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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Michael Alan Weintraub, Medfield, MA (US);
William E. Garrett, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Alan Weintraub, Medfield, MA (US);
William E. Garrett, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Services Organization Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system includes a media content processing subsystem and user input device having a plurality of control surfaces each configured to cause the input device to transmit at least one command to the media content processing subsystem. The input device is configured to acquire an image of a fingerprint of a finger touching the control surface and cause the processing subsystem to execute the command in accordance with a user profile that corresponds to the acquired fingerprint image.