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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marc Estruch Tena, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Yeon Cho, San Jose, CA (US);
Santiago Ortega Avila, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jack Thrun, San Jose, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for a user-aware remote control for a shared device, such as a computing device, is provided herein. The computing device includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is configured to communicate with a remote control. The processor is configured to: receive, from the remote control, identification data for a user of the computing device, the identification data for the user being generated at the remote control based on biometric information associated with the user received at the remote control; identify, based on the identification data, at least one application associated with the user; retrieve, based on the identification data, personalized application information associated with the user and applicable to the at least one application; and apply the personalized application information to the at least one application.