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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Verizon Services Organization Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Alan Weintraub, Medfield, MA (US);
William E. Garrett, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0338 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2149 (2013.01); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01);
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.