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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:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 19, 2015
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Andrew Sipe, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Hugo Barra, Mountain View, CA (US);

Henry Will Schneiderman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4451 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for dynamic switching of user profiles on a computing device. The computing device is coupled to at least one image-sensing device and can be configured using a plurality of stored user profiles. The method includes receiving at least one image from the at least one image-sensing device and generating a current user value based on the at least one received image. The method further includes determining if the current user value corresponds to at least one stored user value corresponding to a stored user profile. If the current user value corresponds to at least one stored user value, the method includes retrieving the stored user profile and configuring at least some programs operating on the computing device using the retrieved user profile. If the current user value does correspond to at least one stored user value, the method includes configuring the computing device using an alternative method.


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