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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Hsin-Wei Wang, New Taipei, TW;
Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A method for unlocking an electronic device stores a user fingerprint in a storage device and presets account information corresponding to each application for each of the user fingerprints. The method further receives fingerprint data input from the electronic device. When the received fingerprint data matches one of the user fingerprints, the account information corresponding to the matched fingerprint for each of the plurality of applications is confirmed. The method further replaces a default account information of each of the plurality of applications stored in the storage device by the confirmed account information corresponding to the matched fingerprint for each of the applications, and the electronic device is unlocked.