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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2001
Joseph Stanley Czyszczewski, Boulder, CO (US);
David George Greenwood, Lafayette, CO (US);
James T. Smith, II, Boulder, CO (US);
Luana L. Vigil, Longmont, CO (US);
Ivan Woehr, Superior, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A multifunction, communication device including a user recognition device for obtaining user identifying data from a user, an interface for receiving the user identifying data from the user recognition device, a memory for containing personal user contact data associated with the user, and a controller having a user interface for controlling the operation of the communication device by using the personal user contact data associated with the user in performing at least one function of the communication device. Control of the operation of the multifunction communication device includes obtaining user identifying data from the user, associating the user identifying data with the user's personal user contact data located in a memory, and performing a function of the communication device using the personal user contact data of the user.