to be active on the computing device.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

responsive to determining that the biometric data and defined trigger associated with the second user profile do not match the received trigger and the biometric data in the received trigger within a tolerance level, resuming computer processing with the first user profile active on the computing device.