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Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2007
Applicants:

Labhesh Patel, Mountain View, CA (US);

Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Gebran Chahrouri, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Bruce Moon, Dublin, CA (US);

Joseph Khouri, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Labhesh Patel, Mountain View, CA (US);

Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Gebran Chahrouri, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Bruce Moon, Dublin, CA (US);

Joseph Khouri, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and devices are provided for automating a login process and user/device associations. A user's preferred device settings and/or functions may be provisioned automatically. Some implementations provide an automated log out or 'sleep' when a user leaves one or more of the devices. Users may be automatically identified and associated. The 'presence' of members of a user group may be determined as required for one or more actions to be taken. Some user groups control devices according to which members of a group may have access to certain functions, information, etc., and which may not.


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