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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013

Filed:

May. 06, 2008
Applicants:

John Toebes, Cary, NC (US);

Anthony John Wasilewski, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Philip Clifford Jacobs, Windham, NH (US);

Matthew Kuhlke, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Toebes, Cary, NC (US);

Anthony John Wasilewski, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Philip Clifford Jacobs, Windham, NH (US);

Matthew Kuhlke, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a user identifier circuit, a button pressure signature specifying a sequence of button pressure values sampled while a corresponding identified button of a user input device is pressed by a user; the user identifier circuit identifying the user of the user input device based on the button pressure signature; and the user identifier circuit outputting a message identifying the identified button and the identified user.


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