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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2004
Edward Eytchison, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dan M. Phan, San Jose, CA (US);
Nisha Srinivasan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Saket Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward Eytchison, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dan M. Phan, San Jose, CA (US);
Nisha Srinivasan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Saket Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for determining the identity of the user detect a current user's electronic device activity pattern; compare the detected activity pattern against a plurality of user action identification profiles, wherein each user action identification profile is associated with a particular user; and use the comparing to identify the current user as being the particular user.